Quality Manager

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Manville (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. seeks a Mechanical Quality Engineer – Heavy Industrial Equipment to oversee quality assurance and control activities for large-scale machinery projects.

The role focuses on inspecting fabrication, welding, and assembly processes, ensuring compliance with AWS, ASME and other standards, and coordinating corrective actions with suppliers and internal teams. The ideal candidate will read and interpret engineering drawings, lead nonconformance investigations, and

Qualifications

• Bachelors (or Associates) degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years of QA/QC in metal fabrication with welding exposure.
• Familiarity with AWS, ASME, IX, B31.1, B31.3, NACE, AISC, ASNT, API.
• Experience with dimensional inspection.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Monitor supplier manufacturing and fabrication through inspections, audits and review of quality records.
• Verify compliance of structural steel, pressure vessels, skids, mechanical equipment with project specs and codes.
• Perform or coordinate welding, bolting, dimensional accuracy, erection, painting, installation and alignment inspections.
• Establish inspection and testing procedures and develop QC plans for project requirements.
• Evaluate vendor documentation and inspection results; coordinate corrective actions.
• Investigate quality failures via root cause analysis and track corrective actions to resolution.
• Prepare inspection reports and communicate findings to management, suppliers, customers, and stakeholders.
• Review project codes/specs and support design reviews to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Coordinate vendor inspections and third-party inspectors with clients and procurement/logistics staff.
• Maintain inspection schedules, calibration records, NCRs, OS&D logs, and other QA records.
• Maintain commissioning and MDR documentation and review final MDR books as required.
• Organize quality meetings and distribute minutes; expand third-party inspection sourcing database.
• Provide technical guidance and training to team members; perform other duties as assigned by QA/QC Director.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Inspection

Engineering Drawings

Root Cause Analysis

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Associate's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

MechanicalQuality Engineer – Heavy Industrial Equipment

$85,0000 to $105,000 + Bonus

US Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card) is Required.

Mechanical Quality Engineer opportunity with a verywell-established industry leading engineering firm who designs and builds large industrial machinery for the infrastructure, power, petrochemical, and manufacturing industries.

Requirements:

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 2–5 years of quality assurance, quality control experience in a metal fabrication and with welding processes.
• Familiarity with applicable standards, including AWS, ASME, IX, B31.1, B31.3, NACE, AISC, ASNT, and API.
• Experience with dimensional inspection.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, project specifications, and technical documentation.
• Rotating equipment knowledge preferred, but not mandatory.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Proactive approach to identifying quality risks and preventing nonconformances.

Responsibilities:

Monitor supplier manufacturing and fabrication activities through inspections, audits, and review of quality records.

Verify compliance of structural steel, pressure vessels, skids, mechanical equipment, and other commodities with project specifications and applicable codes.

Perform or coordinate inspections covering welding, bolting, dimensional accuracy, structural steel erection, painting, equipment installation and alignment, trial assembly, preservation, storage, and completion of scope.

Establish inspection and testing procedures and develop quality control plans for project requirements.

Evaluate vendor documentation and inspection results; identify deficiencies and coordinate corrective action.

Investigate quality failures through root cause analysis and track corrective measures through resolution.

Prepare inspection reports and communicate quality findings to management, suppliers, customers, and project stakeholders.

Review project codes and specifications and contribute to design reviews to ensure quality requirements are addressed.

Coordinate vendor inspections and third-party inspectors with clients and purchasing, expediting, and logistics personnel.

Maintain inspection schedules, calibration records, quality databases, nonconformance reports (NCRs), over, short, and damaged (OS&D) logs, and other quality records.

Maintain commissioning and preservation documentation and review or compile final Manufacturing Data Record (MDR) books as required.

Organize quality meetings, document discussions, and distribute meeting minutes.

Maintain and expand the third-party inspection sourcing database.

Coordinate quality programs and provide technical guidance and training to team members.

Perform other duties as assigned by the QA/QC Director.