Job Title: Quality Manager III
Duration: 1 year (possibility of extension) Schedule: 5/50 Sponsorship Provided: No
Location: Spring, TX with travels to Baton Rouge, LA and Hopkinsville, KY.
This opportunity supports a refinery and chemical complex project within the oil and gas industry, focused on quality management across engineering, procurement, construction, suppliers and operations turnover. The role offers broad project exposure with responsibility for quality plans, surveillance programs, audits, contractor oversight and quality metrics. International travel is required, with mobilization to site in Hopkinsville, Kentucky anticipated, alongside significant support in Baton Rouge.
Key Responsibilities: - Provide quality discipline input to the project organization plan and support staffing of quality personnel for the project team.
- Prepare and maintain the project quality plan, surveillance programs, procedures and tools, and support successful implementation across the project.
- Interface with other disciplines and coordinate quality-related work activities across the project.
- Manage oversight of contractor quality-related activities and deliverables.
- Act as Quality Assurance Coordinator while none is assigned to the project and provide direction, guidance and resources to quality coordinators.
- Promote quality awareness throughout the project team.
- Ensure project-specific indoctrination and general training for quality personnel, and provide quality-related training as required.
- Confirm the adequacy of contractor plans, procedures, processes and documents.
- Ensure appropriate review and approval of contractor and supplier quality deliverables, including plans, criticality ratings, and inspection and test plans.
- Ensure functional review of deviations relating to equipment and materials.
- Ensure audits of contractors, suppliers and the project team are scheduled and conducted, and participate in or lead audits as appropriate.
- Steward audit findings through resolution and closure in a timely manner.
- Manage resolution of quality issues and monitor quality performance.
- Coordinate and report project quality metrics to the project team and project quality function.
- Interface with start-up and operations to support project quality understanding and turnover activities as appropriate.
Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science
Required Experience: - Extensive experience in project construction or quality assurance and quality control across engineering, procurement and construction activities.
- Extensive experience in responsible roles in quality management and coordination of quality surveillance and inspection activities for oil and gas projects.
- Experience as a project quality manager or equivalent experience in management of project quality systems for the oil and gas industry.
- Worldwide experience with contractors and suppliers of materials, equipment and fabrications involved in production facilities projects.
- Experience working in a client role on oil and gas projects.
- Experience with project mechanical completions processes and documentation for operations turnover.
Preferred Education & Certifications:#LI-AP5 
