Sr. Manager/Subject Matter Expert - QA/QC Lead

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Sr. Manager/Subject Matter Expert - QA/QC Lead - to join our team. Provides senior-level management direction for the practice of quality, including administrative and supervisory responsibilities for one or more major project(s)/program(s) and/or functional areas to ensure that products or services provided are in accordance with customer and Parsons Quality requirements. This position offers strategic leadership in the development and implementation of regional or major project/program level Quality systems, procedures, and related quality activities. The role involves overseeing a team of Quality professionals, including ensuring continuous professional development. Regularly interacts with executive and senior-level representatives from a variety of functional groups within and across Business Units (BUs), including program/project management, safety, design/engineering, contracts, procurement, construction, and other personnel.

What You'Ll Be Doing:

• Participates in the interview and selection process (including hiring recommendations), and makes staffing assignments in accordance with schedule requirements.
• Conducts performance evaluations and makes appropriate recommendations for required actions, including recommendations for advancement, changes in status, or disciplinary action.
• Manages the salary administration process, including preparing the annual salary plan and recommending salary actions for merit increases and/or promotions.
• Provides Quality Systems management using the Parsons Quality Management System as the basis for process development and optimization, procedure development, data collection and reporting and Quality Systems training.
• Oversees efforts to maintain Parsons quality-related certifications.
• Interfaces at senior and executive levels with regard to quality process improvement and re-engineering.
• Participates in Client pre-bid, bid or contract planning and preparation.
• Establishes project/program Quality Systems and audits schedules, conducts audits, and facilitates corrective actions.
• Performs independent audits in various areas and ensures compliance with QA/QC programs.
• Reviews documents, witnesses audited activities, prepares checklists, performs audits, and prepares final reports.
• Analyzes audit findings to determine program quality and identify trends.
• Promotes a uniform Corrective Action/Preventive Action and Non-conformance tracking program.
• Ensures compliance with Parsons’ and Client quality requirements.
• Verifies that Parsons and customers’ quality requirements are in compliance with quality standards and quality program requirements for products and services provided.
• Develops and maintains project/program Quality Procedures and related documents (or oversee same).
• Reviews Quality Manuals, documents, and implementation procedures to verify compliance with industry codes and standards, regulations and regulatory commitments.
• Reviews from a quality perspective (and approves if required) documents prepared by internal or external organizations such as quality manuals and procedures, technical deliverables, test plans and procedures, purchase orders, and subcontracts.
• Facilitates project/program staffing.
• Collaborates with management for quality activities with internal or external interfaces.
• Handles in qualification audits of suppliers of purchased items and services.
• Supports development and maintenance of corporate quality governance, as requested.
• Provides technical guidance to lower level Quality personnel, as needed.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related field.
• Minimum of 20 years of experience on a major Projects/Programs, with at least 10 years in a management or leadership role.
• Requires expert management ability and extensive knowledge of Quality
• Management practices, processes and current technology
• Requires thorough experience in directing and implementing quality management systems and standards specified by ISO 9000, ASME, ANSI, ASTM and similar organizations
• Clear communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to analyze business situations (ROI, cost per unit)
• Effective written, verbal, analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills. Ability to make public presentations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Attention to detail
• Expert working knowledge of ISO Quality Management Systems Standards
• Ability to direct and manage team members with day to day quality activities as well as special projects to assure timely completion
• Possesses working knowledge of more than one area of industry such as infrastructure, government, aviation, process, or transportation
• Certified ISO-9000 Lead Auditor Lead Auditor certification (ISO 9001 or equal), or ability to obtain within 6-months of hire.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer. or ability to obtain within 6-months of hire.
• Other related certification(s) (e.g. CMQ/OE, CQA, or CQE).
• (Preferred) Membership in a nationally-recognized Quality organization.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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