Project Supplier Quality Representative

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Job Summary:

Located in Brisbane, QLD, providing Project Supplier Quality support on a project/s including participation in workshop capability surveys, audits and quality surveillance in accordance with Bechtel Supplier Quality & Expediting Inc. (BSQE), Global Business Unit (GBU) and project procedures. 

This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and align Supplier Quality activities across multiple project disciplines
• Evaluates material requisitions and technical specifications for compliance with quality requirements, and collaborates with Engineering to define appropriate surveillance levels, including the establishment of witness and hold points.
• Engages in pre-award and post-award meetings with suppliers to review Supplier Quality’s access rights, shipment release authority, and notification protocols for witness and hold points during surveillance activities.
• Prepares surveillance assignment packages and provides project direction to Supplier Quality Representatives executing surveillance assignments for the project
• Investigate quality issues reported to the Supplier Quality Manager on equipment/materials where quality surveillance has been performed.
• Review, edit and distribute reports in accordance with the BSQE Manual and Project Procedures.
• Routinely verify the accuracy of anomaly codes and assignment data transferred from Quality Surveillance Reports into SAM, and implement corrections as needed.
• Contribute to bidder pre-award and post-award activities by leveraging SAM metric reports to support SQRs in identifying and addressing known supplier issues during pre-fabrication meetings.
• Notify the PSQS, PPM and responsible project personnel of any significant problems and initiate timely follow-up
• Monitor and manage job hour and monetary budgets and initiate trends when any overrun is foreseen or experienced
• Provide supplier submittal document registers to SQR's when requested or on a managed regular basis
• Performs specific Supplier Quality related activities assigned by the Project Procurement Manager and Supply Chain Manager
• Promote effective cross-disciplinary communication between on-site and off-site project personnel; provide clear direction to assigned Supplier Quality Representatives and ensure coordination across project teams.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred but not essential
• Minimum 5 year of relevant industry experience in supply chain & project management including inspection and testing activities.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point).
• Extensive prior experience in a Quality Lead role with major commodities typically procured for large scale EPC/EPCM projects, recognized codes and standards, manufacturing methods
• Extensive experience in writing technical procedures and problem solving 
• Experience in the fundamentals of supply chain, welding, surface treatment, non-destructive testing, functional testing, material management

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Previously performed project Supplier Quality activities containing a moderate degree of complexity, e.g., preparation of detailed inspection plans for use on complete or uniquely designed systems; preparation of full scope man-hour and budget estimates for proposed intermediate-sized projects; review of complex technical specifications; or the establishment of project corrective action(s) to resolve nonconformances that have a significant impact on project cost/schedule
• Strong communication skills whilst providing guidance and monitoring activities for other Supplier Quality Representatives and non-technical support staff as assigned
• Participation as an audit team member or technical resource for quality program audits
• Basic supervisory skills to monitor the administrative and technical performance of Third-Party Agency quality surveillance contractor personnel to assure that Corporate Supplier Quality Manual and Procedures and quality surveillance assignment instructions are implemented
• Previous in-shop quality surveillance or related experience with equipment or materials common to the Bechtel marketplace.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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