Quality Assurance Specialist

Babcock & Wilcox; Farmington (NM); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock & Wilcox BWCC is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to strengthen the QA/QC culture and improve predictability of performance across the territory. You will develop and implement quality control procedures, monitor product performance, conduct audits and inspections, and address quality issues with vendors and clients.

Responsibilities include coordinating inspections with Global Quality, managing NCRs and ITPs, supporting ASME, ISO and other audits, and domestic travel to sites as

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA/QC experience with strong audit background.
• Experience coordinating inspections with multiple stakeholders.
• Familiarity with ASME, AWS, ISO codes and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all quality inspections within assigned projects through the Global Quality Resource Coordinator.
• Ensure B&W Global Quality process is followed for specifications, ITPs, NCRs, and dispositions.
• Develop Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) and conduct pre-inspection meetings with client and vendor.
• Provide resources for ITP execution and manage Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs).
• Determine if corrective action is needed and involve Vendor Control.
• Lead client meetings and manage post-fabrication documentation and data transmission.
• Ensure inspections use geographically appropriate inspectors and track quality data.
• Support internal and external audits per Global Quality direction.

Skills

QA/QC experience

Client/vendor coordination

Regulatory awareness

ASME/ISO knowledge

Root cause analysis

Project management

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Vocational/Technical

Work experience in lieu of degree

Job description

Together with BWCC’s Operations Leadership Team, the Quality Assurance Specialist will be chartered with strengthening our QA/QC culture and enhancing predictability of performance throughout the territory. The Quality assurance specialists will ensure that products and services produced by the organization meet the desired quality standards. Their responsibilities include developing and implementing quality control procedures, monitoring product performance, and identifying and addressing quality issues. You will also conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with quality standards and regulations.

• Coordinates all quality inspections within the assigned projects through the Global Quality Resource Coordinator
• Oversees all projects and products such that the B&W Global Quality process is followed in terms of:
• Specification Review
• Inspection and Test Plan Development
• Pre-Inspection Meeting with Client and Vendor
• Resources for the Execution of the ITP
• All Non-Conformance Reports and their Disposition or Resolution
• Determine if Corrective Action is needed and get the Vendor Control involved
• Client meetings
• Post-fabrication documentation, ASME Code Data books, and client product dossier are prepared properly and transmitted to the appropriate parties
• Ensures inspections are performed by using the geographically closest qualified inspector to execute ITPs at vendors with B&W global quality resources or third party inspectors
• Ensures all necessary quality data is entered into the appropriate program to track, analyze, and report on quality performance
• Interacts with other managers to insure a fully coordinated quality program
• Participates in quality improvements in the quality system, offices, shops, and vendors
• Handles client complaints
• Supports both ASME, ISO, and any other certification audit process
• Performs internal and external audits as directed by Global Quality
• These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned

Educational Experience

High School Diploma or GED

Vocational/Technical

Work experience will be accepted in lieu of degree

Preferred Work Experience

• 5+ years' experience in the areas of Quality Assurance and Quality Control
• Foreign assignment experience a plus but not necessary

Specific Skill And/or Business Competencies

• React in a positive fashion to internal and external client requests
• Fabrication by welding
• Manufacturing experience
• Pressure Part fabrication and Structural Steel/Plate fabrication
• Familiar with ASME, AWS, and ISO codes
• Project management focused (cradle to grave - client relationships - problem solving - vendor claims - root cause analysis, etc.)

Working Conditions

Domestic travel required

Manufacturing