Site Quality Supervisor


Location: Umatilla, OR and Bridgeport, WA
On-Site: Monday - Friday
Type of Employment: Contract
Duration: 1 Year 
Hourly Rate: $86/hour (W2), $109hour (1099)
Vacancies: 1
Per Diem: $180/day


Role & Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with all technical requirements & drawings from engineering during erection and commissioning.
• Responsible for establishing a project quality management system (Quality Plan) in agreement with the Project Director and Project Quality Leader, in compliance with project requirements.
• Establish a verification plan to ensure compliance to the Quality Plan at all parts of the project.
• Responsible for reporting and escalating to the project team any Quality matters.
• Train the project team members in the use of quality tools.
• Assist in the preparation of project-specific procedures and quality deliverables.
• Act as the main quality representative at the site, towards the customer. Promote awareness of the STOP Work strategy, and ensure any STOP Work is documented

Site Preparation (Startup)       

• Participate, document, and own the post-handover tasks and responsibilities.
• Prepare a mitigation plan for activities that required follow-up from the PQL handover.
• Participate in the Site project kick-off
• Review of contract QA requirements as part of contract familiarization
• Review of Quality Requirements to Supplier against contract requirements, if necessary, establish project-specific Supplier Quality Requirements (SQR), in coordination with Supplier Quality organization.
• Establish and implement project specific methods, or procedures driven by customer requirements applicable only to that project/client.
• Familiarize and execute according to standard ITP ensuring it covers the contract-specific requirements if the deviation of QA requirements updates standard ITP’s to project specific. Liaise with Project Manager to discuss any commercial impact.
• Review standard supplier documentation request list against contract-specific requirements if deviation of QA requirements updates the standard requirements to include the project specific. Liaise with PM, Supplier Quality Leader, and/or C&C Sourcing, to discuss any commercial impact.
• Analyze the Lessons Learnt from previous projects and propose improvement actions that could apply to the project.
• Establish the project audit plan (System & Process)
• Initiate and drive the criticality assessment
• Create and get client approval for the Inspection and Testing Plan for site erection, as per MDL.
• Prepare the site quality book as per contract & client requirements, for all the required reports SRS.

Project Execution         

• In conjunction with the Project Manager, propose measures to ensure that steering documents (i.e. the Project Quality Plan are implemented in the Project Organization (spot checks, verifications, communication, etc.)
• Control and distribution of documents
• Control of measurement and test devices                                  
• Welding process
• Painting process
• Material traceability
• Quality records
• Coordinate inspection with stakeholders as required in the contract
• Apply the feedback of experience before major task (APQP/risk management)
• Participate in audits at site.
• Make sure that all special processes have been identified and the corresponding staff are properly qualified (e.g.: welders, NDT inspectors, etc)
• Foreign Material Exclusion (FME)
• Ensure the project team is familiarized with corporate and project-specific procedures
• Collect, verify, and organize all quality records in view of preparation of the site quality book (History docket / Data book) as per contract and as per stakeholder (BOX folder) for all required reports & SRS.
• Review ITP's/ITTP's, and Supplier Documentation Requirements
• Coordinate Notification of Inspections, and verify relevance and maturity of the inspection activity by checking: ITP (Approval status and specific activity against the Notification of Inspection)
• Coordinate and follow up the closure of the punch list items and/or NCMs resulting from the Inspections.
• Follow up the relevant supplier documentation impacting ITP activity.
• Conduct project audits. Monitor and follow up Corrective Actions to ensure a timely and satisfactory solution has been achieved. Prepare monthly audit & verification statistics.
• Monitor reporting and close-out of internal and external (Supplier/Subcontractor) non-conformance requests and waivers.
• Assist in preparing monthly statistics of non-conformance reporting occurring in our products, processes, and systems.
• Ensure identification and clarification of NCM/RCA costs and escalate when required.
• Ensure that the RCA and the identified CAPA are properly address the problem and prevent re-occurrence.
• Lead/support the implementation of the CAPA, and other process improvements at site.
• Manage non-conformities detected at site & support the proper registration of non-conformities as they arise.
• Assist in the preparation of root cause analysis and propose corrective actions.
• Ensure that there are mechanisms to capture the punch items & follow up until closure
• Own the quality gate reviews related to Construction & Commissioning & Liaise with the Project Quality Leader.
• Ensure availability of the current revisions of the technical documentation on-site
• Complete and follow redlined drawings
• Provide QA performance statistics periodically to the project, and line organization reporting such as: Quality Tollgates, NCR status, CoQ status, ITP, supplier deviations, notification of inspections, punch list items and Customer deliverables status. Audit status and customer complaints status.
• Analysis of the application of the QMS in the Project Site.
• Promote awareness of the FME and STOP Work strategy and ensure any FME and STOP Work is documented. Communicate the STOP Work globally where applicable.
• Ensure Stakeholder Complaints are managed in due time in the respective tools (ref. Quality Plan). including revisions from legal when required.
• Coordinate QA/QC activities between Project Quality and site team, including review of Project Health (KPIs) on a periodic basis, and changes/input to the Site Manual.
• Assure the execution of the process from Red Mark to As-Build documentation
• Ensure that the NCM is properly registered and manage timeliness for resolution.
• Follow and revise site ITPs in collaboration with the PQE-PQL
• Produce inspection reports
• Complete and maintain the measuring and testing instrument register
• Complete and maintain the welder’s qualification register
• Communicate results to the Engineering team
• Supervise the inspectors and inspection firms used on-site
• Inspect the work related to contract changes
• Ensure that subcontractors have calibrated instruments if they bring their own equipment

Project Closure (Pre-demob)    

• Prepare and drive closure from the open items (Punchlist, NCM, RCA)
• Capture the End of Project Lessons Learned
• Ensure that all the project dossiers are closed
• Coordinate and document the handover milestones to the Next Step.
• Coordinate the as-built (red marks) process

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Minimum of 5-years of prior quality supervision experience preferably in Hydro business
• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) from an accredited university or college; or equivalent experience. (heavy mechanical installation)
• Project Management experienced with a background in Quality and/or Engineering and/or installation Operations
• Ability to read and comprehend technical drawings is requested (mechanical, piping, electrical)
• Proficiency in English, both written and oral.
• High skill in managing documents and reports.
• Familiarity with the layout of hydroelectric powerhouses
• Knowledge of construction and installation quality systems, including policies and procedures
• Ability to communicate clearly and well with external Customers and internally in the Organization.
• Ability to influence others and lead small teams.
• Effective problem identification and solution skills