Sr. Supplier Quality Surveillance; SQS) Engineer - Welding & NDE

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Location:

Lenexa, KS, US

Requisition :181980

Job Level:Mid Level

Home District/Group:Kiewit Quality

Department:Quality

Market:Power

Employment Type:Full Time

The Sr. Supplier Quality Surveillance (SQS) Engineer – Welding & NDE is responsible for supplier quality surveillance, inspection, testing, and acceptance of fabricated and welded equipment and materials manufactured for major industrial, power, energy, and EPC projects.

This position will serve as a technical quality representative with a strong focus on welding, fabrication, Non-Destructive Examination (NDE/NDT), material control, and supplier quality surveillance.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of directly relevant experience in supplier quality, fabrication inspection, welding inspection, NDE, manufacturing surveillance, or QA/QC. The candidate must have demonstrated experience evaluating welding processes, welder qualifications, weld quality, NDE methods and results, material traceability, and supplier compliance with applicable codes, specifications, drawings, and purchase-order requirements.

This position requires approximately 25% travel to supplier manufacturing facilities, fabrication shops, testing facilities, and project sites. Domestic and occasional international travel may be required depending on supplier and project needs.

The SQS Engineer will work closely with Engineering, Procurement, Project Management, Construction, suppliers, clients, and third-party inspection agencies to ensure supplied equipment and materials meet contractual quality requirements prior to release and shipment.

kiewit’s Quality Group is a shared service that maintains and executes quality standards on projects across the company. Our principal quality objectives are to meet or exceed clients’ expectations and to eliminate rework by performing our work “right the first time.” We monitor our performance against these objectives and require continual improvement.

This position is based in Lenexa, KS (Kansas City area).

• Perform supplier quality surveillance and source inspections at manufacturing and fabrication facilities.
• Perform surveillance of welding, fabrication, NDE, heat treatment, material control, dimensional inspection, testing, and final acceptance activities.
• Review supplier Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) and establish appropriate review, surveillance, witness, and hold points based on equipment criticality and project requirements.
• Review purchase orders, specifications, drawings, datasheets, supplier procedures, quality plans, and applicable codes and standards prior to performing supplier surveillance.
• Review and verify Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), and Welder/Welding Operator Performance Qualifications (WPQ/WQTR) for compliance with applicable codes and project requirements.
• Verify that welding procedures are appropriate for the applicable base materials, filler metals, welding processes, thickness ranges, positions, preheat/interpass requirements, and service conditions.
• Perform in-process welding surveillance
• Perform or witness visual inspection of welds and fabricated components for compliance with applicable acceptance criteria.
• Review and evaluate supplier NDE/NDT procedures, technician qualifications, examination reports, and results.
• Provide surveillance and technical oversight of NDE activities including:
  • Visual Testing (VT)
  • Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)
  • Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
  • Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
  • Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT), where…