Global Supplier Quality Leader

VetJobs; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel seeks a Supplier Quality Manager to lead supplier quality across Energy Global Business Unit projects in an on-site Houston setting. You will coordinate strategy, governance, and risk-based surveillance to ensure purchased equipment, materials, and services meet contractual and quality requirements.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, implementing QA plans, and driving continuous improvement with global suppliers and execution partners.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Review Supplier Quality priorities and execution standards to align with corporate requirements, project objectives, and customer commitments.
• Direct risk-based quality plans, budgets, staffing, and surveillance coverage; coordinate procedures and provide direction to Supplier Quality staff.
• Partner with Procurement and Engineering on pre-award assessments of supplier capability and quality systems.
• Ensure requisitions, purchase orders, quality plans, and inspection/test plans define acceptance criteria and release requirements.
• Lead containment, corrective action, and verification for significant nonconformances and recurring defects.
• Coordinate Supplier Quality services with Engineering, Construction, Quality, Expediting, and Logistics; assess service effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain Supplier Quality metrics; report trends, surveillance gaps, and corrective action status.
• Deploy lessons learned across projects and represent the function in reviews with clear decision-making interfaces.

Skills

Quality leadership

EPC coordination

Quality systems

Risk-based surveillance

Supplier quality metrics

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Bechtel seeks a Supplier Quality Manager to lead supplier quality across Energy Global Business Unit projects in an on-site Houston setting. You will coordinate strategy, governance, and risk-based surveillance to ensure purchased equipment, materials, and services meet contractual and quality requirements.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, implementing QA plans, and driving continuous improvement with global suppliers and execution partners.