Supplier Quality/QA Coordinator
Listed on 2026-09-20
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers, Quality Engineering, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, QA Specialist - Analyst/Manager
Location: Northern
Overview Supplier Quality / QA Coordinator 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.
Why You Should Work for Us- 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 Supplier Quality / QA Coordinator will support the Project Quality Manager in managing procurement quality, supplier quality surveillance, vendor documentation, MRB closeout, audits, NCRs, and quality assurance activities for Santos.
The role is primarily Anchorage based, with periodic travel to the North Slope as required to support site Quality, construction, commissioning, turnover, and documentation closeout.
The position is intended to strengthen the Project’s procurement QA control process by ensuring Quality is involved early in the procurement cycle, before Purchase Orders are issued, and by ensuring supplier quality requirements are properly carried through fabrication, inspection, documentation, receipt, installation, and turnover.
The role will interface closely with Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Vendors, EPC/Engineering Contractors, Inspection Agencies, Document Control, and PIMS/CMS teams.
Key Responsibilities Procurement QA Control- Review Purchase Requisition s, Material Requisition s, technical requisitions, and procurement packages to determine Quality requirements before PO issuance.
- Provide Quality input to Purchase Orders to ensure applicable inspection, testing, certification, documentation, and surveillance requirements are included.
- Support implementation of procurement QA gates, including:
- PR/MR Quality screening.
- Supplier Quality Surveillance requirement review.
- PO Quality requirement confirmation.
- Vendor documentation review.
- Inspection release verification.
- MRB/documentation closeout.
- Coordinate with Procurement and Supply Chain to ensure Quality review is completed early and consistently.
- Review procurement packages issued by Company teams and engineering/EPC contractors where applicable.
- Support bid clarification and technical evaluation from a Quality perspective.
- Identify critical or high-risk purchases requiring increased surveillance, inspection, audit, or Engineering review.
- Escalate procurement packages where Quality requirements are missing, incomplete, or inconsistent.
- Prepare, coordinate, and track Supplier Quality Surveillance requirements.
- Ensure inspection hold points, witness points, review points, acceptance criteria, and documentation requirements are clearly defined.
- Coordinate third-party inspection agencies and vendor inspection activities.
- Track inspection schedules against procurement and fabrication milestones.
- Review inspection reports, surveillance findings, and supplier corrective actions.
- Monitor inspector performance and supplier quality reporting.
- Support FATs, testing activities, and release inspections where required.
- Ensure unresolved Quality issues are closed or formally dispositioned before shipment.
- Review vendor quality documentation, including:
- Quality Plans.
- Inspection and Test Plans.
- Welding procedures and qualifications.
- NDE procedures and reports.
- Coating and testing records.
- Material certificates / MTRs.
- Certificates of Conformance.
- FAT reports.
- Inspection release notes.
- Manufacturing Record Books / Material Record Books.
- Verify material traceability and compliance with PO, specification, and code requirements.
- Maintain MRB status trackers and drive overdue documentation to closure.
- Coordinate with vendors, Procurement, Engineering, Document Control, and Site Quality to resolve documentation…
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