Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Requirements

• QA/QC Experience / Heavy-Civil Quality
• Required experience:
  
  5 - 10 years of QA/QC experience in rail/bridge/public works industry or working for a contractor or public agency, transit systems experience (preferably BART)
• Education level:
  Engineering or Construction Management Degree

Quality Engineering, Inc. is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer who will be responsible for the implementation, improvement, and execution of the Quality Management System (QMS) Manual and project specific quality program requirements. This is currently a full-time position.

The Quality Assurance Engineer will ensure that the design and construction work activities are planned and executed in accordance with established policies, procedures, systems and requirements of the quality plan and contract. The QA Engineer will work in Oakland, CA (and possibly remotely) under the supervision of the Project and Corporate Management.

• Verify implementation of the project/corporate quality program manual (including quality assurance plan and procedures) in compliance with owner contract and company requirements
• Review and accept quality program submittals for compliance, as required by contract documents and FTA Quality Management System (QMS) Guidelines
• Ensure suppliers have appropriate Quality Control/Assurance measures in place
• Coordinate testing and inspection of subcontractor’s scopes of work
• Provide quality input to design and contractual documents
• Develop an audit plan and audit schedule
• Perform quality program, design, and construction audits for large infrastructure construction projects
• Conduct audits of designers, manufacturers, suppliers, installation contractors
• Perform quality engineering for test and equipment acceptance and systems integration and acceptance testing (if and where applicable)
• Provide quality engineering support to construction managers, resident engineers, contractors, and equipment manufacturers as required
• Analyze data for development of quality trend reports
• Communicate directly with project & company management
• Coordination of inspection of all materials upon delivery to site (if and where applicable)
• Supervise and direct on-site personnel involved in quality control work
• Inspect and review work in accordance with applicable codes and standards included in the project drawings and specifications
• Participate in review board meetings to resolve non-conformance areas; follow up to ensure corrections are implemented.
• Review of field conditions for responses to RFIs.
• Provide monthly quality report input to QA management
• Leadership to ensure consistency of expectations, standards, and evaluations.

• Engineering or Construction Management Degree and 5-10 years of QA/QC experience in rail/bridge/public works industry or working for a contractor or public agency
• ASQ Certifications preferred (CQA, CMQ/OE)
• Knowledge of BART, Caltrans procedures is desirable
• Ability to travel to construction sites (local) or office
• USACE CQM-C is desirable

• Computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets, and general data analysis
• Organization, professionalism, accurate documentation skills and the ability to comply with transit quality regulatory requirements are essential.
• Ability to interpret construction plans and specifications.
• Experience developing quality monitoring formats and standards.
• Experience evaluating document control plans.
• Relevant quality assurance and/or quality control experience with transit agencies.

Founded in 1982, Quality Engineering, Inc. is a California-based engineering firm with extensive Quality Assurance and Quality Control Management experience in both design and construction of heavy capital projects. We are a certified SBE/DBE firm with project offices in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, and Seattle.

QEI provides QA/QC services for design-bid-build and design-build projects meeting quality requirements of the FAA, FHWA, FTA. Past and current clients include BART, VTA, JPB, Seattle-Sound Transit, LA METRO, Caltrans, CAHSR, and Metrolink. We have experience working for both the owner agencies as well as large design and construction firms.

QEI offers attractive compensation and benefit packages as well as the opportunity to work on exciting high-profile projects while directly contributing to the success of a growing company!

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