Job Description
Job Description
General Purpose:
A highly motivated and experienced professional with a focus on heavy industrial pressure equipment and piping, fabrication and construction. The main responsibility of this role is to ensure that all projects adhere to the company quality programs and client standards, as well as comply with all relevant codes and regulations. This role is critical in managing the inspection and testing processes, identifying and resolving quality issues, and ensuring the final product meets specified criteria. This role will engage directly with facets of engineering and construction specifically related to pressure equipment and piping.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Promote a culture of quality focused on transparency, integrity, and commitment to excellence.
- Responsible for the ASME and NB quality control programs within McCarl's. Ensures the implementation and compliance of the appliable Quality Manual throughout all projects.
- Manage company ASME and NB certifications and stamps.
- Manages and assigns the quality control resources needed to comply with the Quality Manual.
- Hire and supervise Quality Control Inspectors. Assign scopes to competent inspectors.
- Assess Quality Control Inspectors' performance.
- Oversees dimensional checks, welding inspections, nondestructive testing, pressure testing and final product verification.
- Performs quality record reviews with frequency based on risk but at minimum, prior to final submittal. Ensure packages are completed on time based on project close-out schedules.
- Support QA Manager in transition from preconstruction to execution in planning and set-up phases.
- Contract holder for Authorized Inspection Agencies, Nondestructive Testing Companies and Weld Testing Labs ensuring value is maintained for McCarl's. Working closely with the Contracts Department for sourcing and securing contracts for these services.
- Stakeholder for McCarl's Welding Program:
- Coordinates welding procedures as needed for all business units.
- Verifies welding procedures are compliant with codes and client specifications.
- Maintains the welding procedure library with Quality Engineers.
- Performs welding procedure training to personnel (Welders, QC Inspectors).
- Manages weld quality of robotic welding machines.
- Identify non-conforming items throughout projects and work with project teams to mitigate them through the quality control systems.
- Provide guidance to project teams on quality standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Mentors less experienced personnel (interns and new graduates) to become productive and certified Quality Control Inspectors.
- Foster strong relationships with project teams, clients, subcontractors, and industry standard organizations to promote a culture of quality.
- Effectively communicate and project the principles of McCarl's Values and Core Competencies.
Qualifications:
- Extensive field and project experience in heavy industrial construction.
- Bachelor's degree (BS) in Engineering or Science from a four-year college/university or a two-year Associate Degree in a technical field in combination with relevant field/construction site experience. Tradesmen experience of over 20 years will be considered as equivalency.
- In good standing as AWS SCWI (or CWI with multiple years of inspection experience).
- Possess extensive experience in pressure equipment and piping industrial fabrication and construction quality.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large teams of QC Inspectors.
- Capability to interpret NDE Reports, UT scans and radiographic film.
- Strong understanding of material specifications.
- Experienced with advanced fabrication and construction processes and techniques.
- Experience with system testing and compiling turnover packages.
- Working knowledge of engineering and design standards and codes (e.g., ASME, AWS, ASNT, API, etc.).
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills within all levels in the company.
- Ability to attain and promote good customer relationships (both internal and external).
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical, commercial, and legal documents.
- Ability to effectively present information to clients, top management, and/or project teams.
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Office.
- Intermediate skills in Navisworks, Bluebeam, and Viewpoint.