Babcock and Wilcox is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager at our Chanute, KS location.
The Sr. Project Quality Lead will directly manage the Quality Program and shop Quality Control Department on all assigned B&W projects per the BWB, ASME, and Customer Specifications. This is achieved through collaboration with internal and external customers to ensure a robust program .
Organize all quality inspections for B&W Chanute projects
Manages all projects and products such that the B&W Global Quality process is followed in terms of:
Specification Review
Inspection and Test Plan Development
Pre-Inspection Meeting with Client and Vendor
Resources for the Execution of the ITP
All Non-Conformance Reports and their Disposition or Resolution
Determine if Corrective Action is needed and get the Vendor Control involved
Client meetings
Post-fabrication documentation, ASME Code Data books, and client product dossier are prepared properly and transmitted to the appropriate parties
Qualify and manage department of shop inspectors in accordance with SNT-TC-1A requirements
Ensures inspections are performed by using the "geographically closest qualified inspector" to execute ITPs at vendors with B&W global quality resources or third party inspectors
Ensures all necessary quality data is entered into the appropriate program to track, analyze, and report on quality performance
Interacts with other managers to insure a fully coordinated quality program
Maintains the Quality Department loadboard as detailed by the Director, Global Quality
Participates in quality improvements in the quality system, offices, shops, and vendors
Responsible for client complaints
Leads both ASME, SNT-TC-1A, and any other certification audit process
Guide the internal and external audit process
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned
7 years' experience in the areas of Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Foreign assignment experience a plus but not necessary
React in a positive fashion to internal and external client requests
Fabrication by welding
Manufacturing experience
Pressure Part fabrication and Structural Steel/Plate fabrication
Familiar with ASME, AWS, and SNT-TC-1A codes
Project management focused (cradle to grave - client relationships - problem solving - vendor claims - root cause analysis, etc.)
