Requisition ID: 142500

Job Level: Mid Level

Department: Quality

Market: Power

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Based in a corporate or district office, the Supplier Quality Surveillance Inspector-Electrical supports Procurement in the implementation and execution of Procurement Supplier Quality Inspections and Audits. The primary responsibility of the Supplier Quality Surveillance Inspector-Electrical is to perform QA/QC shop inspections to ensure critical materials and engineered equipment purchased meet or exceed our customer's and contract quality and workmanship expectations. The Supplier Quality Surveillance Inspector-Electrical may also assist in ensuring the subcontracts or corporate agreements for goods and services meet Kiewit procurement quality standards and customer expectations.

This position will require up to 85% travel - must have the ability to travel outside of the US.

Responsibilities

• Have a working understanding of Kiewit electrical equipment related to fabrication, testing, and functionality.
• Be able to read and understand equipment specifications, drawings, provide feedback in regard to recommended testing and inspections
• Report to management and Project personnel about manufacturing problems, and assist in identifying and correcting these problems.
• Communicate inspection results, both verbally and written, and recommend necessary corrective actions.
• Have a thorough knowledge of Procurement quality procedures, documents, and reporting structures.
• Assist Kiewit Procurement in Supplier/Subcontractor prequalification by providing input on the fabricator's quality programmed by performing supplier assessments.
• Provide support to Districts and projects in overseeing fabricator and subcontractor quality as needed.
• Review Supplier/Subcontractor NCR's and assist in developing corrective action plans. Coordinate with Quality Managers to approve final disposition and sign-off of NCR's.
• Provide input to Kiewit Procurement in rating the overall quality performance of suppliers and subcontractors.
• Highly skilled and experienced in written and verbal communications to include leading pre-fabrication meetings, creating pre-fabrication checklists, writing inspection reports.

Qualifications

• Four-year engineering, science, or technical college or university degree plus 4 years of Supplier quality experience. OR an Associate degree in engineering technology or science plus at least five years of Supplier Quality experience.
• NACE Level I, II, or III preferred
• Must have a broad working knowledge of all design/craft disciplines and plant equipment/materials associated with Energy and Industrial projects and must be familiar with their associated special processes, inspection, and testing techniques.
• Must be familiar with industrial procurement and vendor surveillance procedures as well as working knowledge of construction industry codes and standards related to the manufacture and testing of electrical components/systems such as IEEE, NEC, NACE, etc.).
• Be detail-oriented,
• Flexible and highly motivated,
• Have a strong work ethic and professional demeanor,
• Effective time management and organizational skills,
• Ability to perform multiple tasks efficiently and accurately,
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and
• Must be a team player but able to work independently, to meet intense deadlines, goals, and objectives.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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