Project Supplier Quality Representative

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Project Overview:

Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company have partnered to deliver the first AP1000 nuclear power reactors in Poland for our customer, the Polish Entity Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ). Bechtel will be the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor for the project. As the EPC, our responsibilities will include providing the design for the Turbine Island and Balance of Plant as well as the construction of the entire facility.  This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity, and we are looking for the talent that will help expand Poland’s nuclear base and build a strong and long-lasting energy future for generations to come. This position is subject to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regulations at 10 CFR Part 810 (Part 810), which govern the transfer of hardware, materials, and technology to support the construction and operation of commercial nuclear power plants overseas.

Job Summary:

The project supplier quality specialist support on a project including capability surveys, audits and area or shop quality surveillance in accordance with Bechtel Supplier Quality & Expediting Inc. (BSQE) and Project Procedures

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinate Supplier Quality services with other project functions
• Reviews material requisitions including technical specifications with respect to quality requirements and participates with Engineering in determining the levels of surveillance required and establishing witness and hold points.
• Assists in the development of the final bid list and the selection of a recommended bidder
• Assists with the establishment of Quality Surveillance levels required for each purchase
• Participates in pre-award and post-award meetings/conferences with suppliers to review Area Supplier Quality’s right of access, release for shipment authority, and notification on witness and hold points during quality surveillance activities
• Prepares quality surveillance and capability survey assignments for execution by the assigned Area Supplier Quality Specialists
• Investigate quality issues reported to the Supplier Quality Manager on equipment/materials where quality surveillance has been performed. Available documents such as UOS&Ds, Field Change Notices, back charge notices, NCR & Deviation Report registers, etc. should be utilized during the investigation process
• Review, edit, accept and distribute reports in accordance with this Manual and Project Procedures. Ensure survey and audit reports are approved and then posted into GSIS
• Regularly check anomaly code information and assignment information which has been siphoned from Quality Surveillance Reports into SAM is accurate and make any necessary corrections
• Provide project direction to Supplier Quality Representatives that carry assignments for Project
• Participate in bidder pre-award and post-award activities and utilize SAM metric reports in bidder pre-award and post-award meetings and provide SQR's to discuss known issues with suppliers during initial visits
• Coordinate review, obtain and resolve Project Quality Assurance and Engineering comments on quality surveillance plans when required by Project Procedures and Engineering Department Procedure Instructions (EDPI's)
• Monitor and report quality metrics established by the functional Supplier Quality Manager

Other Major Responsibilities:

• Follow Project Procedures and work processes
• 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
• Record and trend out of scope work resulting from activities being undertaken that were not originally estimated or planned
• Provide supplier submittal document registers to SQR's when requested or on a managed regular basis
• Coordinate review of Quarterly Supplier Status Reports for lessons learned on Suppliers
• Performs specific Procurement Supplier Quality related activities assigned by the Project Procurement Manager
• Facilitates communication between on and off project personnel across disciplines; provides project direction to assigned Supplier Quality Specialists and coordinates communication between Supplier Quality Specialists and project personnel to assist in resolving technical and quality issues arising from area/shop Supplier Quality activities. Represents Supplier Quality in project meetings, project reviews, and in the resolution of issues relating to supplier quality
• Represents Supplier Quality in project meetings, project reviews and in the resolution of issues relating to supplier quality
• Researches and summarizes data and populates established project and procedural performance metrics. Develop project specific metric for implementation as deemed useful by the project team
• Support development of SQ automation, data analysis & Power BI dashboards

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point).

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with Nuclear projects, NS&E, recognised codes and standards, manufacturing methods
• Experience with NQA-1
• Performs project Supplier Quality functions having some 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
• Provides guidance to other Area Supplier Quality Specialists and non-technical support staff as assigned
• Assists and/or monitors activities of assigned Area Supplier Quality Specialists
• Requisite certification as an ANSI/ASME Level II (further to Level I competencies) and performs the following:
• Conducts capability surveys of a prospective supplier
• Participates as an audit team member or technical resource for nuclear material and/or quality program audits
• Monitors 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

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

• A minimum of 2000 hours of in-shop quality surveillance or related work.

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