Quality Assurance Specialist

Role

Description:

The Quality Assurance Specialist supports Client's Quality team providing global inspection, and technical support for Capital Projects and for its Manufacturing facilities. The candidate is accountable for maintaining a Quality Management System (QMS) ensuring that the organization’s project and maintenance teams maintain compliance with all applicable Albemarle specifications, standards, and drawings as well as Industry codes & standards, and site-specific jurisdictional requirements.

• Leads in HSSE and strives to achieve zero recordables.
• Participates in HSSE reviews, permit audits, and housekeeping inspections.
• Drives Client's safety focus striving for a safe shop and site inspection culture.
• Displays and champions the Client Core Values on the project and maintenance team.
• Champions inspection best practices as it pertains to quality related activities.
• Develops and maintains Corporate and Site Inspection forms and standard operating procedures.
• Leads QA/QC process to ensure equipment procured meets technical requirements.
• Manages Source Quality Surveillance (SQS) services to support shop/office inspection activities.
• Supports the development of a global network of competent and experienced SQS Inspectors.
• Effectively advises the capital project management teams on applicable technology and innovation in the field of quality management.
• Provides direct and indirect quality technical support resources (i.e. planning, evaluation, and coverage) to sites for projects, turnarounds, and outages.
• Oversees supplier/vendor quality programs and their implementation in relation to meet the Client requirements.
• Collaborates with project managers and engineers across all disciplines to ensure proper quality protocols are established and monitored throughout the project stages with the proper quality resource and budget.
• Provides technical support to Project and Maintenance Engineers regarding selection of vendors for fabrication of new equipment and/or the repair/modification of existing equipment.
• Maintains QMS processes, tools, templates, and documentation, and monitors system performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provides training, guidance, and quality onboarding/awareness to project teams and contractors, and supports personnel in applying QMS requirements.
• Owns end-to-end management of the ASVL additions, removals, and periodic re-assessment cycles; serves as a primary/Lead Assessor; and manages the approval workflow for justified deviations from the ASVL (e.g., sole-source or emergency procurement).
• Administers the Non-Conformance Report (NCR) system across Capital Projects, supporting project Quality resources and collating and trending NCR data for company-wide risk visibility.
• Provides governance of the Request for Information (RFI)/Deviation/Waiver process, escalates significant project risks, and manages the associated data and metrics.
• Facilitates the Corrective Action / Preventative Action (CAPA) process and formal Root Cause Analysis (RCA), ensuring actions are defined, implemented, and verified for effectiveness.
• Reviews and approves Quality Alerts prior to distribution to affected projects and stakeholders.
• Selects and maintains Quality KPIs and drives quality reporting, including leadership dashboards and periodic quality reports.
• Supports development of project Quality Management Plans (QMPs) and monitors customer satisfaction to drive corrective/preventive actions.

• Requires suppliers/vendors to incorporate ITP requirements into a project schedule to appropriately monitor the progress of equipment fabrication.
• Addresses and resolves NCRs prior to owner acceptance.
• Supports inspection Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) generating inspection reports to document the test results.
• Ensures criticality rating for engineered equipment are determined and its inspection plan established.
• Provides quality technical support for Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Purchase Orders to ensure the selection process of supplier/vendors identified are qualified to bid, Quality Inspection Plan (QIP) represents all the requirements…