Supplier Quality Manager

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Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group:
Kiewit Quality

Department:
Quality

Market:
Corporate Home Office

Employment Type:

Full Time

Position Overview
We are adding a Supplier Quality Manager to our Kiewit Quality group. In this role you may support projects in any of our 8 market areas. You will be responsible for ensuring that suppliers continue to develop and implement best practices that emphasize defect prevention, reduce variation and waste, develop continuous improvements to meet quality standards, minimize quality costs, and ensure codes/standards and client requirements are met to maximize constructability at a job site.

You will be the key point of contact for suppliers with regard to product quality, for your projects, and will be the liaison with supplier fabrication sites, project teams, engineering, procurement teams. If you have a strong background with these functions in construction or for heavy equipment manufacturing or have worked as a Field Engineer or Superintendent reviewing contracts and building complex projects, we would love to talk with you!

District Overview
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.

Location
This position could be based out of our Toronto, Edmonton or Vancouver offices.

Responsibilities

Create and manage a project specific supplier quality plan for assigned projects

Review and approve project specific supplier quality and manufacturing documents including Quality plans, Inspection and test plans (ITP), Weld Procedure specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welder Performance Qualifications (WPQ), Material Test Reports (MTR) s) MTRs, coating procedures etc. against codes, standards, and technical specifications for applicable equipment used in construction.

Review and approval of supplier manufacturing records

Review and approve Supplier deviation requests / disposition technical queries related to Quality

Preparation of Project Specific Documents such as Project Quality Master Inspection Test Plans, estimates, forecasts, checklists, etc.

Coordinate with Supplier, Customer & TPI for witness and hold inspection points per project ITPs

Act as the lead supplier quality representative on assigned projects and be the supplier quality liaison with the client and the project management team.

Inspect or support assigned inspectors to ensure pressure vessels, equipment, piping, structural fabrications, and equipment are to code and project requirements

Manage assigned budget, inspectors, engineers, coordinator’s and 3rd party resources. Maintain an accurate forecast.

Ensure Client Quality requirements are met as set forth in Client Specifications

Educate project management, engineering, and construction teams on the supplier quality program.

Interface with Clients, Project Management and other teams as needed.

Track, manage and resolve supplier nonconformities & quality issues.

Ensure alignment of inspection and expediting activities.

Undertake training and maintain certifications as required.

Travel as required to project sites, Kiewit sites, and supplier locations.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Quality, or similar technical discipline AND 5+ years of related Supplier Quality experience, performing functions as outlined above, or Associates Degree AND 10years of related SQM experience.

Will also consider Field Engineers or Superintendents with a strong background…