Airswift is looking for a Regional Manager to work for a major O&G company in Reston, Virginia, for a 1 year assignment.
This opportunity offers leadership responsibility across North America within supplier quality, expediting, and regional resource planning for major project delivery. The role is focused on driving execution standards, supplier surveillance, critical delivery assurance, and team development across a complex technical environment. This position will suit candidates with strong expertise in quality surveillance, manufacturing inspection, technical document review, and supervisory leadership in project-based industries.
Required Education:
- Associate degree in a technical field or equivalent relevant experience
Required Experience:
- Experience in manufacturing, inspection, testing, and technical document review
- Minimum 8,000 hours of in-shop quality surveillance experience
- Minimum 8 years of supervisory experience leading supplier quality or quality assurance personnel, including supervisors, ideally across multiple projects or regions
- Experience managing resource loading, coverage, and assignment planning across risk, geography, and criticality
- Experience reviewing quality reports and non-conformance records, identifying trends, and supporting audit readiness
- Experience with supplier surveillance, expediting, corrective and preventive action, and critical delivery recovery planning
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally at least 3 days per week and work in supplier shop environments using required PPE
Required Skills:
- Ability to be certified as a Supplier Quality Level II Mechanical/Electrical SQR
- Broad knowledge of materials and equipment purchased for large-scale projects, supplier quality assurance programmes, and industry codes and standards
- Working knowledge of procurement requirements, purchase order requirements, and expediting practices
- Working knowledge of competency frameworks, scorecards, resource planning, Microsoft 365, dashboards, and Supplier Assure
- Strong leadership, coaching, communication, influence, and conflict-resolution skills
- Ability to drive accountability, structured execution, and consistent regional operating standards
- Experience supporting digital execution, remote surveillance tools, continuous improvement, and lessons learned reviews
Required Certifications:
- Valid driver’s license
- Valid passport
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field
- Certifications such as AWS CWI, ASQ CQA/CQE or CMQ/OE, NDT Level II, AMPP coating inspector, or NQA-1 lead auditor
- Experience managing the North American supplier base for major EPC projects, including contract personnel
- Experience supporting nuclear readiness where assigned