This opportunity offers a field-based quality surveillance position supporting supplier and vendor shop activities across a broad geographic area, with extensive travel to fabrication facilities. The role is focused on QA/QC, supplier quality, inspection, testing, nonconformance reporting, and shipment release within highly regulated industrial environments. This position will suit professionals who are comfortable working independently in shop settings, reviewing technical documentation, and producing clear, timely surveillance reports.
Required Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent with 1,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities
- Associate degree, or the equivalent of two years of full-time college coursework in a related discipline, plus 500 hours of in-shop related experience in inspection, examination, or testing activities
Required Experience:
- Related experience involving 2,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities
- Experience performing supplier surveillance and inspection activities in fabrication or shop environments
- Experience reviewing quality verification documentation, inspection records, test results, traceability records, and supplier data books
- Experience identifying, documenting, and supporting resolution of nonconformances against procurement and technical requirements
- Ability to work independently at supplier facilities under moderate supervision and reach defensible conclusions
- Routine availability to travel to supplier facilities within the assigned area
- Ability to obtain and maintain any facility or export-control access required for assigned suppliers
Required Skills:
- Strong knowledge of QA/QC surveillance, monitoring, observation, document review, witnessing of examinations and tests, and selective hands-on inspection
- Ability to review drawings, specifications, purchase order requirements, inspection and test requirements, and supplier documentation
- Clear and factual surveillance report writing with strong verbal and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet applications, electronic report submission, assignment tracking, and digital camera use
- Ability to work safely in an industrial fabrication environment with exposure to noise, heat, cold, dust, fumes, and moving equipment while wearing required personal protective equipment
- Ability to climb ladders and stairs, work at elevation, enter confined or restricted spaces where authorised, stand and walk for extended periods, and lift and carry inspection equipment of approximately 25 pounds
- Vision and hearing, with correction as needed, sufficient to perform visual examination and witness testing
Required Certifications:
- Valid driver’s license
Preferred Qualifications:
- 4–5 years of quality assurance, quality control, supplier quality, or shop-surveillance experience
- Experience in nuclear or other highly regulated industries
- Additional in-shop quality surveillance or related experience with equipment or materials used in major industrial projects
- Commodity experience in areas such as structural steel, plate work, piping, valves, supports, pressure vessels, exchangers, tanks, skids, modules, rotating equipment, packaged units, electrical and instrumentation equipment, coatings, linings, precast, or prestressed concrete products
- Working familiarity with applicable industry codes and standards including ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, ASME B31.1, ASME B31.3, AWS D1.1, API standards, and AMPP/SSPC coating standards
- Industry certifications such as ASNT Level II, AWS Certified Welding Inspector, AMPP/NACE coating inspector, or NPCA Production and Quality School certification
- Experience with quality programmes including ISO 9001, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, or NQA-1
- Experience on engineering, procurement, and construction projects in energy, nuclear, liquefied natural gas, mining and metals, or major infrastructure
- Experience with supplier assessment, surveillance level determination, supplier requalification, or supplier document and certification data book control
- Experience with international suppliers and translated documentation