Responsibilities:
- Provide Quality discipline input to the Project Organization Plan and manage staffing of Quality personnel for the Project Team (PT).
- Develop quality plans, programs, procedures and tools to manage quality across project.
- Interface with other disciplines and provide Quality input to project plans.
- Manage the oversight of Contractors' quality-related activities and deliverables.
- Act as Quality Assurance Coordinator (QAC) while none is assigned to project.
- Provide direction, guidance and resources to QACS.
- Provide advice to Project Management on quality issues and support effort to resolve them.
- Provide feedback on quality-related issues and metrics to the Project Quality function.
- Promote Quality awareness throughout the project.
- Prepare and maintain Project Quality Plan, Surveillance Programs and other quality procedures and tools and ensure their successful implementation across the project.
- Interface and coordinate work activities between Quality and other disciplines.
- Ensure project-specific indoctrination and general training for Quality personnel is conducted and provide quality-related training for PT as required.
- Provide direction, guidance and resources to QACS.
- Provide oversight of Contractors' implementation of their Quality program and compliance with project requirements:
- Ensure appropriate quality and quantity of Contractor's Quality staff assigned to the project.
- Confirm adequacy of Contractors' plans, procedures, processes and documents.
- Ensure appropriate PT review and approval of Contractor's and Suppliers' quality deliverables (e.g., plans, Criticality Ratings, Inspection and Test Plans) -Ensure appropriate PT and functional review of deviations to equipment and materials.
- Ensure audits of Contractors, Suppliers and PT are scheduled and conducted; lead PT audits and participate in Contractor audits as appropriate -Steward audit findings to resolution and closure in a timely manner.
- Coordinate Quality management activities to ensure consistency, effectiveness across the Project.
- Maintain ongoing communication with Quality Coordinators (i.e., QACs, PQCS, SQCs).
- Manage resolution of quality issues and monitor quality performance.
- Coordinate and report Project quality metrics to PT and Project Quality function.
- Interface with Start-up/Operations to ensure clear understanding of project quality and participate in turnover as appropriate.
- Maintain interface communication with Project Quality function and support functional initiatives and tool building efforts as needed.
Requirements:
- Extensive experience executing project construction or quality assurance/control of engineering, procurement, and construction activities.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science.
- Extensive experience in responsible roles in Quality Management and coordination of quality surveillance/inspection activities for projects in the Oil and Gas Industry.
- Experience as a Project Quality Manager or equivalent experience in management of project quality systems for the Oil and Gas Industry.
- Extensive experience with auditing quality management systems. Auditor Certification is preferred.
- Worldwide experience with Contractors and Suppliers of materials, equipment and fabrications involved in production facilities projects.
- Experience working in client role on oil and gas projects.
- Experience with project mechanical completions processes and documentation for operations turnover.
- Must be proficient in common PC software (MS Word, MS Excel, etc.).
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
