QAQC Manager (La Porte, TX) Austin Industrial

The purpose of this position is to provide supervision and oversight of quality performance on a single project of modest complexity or a portion of a more complex project including one or more self-perform work disciplines, subcontracts, and vendors. Responsible for verification of conformance with Austin Quality Management System and customer specifications. This position requires maintaining a good working relationship with customer representatives, engineers, vendors, subcontractors and project management personnel. This position reports to the Director of Quality and functionally and administratively serves the Project Manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Quality Inspectors
• Subcontractors
• Vendors

Functional Areas of Responsibilities

• Conformance to Austin Quality Management System
• Conformance to customer specifications and requirements
• In process inspection and audit of self-perform and subcontractor field installation activities
• Vendor surveillance
• Development and review of system turnover packages

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Quality Management

• Inspect all field construction work in progress, including work that is subcontracted, and ensure that uniformly high quality workmanship is maintained during each phase of construction. Supervise or delegate to staff as appropriate all inspection activities performed on the jobsite regardless of the day or time of performance.
• Document non-conformances promptly with responsible parties and follow up to ensure that deficiencies are resolved.
• Prepare internal and customer required weekly and monthly quality reports.
• Act as liaison with customer, regulatory agencies, subcontractors and/or internal departments on quality related matters.
• Create and maintain all required documentation: concrete break logs, weld logs, ITP’s, turnover packages, etc.
• Implements quality training programs to project personnel in conjunction with Project Managers and Superintendents.

Planning

• Review contract documents, submittals, shop drawings, and schematics to determine the nature and scope of the project, the materials and equipment to be utilized, and develop the jobsite specific quality plan and program.
• Develop discipline specific Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs)
• Lead meetings with supervision and vendors on quality performance expectations, inspection and test requirements, and customer interfaces.
• Develop or review required submittals such as weld procedures, concrete mix designs, etc. to ensure conformance with specifications and required customer approvals.

Cost Performance

• Eliminate rework through a timely and robust inspection process

Scheduling

• Coordinate inspections and quality resource requirements with the construction plan and schedule.
• Manage scheduling of all quality inspections necessary to obtain customer acceptance of the work.

Relationships

• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with field supervision, customer representatives, engineers, consulting firms, and other parties. Attempts to resolve problems at the lowest practical level through direct negotiations with concerned individuals.
• Provide administrative and technical direction to all quality personnel on project site including personnel administration and resolution of technical problems.
• Foster and promote the training and development of subordinates through various on-the-job training opportunities, company-sponsored training programs and outside learning opportunities such as college courses, trade seminars, and classroom instruction.

Other

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Technical

• Minimum of 8 years of Quality Control experience in the industrial industry.
• Certified Weld Inspector (CWI)
• ASNT (SNT-TC-1A) Level II in one or more method: PT, UTT (thickness readings), or RTI (film interpretation) preferred or equivalent education.
• Engineering degree can substitute for some or all of CWI and ASNT certifications
• Civil, structural, mechanical, and minor electrical inspection experience required.
• Auditing experience preferred.
• Read and interpret project drawings and specifications
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial.

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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