Quality Assurance Manager

Brunel; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunel is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead quality across EPC activities for a major oil and gas client in Houston, TX. The role involves coordinating quality across engineering, procurement and construction, and guiding contractor and supplier quality performance on site and during mobility to related locations.

The successful candidate will have extensive QA/QC experience in oil and gas, strong leadership and communication skills, and be willing to travel internationally for

Qualifications

• Strong background in procurement quality, engineering quality and construction quality.
• Extensive experience in QA/QC or execution of engineering, procurement and construction activities.
• Experience as a Project Quality Manager or equivalent responsibility managing project quality systems in the oil and gas industry.
• Experience coordinating quality surveillance and inspection activities.
• Extensive experience auditing quality management systems.
• Client-side experience on oil and gas projects.
• International experience working with contractors and suppliers of materials, equipment and fabrications for production facilities.
• Knowledge of mechanical completion processes and documentation for operations turnover.
• Strong leadership, coordination and communication skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and other common office software.
• Willingness to travel internationally and meet the assignment’s relocation and site requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Project Quality Plan, surveillance programs, procedures and tools, and ensure implementation across the project.
• Provide quality input to project organization and execution plans, and manage project quality staffing.
• Coordinate quality activities across engineering, procurement, construction and other project disciplines.
• Oversee contractor quality programs, staffing and compliance with project requirements.
• Ensure appropriate review and approval of contractor and supplier quality deliverables, including criticality ratings and Inspection and Test Plans.
• Coordinate reviews of deviations involving equipment and materials.
• Schedule and conduct audits of contractors, suppliers and the project team, and track findings through resolution and closure.
• Act as Quality Assurance Coordinator when no coordinator is assigned, and provide direction and resources to quality coordinators.
• Promote quality awareness and ensure quality personnel receive appropriate project training.
• Advise project management on quality issues, support their resolution and report quality performance metrics.
• Coordinate with Start-up and Operations teams on project quality, mechanical completion and turnover.
• Support continuous improvement of quality processes and tools.

Skills

Quality leadership

English proficiency

Travel readiness

Leadership

Communication

Client-side experience

International collaboration

QA/QC background

Auditing

Mechanical completion

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Job description

Brunel is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to work with our major oil and gas client in Houston, TX for initially 1 year contract.

This role will manage quality across engineering, procurement and construction, providing leadership to the project team and overseeing contractor and supplier quality performance.

Location and mobility

The role is initially based out of Houston, with potential to support from Spring. Candidates must be prepared to spend considerable time at the contractor’s office in Baton Rouge during engineering, travel to suppliers and eventually mobilize to the construction site in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Per diem will be provided when going to KY and Baton Rouge.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the Project Quality Plan, surveillance programs, procedures and tools, and ensure implementation across the project.
• Provide quality input to project organization and execution plans, and manage project quality staffing.
• Coordinate quality activities across engineering, procurement, construction and other project disciplines.
• Oversee contractor quality programs, staffing and compliance with project requirements.
• Ensure appropriate review and approval of contractor and supplier quality deliverables, including criticality ratings and Inspection and Test Plans.
• Coordinate reviews of deviations involving equipment and materials.
• Schedule and conduct audits of contractors, suppliers and the project team, and track findings through resolution and closure.
• Act as Quality Assurance Coordinator when no coordinator is assigned, and provide direction and resources to quality coordinators.
• Promote quality awareness and ensure quality personnel receive appropriate project training.
• Advise project management on quality issues, support their resolution and report quality performance metrics.
• Coordinate with Start-up and Operations teams on project quality, mechanical completion and turnover.
• Support continuous improvement of quality processes and tools.

Required qualifications:

• Strong background in procurement quality, engineering quality and construction quality.
• Extensive experience in quality assurance/control or execution of engineering, procurement and construction activities.
• Experience as a Project Quality Manager or equivalent responsibility managing project quality systems in the oil and gas industry.
• Experience coordinating quality surveillance and inspection activities.
• Extensive experience auditing quality management systems.
• Client-side experience on oil and gas projects.
• International experience working with contractors and suppliers of materials, equipment and fabrications for production facilities.
• Knowledge of mechanical completion processes and documentation for operations turnover.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science.
• Strong leadership, coordination and communication skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and other common office software.
• Willingness to travel internationally and meet the assignment’s relocation and site requirements.