Quality Assurance Engineer

Overview About Fairweather

Fairweather is a trusted service provider in Alaska, delivering specialized solutions in remote and Arctic environments. Our mission is to support operations with safety, integrity, and excellence. We offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment, ensuring our employees are equipped with the tools and support needed for success.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Supportive and collaborative work culture
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• Commitment to employee safety and well-being

• Medical Coverage:
  Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) plans, including medical, dental, and vision
• Retirement Plan: 401(k) up to 4% company match.
• Insurance:
  Short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and voluntary supplemental coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP):
  Free counseling and support services
• Paid Holidays:
  Observance of major federal holidays
• Flexible Spending Accounts:
  Health and dependent care options

The Project Assurance Engineer supports the Assurance Manager in implementing the Project Assurance Framework across all project phases. The role is responsible for coordinating assurance activities, stage gate reviews, readiness assessments, assurance actions, and compliance verification to ensure project delivery requirements are achieved in accordance with Santos Management System (SMS) requirements.

The position provides assurance coordination throughout the project lifecycle, from opportunity maturation through FEED, execution, commissioning, start-up, and handover.

• Support implementation of the Project Assurance Plan (QAP).
• Coordinate project assurance activities across all project phases.
• Maintain assurance schedules, action registers, and deliverable tracking systems.
• Verify project assurance requirements are incorporated into project execution plans.
• Ensure assurance deliverables are completed in accordance with project timelines.

• Coordinate preparation for all project stage gate reviews.
• Track gate deliverables and evidence requirements.
• Support gate readiness assessments.
• Verify closure of gate actions and conditions.
• Maintain records of gate decisions and approvals.
• Facilitate coordination between functional disciplines to achieve gate readiness.

Coordinate assurance activities during:

• Opportunity Identification
• Concept Select
• Pre-FEED
• FEED
• Detailed Design
• Execute
• Commissioning
• Start-Up
• Handover

Support verification that phase-specific requirements have been completed prior to progression to the next phase.

• Maintain project assurance action registers.
• Track closure of assurance findings and recommendations.
• Monitor aging and overdue actions.
• Coordinate with action owners to ensure timely closeout.
• Provide regular status reporting to project leadership.

• Project Readiness Reviews
• Execution Readiness Reviews
• Construction Readiness Reviews
• Commissioning Readiness Reviews
• Operations Readiness Reviews
• Track readiness actions and verify completion.

• Verify project compliance with applicable SMS requirements.
• Monitor implementation of project governance requirements.
• Support periodic assurance assessments.
• Assist with identification of improvement opportunities.

• Prepare assurance dashboards and reports.
• Develop assurance status summaries for project management.
• Monitor assurance KPIs and performance metrics.
• Support management review meetings.

• Coordinate incorporation of lessons learned into project planning and execution.
• Verify lessons learned actions are implemented where applicable.
• Maintain lessons learned tracking records.

Coordinate assurance activities between:

• Project Management
• Engineering
• Procurement
• Construction
• Commissioning
• Operations
• HSE
• Commercial
• Stakeholder Management

5+ years expereience with Engineering degree

• Major capital projects ($100M+)
• Oil & Gas / Energy projects
• Project assurance or project governance experience
• Stage gate and project delivery systems
• Pre-FEED and FEED development processes
• Readiness reviews and project controls

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:It is Fairweather's business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT:Fairweather grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

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