Quality Manager

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Project Overview:

Bechtel Mining and Metals offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the mining sector across multiple commodities including Iron Ore, Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Coal, Lithium and Rare Earths markets.

Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, the M&M global business unit also has offices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia along with execution units in the United States, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and other project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

As a Quality Manager, you will develop, maintain, and verify implementation of the quality activities of a project assignment where you will manage and coordinate the project quality program/plan activities functions in engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning, and maintain client liaison and communication.

Major Responsibilities:

• Direct quality activities on the project, communicating with engineering, procurement, construction, administrative services, commissioning, and other project personnel to ensure management goals and objectives are met.
• Review and approve quality‑related procedures prepared on the project to ensure compliance with the quality program/plan.
• Coordinate, supervisor, and/or participate in the project auditing and monitoring program to verify the effectiveness of the quality program/plan.
• Represent the project during quality assurance audits conducted by the client, management, or regulatory agencies.
• Reviews project schedules for quality‑related activities to ensure timely and effective implementation of the project quality plan requirements.
• Other responsibilities as designated.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Degree in an engineering, science, or technical discipline and with extensive industry experience with demonstrated leadership component and/or quality assurance program management experience in the construction or closely related industry;
• Or in lieu of a degree, extensive industry experience with demonstrated leadership component and/or quality assurance program management experience in the construction or closely related industry.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Lead Auditor certification from an accredited body with demonstrated knowledge of quality assurance requirements, and proficiency in implementation and management of quality assurance programs.
• Successful track record of leading teams in complex environments and leadership in management of change initiatives.
• Knowledge of advanced techniques for assessment, event investigation, cause analysis, human performance, and corrective action.
• Demonstrated knowledge of design, procurement, construction, start-up, commissioning, and operation

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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