Job Title: Supplier Quality Representative (SQR) WTP (Coverage central Texas)
Company: SPECTRAFORCE
Location: Remote
Country: USA
Employment Type: Remote
Job Type: Direct Hire
Salary Range: $42.00 - $56.00/hr
Experience Level: 4-5 years

About the Role

This position entails visits to supplier and vendor shops to perform the activities defined by the quality surveillance assignment. The Supplier Quality Representative verifies, through monitoring, observation, document review, witnessing of examinations and tests, and selective hands-on inspection, that supplier-furnished material and equipment includes the defined attributes of recognized codes and standards and company procurement document requirements. Rejects material found nonconforming to procurement document requirements. Collaborates with the supplier and project supplier quality personnel to identify a course of action to achieve satisfactory disposition of disclosed nonconformances, releases conforming material for shipment, and reports surveillance results to company project personnel and the customer.

Key Responsibilities

• Verify supplier-furnished material and equipment conforms to procurement documents.
• Review procurement document requirements with supplier representatives.
• Participate in kickoff and pre-fabrication meetings.
• Verify qualified procedures and personnel are in place before work starts.
• Perform surveillance activities defined by the assignment.
• Monitor supplier personnel activities to verify purchase order requirements.
• Review supplier-generated quality verification documentation.
• Reject nonconforming material and document conditions.
• Collaborate with suppliers to achieve satisfactory disposition of nonconformances.
• Release conforming material for shipment.
• Report results of quality surveillance activities.
• Provide early notification of quality or fabrication progress risk.
• Maintain assignment and inspection records.

Required Skills

• Two years of related experience involving 2,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities; or High school diploma or equivalent and 1,000 hours of in-shop surveillance, examination, or testing activities; or Associate Degree, or the equivalent of two years of full-time college coursework in a related discipline, plus 500 hours of in-shop related experience in equivalent inspection, examination, or testing activities.
• Valid driver’s license and the ability to travel routinely to supplier facilities within the assigned area.
• Ability to obtain and maintain any client, facility, or export-control access required for assigned suppliers.
• The demonstrated ability to work under moderate supervision and to reach defensible conclusions independently while in a supplier facility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including clear and factual surveillance report writing.
• Computer skills must consist of a working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications, electronic submission of reports and assignment tracking, and digital camera use.
• Additional hours of in-shop quality surveillance or related experience with equipment or materials common to the company's marketplace.
• Commodity experience in one or more of the following: structural steel and plate work; piping, spools, valves, and supports; pressure vessels, exchangers, tanks, and skids or modules; rotating equipment and packaged units; electrical and instrumentation equipment, including transformers, switchgear, and e-houses; protective coatings and linings; precast and prestressed concrete products.
• Working familiarity with the applicable codes and standards for the assigned commodity, such as the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (Sections I, V, VIII, and IX), ASME B31.1 and B31.3, AWS D1.1, API standards, and AMPP/SSPC coating standards.
• Experience with quality programs applicable to the assignment, including ISO 9001, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, or NQA-1.
• Experience on engineering, procurement, and construction projects in energy, nuclear, liquefied natural gas, mining and metals, or major infrastructure.
• Experience with supplier assessment, surveillance level determination, supplier requalification, or supplier document and certification data book control.
• Experience with international suppliers and translated documentation; a second language relevant to the assigned region is an advantage.
• Ability to work safely in an industrial fabrication environment with exposure to noise, heat, cold, dust, fumes, and moving equipment, wearing required personal protective equipment at all times.
• Ability to climb ladders and stairs, work at elevation, enter confined or restricted spaces where authorized, stand and walk for extended periods, and lift and carry inspection equipment of approximately 25 pounds.
• Vision and hearing, with correction as needed, sufficient to perform visual examination and witness testing.

Preferred Skills

• Shop Surveillance
• Structural Steel Fabrication
• Coating
• CWI
• Drawing Review
• Specification Review
• Inspection
• Test Requirements
• Nonconformance Documentation
• Communication
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheet Applications
• ISO 9001
• NQA-1
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector
• ASNT Level II
• AMPP/NACE Coating Inspector

Additional Details

• Duration: 03 months
• Schedule: Approximately 24–40 hours per week for roughly 3 months’ time, with overtime as needed and approved on a case-by-case basis.
• Travel: Approximately 75–80%, primarily to supplier facilities.
• Field/shop environment: This is not an office-based position.
• Flexibility: Availability for occasional schedule changes, extended supplier coverage, and approved overtime is important.

About Us

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