QA Engineer

Roles and responsibilities

• Supports Parsons’ Quality Systems establishment and the audit schedule, conducting Quality Systems audits and facilitating associated corrective actions.
• Performs independent audits in various areas (e.g. Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Operations, Maintenance, Project Management, Material Management, and support organizations). This includes the audit, survey or surveillance of supplier/vendor/contractor QA/QC programs to ensure compliance.
• Reviews documents, witnesses the performance of audited activities, prepares checklists and agendas for audit, performs audits and assessments of performance, conducts pre-and post-audit meetings/interviews, and prepares final audit reports in a timely manner.
• Analyzes findings/issues/non-conformances identified during audits to determine program quality and identify performance trends. Analysis includes all available oversight results, both internal and external, and trending data.
• Supports and promotes a uniform Parsons’ Corrective Action/ Preventive Action and Non-conformance tracking program to assure a unified, global system to include tracking of NCR’s, CAR’s, Audit Findings, etc.
• Assures audited activities meet Parsons’ quality program, and Client quality requirements.
• Promotes safety awareness including adhering to safety rules and requirements.
• Verifies that Parsons and customers’ quality requirements are in compliance with quality standards and quality program requirements for products and services provided.
• Prepares Quality manuals, plans, and/or procedures.
• 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.
• Provides support to management for interface on quality activities with internal or external organizations (customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and others).
• Performs statistical process control.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
  
  

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering
• Minimum 10 years experience in Quality Engineering in infrastructure and land development projects (e.g. roads, bridges, landscape, utilities)
• Requires knowledge of Quality Management practices, processes and current technology.
• Requires experience with quality management systems and standards specified by ISO 9000, ASME, ANSI, ASTM and similar organizations.
• Requires the ability to communicate clearly, conduct presentations to management, and interface effectively with a diverse group of professionals.
• Working knowledge of ISO Quality Management Systems Standards.
• Ability to analyze situations in business terms, i.e. ROI, cost per unit, etc.

Desired candidate profile

• Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering
• Minimum 10 years experience in Quality Engineering in infrastructure and land development projects (e.g. roads, bridges, landscape, utilities)
• Requires knowledge of Quality Management practices, processes and current technology.
• Requires experience with quality management systems and standards specified by ISO 9000, ASME, ANSI, ASTM and similar organizations.
• Requires the ability to communicate clearly, conduct presentations to management, and interface effectively with a diverse group of professionals.
• Working knowledge of ISO Quality Management Systems Standards.
• Ability to analyze situations in business terms, i.e. ROI, cost per unit, etc.
  
  

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Very good interpersonal skills to work with other departments in a tactful and effective manner.
• Very good written and verbal communication, analytical, problem solving, and risk assessment skills.
• Computer proficiency with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, including Word, Excel, Power Point, Access and Visio. Project Planning skills are essential.
• Very good attention to detail.