• Develop and implement Supplier Quality Surveillance (SQS) plans, procedures, and activity plans to ensure that the quality of SQS services provided satisfies operational standards and client/project specific requirements
• Implement the Project SQS Procedure and ensure that the deliverables and overall surveillance performance satisfies client and project management quality objectives
• Coordinate SQS services on a worldwide basis; provide direction and monitor results for compliance to client/project requirements and expectations
• Issue project specific SQS assignment instructions and prepare Quality and Certifications Requirements (Q&CR) Forms and interface with client, engineering, project, and supplier personnel to resolve supplier quality deficiencies
• Coordinate surveillance related matters with client, project management, engineering, logistics, expediting, and purchasing personnel
• Issue a periodic project status report that reflects the budget performance, activity level and areas of concern
• Provide functional direction to assigned SQS personnel
• Attend Supplier Quality Alignment Meetings at supplier's facilities when requested
• Arrange for and evaluate Supplier Plan Surveys, as requested
• Review Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Purchase Orders for inclusion of Quality System Questionnaire, Supplier Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) clauses relative to Criticality Rating and Quality and Certification Requirements (Q&CR)
• Review Supplier ITPs for requirements noted on Q&CR Forms
• Provide computerized status using the SQS software application, which reflects the status of all supplier quality surveillance activities
• Provide effort hour estimates for all project supplier quality surveillance activities, both home office and at supplier facilities
• Closely monitor effort hour expenditures and expense costs for compliance with project budgetary requirements
• Attend project staff meetings and bid review meetings for major equipment
• Provide support to client quality representative, as required
• Input Agency Performance Measurement in Supplier Quality Surveillance (SQS) software application for all assignments executed by SQS Master Service Agreement contractor representatives
• Provide clients with historic data on supplier’s performance capabilities and/or inadequacies
• Provide administrative direction and general supervision to all SQS inspection aspects of Project SQS execution plan including planning, manpower requirements, problem solving, cost control and level of competencies required
• Ensure the quality of SQS inspection services provided, satisfies operational standards and client/ project-specific requirements
• Develop and implement the Project SQS Procedure and assume responsibility for ensuring that the deliverables and overall surveillance performance satisfies client and project management quality objectives
• Develop inspection assignment instructions for Purchase Orders and assigned inspectors
• Issue project-specific SQS assignment instructions and interface with client, engineering, project, and supplier personnel to provide solutions to supplier quality deficiencies
• Attend project staff meetings, bid review meetings, and supplier pre-inspection meetings concerning major equipment
• Provide technical direction and expertise to Quality Operations
• Collect and report project specific Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs)
• Implement tools for predictive analytics
• Recommend improvements including (re‐engineering of) project execution processes
• Ensure Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI) processes are consistently executed