Vendor Surveillance Specialist

Edgewater Technical Associates

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Vendor Surveillance Specialist opportunity to support the Savannah River Site
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The Vendor Surveillance Specialist will support project Quality activities by performing surveillance and oversight of suppliers, vendors, subcontractors, and fabricators providing equipment, materials, and services for a large construction project. They will help ensure purchased items and supplier activities comply with applicable procurement documents, drawings, specifications, codes, standards, and project quality requirements.

• Perform vendor, supplier, subcontractor, and fabrication surveillance activities at supplier facilities and project locations.
• Review purchase orders, specifications, drawings, quality requirements, inspection plans, procedures, and supplier documentation to determine applicable surveillance requirements.
• Perform or witness inspections, tests, hold points, and other quality activities during fabrication and manufacturing.
• Verify materials, components, equipment, fabrication activities, and documentation conform to approved technical and quality requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance and identify quality issues, deficiencies, deviations, and nonconforming conditions.
• Document surveillance activities and prepare clear, accurate surveillance and inspection reports.
• Review supplier quality records, certifications, test reports, material documentation, inspection records, and other objective evidence.
• Coordinate resolution of supplier quality issues with Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Construction, and vendor personnel.
• Support NCRs, corrective actions, supplier deficiencies, and closure of quality issues as required.
• Verify required inspections, testing, documentation, and quality records are complete prior to release, shipment, receipt, or acceptance.
• Support supplier audits, source inspections, receipt inspection, and procurement quality activities as assigned.
• Travel to supplier and fabrication facilities as required.

• Eleven (11)+ years of relevant experience in vendor surveillance, supplier quality, procurement quality, quality assurance, quality control, inspection, manufacturing, fabrication, or related technical work preferred.
• Experience reviewing drawings, specifications, purchase orders, procurement documents, inspection plans, and quality documentation.
• Experience with inspection and surveillance of mechanical, piping, welding, electrical, instrumentation, civil/structural, or other industrial equipment and materials.
• Knowledge of NCRs, corrective actions, inspection documentation, material traceability, and quality records.
• Strong written documentation, communication, and supplier-interface skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel to vendor and fabrication locations as required.
• Experience with ITPs, hold/witness points, NCRs, corrective actions, and turnover documentation.
• Experience identifying and documenting nonconforming conditions and CAQs.
• Ability to perform field inspections in active construction areas and access uneven terrain, excavations, and underground utility work.

• Nuclear, DOE, EPC, power generation, heavy industrial, or major construction project experience.

Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with five (5) regional offices across the United States to locally support our growing presence at project sites. Edgewater has a proven track record and is a trusted provider of fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the…