Quality Manager in Project (QMiP)

Position: Quality Manager in Project (QMiP)Location: Houston, TXDuration: Contract role (4 months with possibility of extension depending on need)Shift: 3 days (Onsite), 2 days (Remote) a week, varies during different phases of the project A Snapshot of Your Day: Join our team, where we support international customers in solving their problems and improving their processes using the latest technology and methods. We embrace flexible ways of working to support our project teams in quality assurance and quality control. As a Quality Manager in Project (QMiP), you will partner with the project manager to plan, monitor, and report on quality assurance and quality control activities. You will be a core member of the project team, led by the project manager.

How You’Ll Make An Impact

• Sales & Bid Phase
• Analyze quality requirements and international laws and standards.
• Calculate the effort for quality-related activities within the project.
• Review and provide comments and exceptions (if necessary) to customer specifications.
• Execution Phase:
• Assist project management in preparing project agreements, setting quality targets, developing quality standards and testing, and conducting comprehensive risk analyses for new product development.
• Support and consult project managers to prevent quality issues, ensure customer integration, establish quality standards, and manage suppliers.
• Coordinate quality requirements for several contracts.
• Create and monitor the Project Quality Plan (according to ISO) including the Inspection & Test Plan (ITP).
• Support the execution of the ITP, engaging with suppliers and customers as per contract requirements. Provide support to the project team on quality aspects of factory acceptance tests and inspections on a case-by-case basis.
• Support all project experts in including quality assurance activities regarding failure prevention, effective proceedings (pro-active and re-active), and continuous improvements throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Support Non-Conformance Cost (NCC) management through root cause analysis, defining countermeasures, and supporting the information loop. Lead quality defect/fault investigations.
• Review and approve sub-supplier documentation.
• Manage certification requirements with suppliers and customers, review equipment certification, and compile project Manufacturing Record Books.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Plan, initiate, and coordinate continuous improvement activities for all phases of the project. Ensure cost-effective process improvements are identified, and operating costs are used efficiently.

What You Bring:

• A degree in engineering and 5 + years of professional experience in the engineering industry, with training in Quality Management or a combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Professional experience in project management and/or quality management of large-scale industrial plants, offshore, or marine projects is preferred.
• Practical experience in a project-driven, technically sophisticated environment (e.g., infrastructure sectors such as energy or transportation, mechanical or plant engineering).
• Business fluency in English; other languages are advantageous.
• A collaborative spirit, enjoying working within teams, across departments, and with external partners to achieve common goals.
• Travel up to 25%
• U.S. Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.
• CAPA (Corrective Action Preventative Action) experience.