Quality Lead

Hatch•Salt Lake City, UT

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Lead is responsible for ensuring construction-related procedures, systems, and processes are established and followed at the project site. The role implements assurance monitoring and measurement requirements, oversees site quality, handover, and close-out requirements, and ensures contractors comply with stipulated contract quality requirements. The position is associated with Hatch’s Project Delivery Group and is described as being at the project site in Stillwater, Oklahoma; the posting header lists Salt Lake City, Utah.

Requirements

Completed secondary school and a Quality Diploma from a recognized institute.
Ten years of appropriate experience in Quality Management on field or EPCM projects.
Knowledge of national and international codes, standards, and specifications related to fabrication of pressurized and non-pressurized plant and equipment.
Familiarity with ISO 9001.

Responsibilities

Attend and coordinate kick-off meetings with the client and contractors; host site quality meetings with contractors and coordinate project, contractor, client, and commissioning progress meetings and construction close-out reviews.
Progressively review contractor data packs for completeness and compliance.
Produce monthly site quality and dashboard reports using information from QA/QC coordinators, and submit reports to the head-office Project Quality Manager.
Produce audit and assessment reports for internal teams and vendors, inspection and surveillance reports, and the project close-out report.
Conduct internal, contractor, and supplier audits and quality assessments according to approved schedules and checklists.
Set up and implement site aspects of the Project Quality Plan in consultation with Construction and Project Quality Managers; manage Project Quality Control Plan interventions and sign-offs.
Prepare and implement QC inspection procedures.
Implement and maintain site quality-documentation controls and comply with document-management requirements.
Assist with developing the Project QC inspection schedule and measure progress against it.
Coordinate preparation of Field Inspection Packs and project field inspections, sampling, and testing identified in contractor Inspection Test Plans.
Coordinate disposition of non-conformances, Field Engineering Queries, and concessions in consultation with Field Engineers; ensure non-conformances and applicable concessions are resolved and cleared before equipment release.
Ensure supplier and contractor inspection, measuring, and testing equipment is calibrated and traceable to a national standard.
Coordinate site QA/QC records and QC records in line with data-pack indices.
Witness Site Acceptance Testing requirements and check red-line and final as-built documents.
Define requirements for approved inspection authorities and inspection staff.
Coordinate local and agency inspection resources, including allocation of assignments according to the QC inspection plan; ensure inspectors understand supplier inspection scopes of work and specified QC requirements.
Review and distribute inspection reports and inspection releases.
Recommend and follow up corrective actions to prevent internal or external deficiencies.
Support change management, including Field Engineering Queries, concessions, Design Change Notices, and Project Change Notices, and participate in construction-site close-out activities.
Liaise with contractor QA/QC personnel, project site representatives, and third-party agencies on QA/QC matters, including field survey activities.
Facilitate and coordinate supplier pre-inspection meetings.
Liaise with procurement expeditors, particularly to manage QC requirements associated with release of supplier products.
Ensure the designer fulfills obligations under the OHS Act and its regulations, and that these obligations are included in the Project Quality Plan, contractor Inspection Test Plan intervention points, and data-book sign-off.
Work with Discipline Engineering Leads to expedite and resolve issues identified during inspections.