Quality Assurance Manager

Duties

• Ensures that the Company Quality manuals are followed and implemented throughout the company.
• Performs activities necessary to drive quality improvement, assure regulatory compliance, reduce costs, and improve productivity.
• Develops, implements and manages KPI’s to measure quality and implement corrective actions for continuous improvement.
• Manages the QC Inspectors, providing tools/instructions/guidance to them to maintain quality at the shop level, as well as ensuring they are trained and developed.
• Conducts internal audits to ensure adherence to the QA program and regulatory requirements.
• Together with management, identifies and pursues opportunities for additional certifications.
• Leads quality initiatives to ensure that the Company achieves its goals.
• Assists procurement department in selecting and evaluating suppliers. Keeping all certificates of authorization, code stamps, welder qualification up-to-date.
• Plan and maintain the activities of the quality department.
• Supervise the preparation of quality documentation; verify that all QC records are completed for Code and customer requirements.
• Responsible for managing the Quality Control Manuals in accordance with the following:
  • ASME (Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sec VIII Div. 1, Div. 2,
  • "U", "U2", "R" stamps,
  • B31.1, B31.3, B31.9, B51),
  • API ( 620, 650, 653),
  • CSA (W47.1, W59),
  • AWWA
• Responsible for maintaining official weld procedure documentation, and ensuring welding is in compliance.
• Respond to defects and test failures by recommending and ensuring the execution of the corrective action through root cause analysis.
• Supports project management/engineering team in addressing warranty issues with clients.