Type: 12-month contract to hire

Location: Radford, VA - Local candidates only!

Start date: ASAP

Position Overview: Serves in a lead role, performing quality activities on complex projects and functional areas to ensure products or services meet customer and quality requirements. Regularly interacts with various functional groups, including program management, design/engineering, purchasing, and construction.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Provides Quality Systems support using ISO 9001 for process development, optimization, procedure development, data collection, reporting, and training.
• Participates in Client pre-bid, bid, or contract planning and preparation.
• Plans and executes required audit activities.
• Conducts and documents Internal Quality Audits, managing follow-up activities to ensure compliance with standards, contract requirements, and applicable codes, specifications, and drawings.
• Facilitates internal and external Quality audits and briefs management on results.
• Documents, follows-up, and closes corrective actions; analyzes findings to determine program quality and identify performance trends.
• Handles qualification audits of suppliers.
• Ensures audited activities meet quality program and Client requirements.
• Performs quality engineering reviews of design documentation.
• Promotes safety awareness and participates in safety field audits and assessments.
• Verifies compliance with quality standards and program requirements.
• Collaborates in developing and maintaining Quality Policy, Processes, Procedures, and related documents.
• Reviews Quality Manuals, documents, and procedures for compliance with industry codes and standards.
• Collaborates with management for interface on Quality activities with internal or external organizations.
• Performs advanced statistical process control.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and training to lower-level Quality personnel.
• Performs other responsibilities as appropriate.

Key Relationships:

• Supervision Received: Quality Managers; Quality Engineer/Specialist, Supervisory; Project Manager
• Supervision Given: Lower-level Quality Engineers/Specialists; Quality Analysts (technical guidance only)
• Internal Contacts: All employees on project
• External Contacts: Suppliers; Subcontractors; Clients

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Quality discipline, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Typically 8 years of related work experience in Quality
• Lead Auditor certification (ISO 9001 or equivalent)
• ASQ Certification (CMQ/OE, CQA, CQE) or other related certifications

Preferred:

• Membership in a nationally-recognized Quality organization
• Additional related certifications (e.g., Building Inspector, NQA-1, NDT, Welding Inspector, DOT)
• Knowledge in multiple industry areas such as infrastructure, government, aviation, process, or transportation