Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Fit First Talent is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Surveillance Engineer to join their client's team in the electrical construction industry. This expert will be responsible for supplier surveillance, conducting audits, ensuring quality assurance processes, and facilitating corrective actions to meet the demands of significant growth in booked projects.

Responsibilities:

• Perform quality assurance and quality control shop inspections to ensure critical materials and engineered equipment purchased meet or exceed our customers’ and contract quality and workmanship expectations
• The Inspector will assist in ensuring the subcontracts or corporate agreements for goods and services meet Rosendin Procurement quality standards and customers’ expectations
• Require a working understanding of Rosendin electrical equipment and materials related to fabrication, testing, and functionality
• Be able to read and understand equipment specifications, drawings, and provide feedback in regards 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 in writing, and recommend necessary corrective actions
• Have a thorough knowledge of Procurement quality procedures, documents, and reporting structures
• Assist Rosendin Procurement in Supplier/Subcontractor pre-qualification by providing input on the fabricator’s quality program by performing supplier audits/assessments
• Provide support to Divisions and projects in overseeing fabricator and subcontractor quality as needed
• Review Supplier/Subcontractor Non-Conformance Report (NCR) and assist in developing corrective action plans. Coordinate with Quality Managers to approve final disposition and sign off of NCR’s
• Provide input to Rosendin 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/audit reports
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional supplier experience
• 5+ years of professional supplier quality experience and 2-year associate's degree in electrical technology OR 3+ years of professional supplier quality experience and 4-year bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
• Broad working knowledge of all design/craft disciplines and engineered equipment/materials associated with renewable energy and electrical projects and must be familiar with their special processes, inspection, and testing techniques
• Broad working knowledge of Transformers: Power (oil filled and dry type), Distribution (LV dry-type), and Isolation
• Broad working knowledge of Switchgear: MV/LV switchgear, metal-clad, metal-enclosed, gas insulated (GIS, Busway, Panelboards, Circuit breakers)
• Broad working knowledge of UPS: static switches, PDU, Inverters
• Broad working knowledge of Generators
• Broad working knowledge of BESS and PV inverter modules
• Broad working knowledge of Wire and cable: DC feeder, MV cable, MCM, Wire harness
• Must be familiar with electrical 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, IECC, NEC, NFPA, NESC, IBC, IFC, etc
• Be detail-oriented
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Must be team player but able to work independently, to meet intense deadlines, goals and objectives
• The position may require up to 75% travel and may require occasional travel outside of the US
• Electrical engineering degree or electrical contracting experience is preferred
• API SIEE Certification preferred
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Certification preferred