What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Control Lead Specialist position at Bollinger Shipyards?
Job Title: Quality Control Lead Specialist
Location: Houma, LA
Job Overview: The Quality Control (QC) Lead Specialist oversees daily quality control inspection activities at the yard, leading a team of QC inspectors to ensure all work meets contract specifications, regulatory requirements, and company quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Houma, LA
Job Overview: The Quality Control (QC) Lead Specialist oversees daily quality control inspection activities at the yard, leading a team of QC inspectors to ensure all work meets contract specifications, regulatory requirements, and company quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and coordinate the activities of QC inspectors across assigned projects.
- Perform and oversee inspections, including structural fit-up, welding, dimensional checks, and coating application.
- Manage hold-point and witness-point inspections for the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and customer representatives.
- Review work packages, drawings, and specifications to verify that inspection requirements are clearly defined and understood.
- Generate and review inspection reports, test records, and nonconformance reports; drive corrective actions through closure.
- Coordinate with Production, Engineering, and Planning to schedule inspections and minimize delays.
- Ensure compliance with the project Inspection and Test Plan (ITP).
- Support trials, test events, and final acceptance activities.
- Five or more years of quality control experience in shipbuilding, marine, or heavy industrial construction.
- Working knowledge of welding inspection requirements, including AWS D1.1 or equivalent standards.
- Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), formerly NACE, Coating Inspector certification preferred.
- Prior leadership or lead experience preferred.
- Familiarity with ABS rules and USCG regulations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, and technical specifications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.