Project Supplier Quality Representative

Bechtel Corporation; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Houston is seeking a Project Supplier Quality Specialist for a semiconductor project, offering part-time telework with on-site presence in Houston, TX. The role centers on capability surveys, audits, and quality surveillance in line with BSQE and project procedures.

Located in Houston or Chandler, AZ, you will coordinate with PSQS, suppliers, and Bechtel teams to ensure conformance to procurement requirements, inspect supplier activities, and resolve non-conformances.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with major commodities typically procured for Semiconductor, Datacenter, Battery Manufacturing or Life Science projects; recognized codes and standards (ie FDA/cGPM); and manufacturing methods.
• Background as a lead auditor for conducting supplier quality system audit or capability surveys of a prospective supplier.

Responsibilities

• Represents Bechtel as supplier quality contact and performs quality surveillance activities defined by the assignment scope to verify supplier furnished equipment and material conforms to requirements.
• Reviews procurement document requirements with supplier representatives to ensure they are understood and implemented.
• Monitors supplier personnel activities including witnessing of operations, inspections, examinations, or tests to verify requirements have been met.
• Performs inspections to verify the efficacy of supplier inspection efforts and conformance of equipment or materials to procurement documents.
• Releases conforming material for shipment and coordinates with Bechtel teams to support actions on non-conformances.

Skills

Supplier Quality

Audit

Lean Six Sigma

Quality Assurance

Project Quality

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: None
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework
• Work Location: Houston, TX

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Project Overview

Bechtel is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio. We are partnering with the North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand new jobs and work with local education organizations to implement new training programs that will support the future talent pipeline. Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary

Located in the Houston Office or Chandler, AZ Office, this role provides project supplier qualityspecialistsupport on a project including capability surveys, audits and area or shop quality surveillance in accordance with Bechtel Supplier Quality & Expediting Inc. (BSQE) and Project Procedures.

Job Dimensions

• Supervision Received
• Receives operational direction and guidance for Supplier Quality activities from Project Supplier Quality Supervisor (PSQS). Receives functional guidance from theBSQE Corporate Operations Manager.
• Supervision Exercised
• Provide project-related direction and guidance to Area Supplier Quality Specialists.
• Contacts
• Corresponds administratively with Project Supplier Delivery Manager, Project Supplier Quality Supervisor (PSQS), Project Procurement Manager, Functional Manager,the Global Business Unit, BSQE, project Supplier Quality team, Project Engineering, Procurement, Quality Assurance and Construction personnel, and Area Supplier Quality Specialists.
• Maintains contact with suppliers to monitor the supplier quality on projects post award.
• Occasional contact with Customers at the operational level during external audits, project bid clarification meetings, and meetings to discuss supplier quality topics.

Major Responsibilities

• On a small sized project, represents Bechtel as the supplier’s prime contact with respect to supplier quality and performs quality surveillance activities defined by the assignment scope to verify that supplier furnished equipment and material conforms to the technical and quality requirements of the procurement documents
• Reviews the procurement document requirements with supplier representatives to ensure they are understood and implemented
• Monitors supplier personnel activities including witnessing of operations, inspections, examinations, or tests to verify procurement document requirements have been met
• Performs hands on inspections to verify by re-examination the efficacy of supplier inspection efforts and to provide assurance of the conformance of equipment or materials to procurement document requirements
• Reviews supplier generated quality verification documentation to verify conformance to procurement document requirements
• Rejects material found nonconforming and collaborates with the supplier and project supplier quality personnel to obtain a course of supplier action which facilitates satisfactory disposition of disclosed non-conformances
• Releases conforming material for shipment and notifies other Bechtel functional organizations to assist in coordination of their activities
• Evaluates supplier’s conformance to specified quality criteria on a specific assignment or group of assignments to provide input to recommendations for placement of future orders
• Conducts surveys or audits or surveys of suppliers, when assigned
• Participates as an audit team member or technical resource for nuclear material and/or quality program audits

Education And Experience Requirements

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Experience with major commodities typically procured for Semiconductor, Datacenter, Battery Manufacturing or Life Science projects; recognized codes and standards (ie FDA/cGPM); and manufacturing methods.
• In-shop quality surveillance or related work experience.
• Experience in performing project Supplier Quality functions having some degree of complexity, e.g., preparation of detailed inspection plans for use on complete or uniquely designed systems; preparation of full scope man-hour and budget estimates for proposed intermediate-sized projects; review of complex technical specifications; or the establishment of project corrective action(s) to resolve nonconformances that have a significant impact on project cost/schedule
• Ability to provide guidance to other Area Supplier Quality Specialists and non-technical support staff as assigned.
• Background as a lead auditor for conducting supplier quality system audit or capability surveys of a prospective supplier. Experienced with quality management programs including ISO9001, IATF16949, AS9100, ISO13485.
• Experience with interaction/monitoring of Third-party Agency quality surveillance contractor personnel to assure proper implementation of project requirements.
• Training or Certification in Lean / Six Sigma preferred
• Priorexperience in writing technical procedures, Technical Reports, and problem solving / Root Cause Analysis

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