Fire safety Engineer / Inspector

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Job Description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Fire Safety Engineer/Inspector to join our team!

Position Overview

Performs quality activities on an assigned moderately-complex project/program and/or functional area(s) to ensure that products or services provided are in accordance with customer and Parsons Quality requirements.

Regularly interacts with representatives from a variety of functional groups, including program management, design/engineering, purchasing, construction, and other personnel.

Specific Responsibilities

Provides Parsons’ Quality Systems support using the ISO 9001 Standard as the basis for process development and optimization, procedure development, data collection and reporting, and Quality Systems training.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-conformance 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.

Key Relationships

Supervision Received - Quality Managers; Quality Engineer/Specialist, Supervisor; Higher-level Quality Engineer/Specialists; Project Manager Supervision Given - Quality Analysts (technical guidance only)Internal Contacts - All employees on project External Contacts - Suppliers; Subcontractors; Clients

Education/Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business or Quality discipline or related field (or equivalent work experience) and typically 4+ years of related work experience in the field.

Lead Auditor certification (ISO 9001 or equal), ASQ Certification (CMQ/OE, CQA, or CQE) or other related certifications.

Preferred Membership in a nationally-recognized Quality organization. Other related certifications may include, but are not limited to: Building Inspector, NQA-1 (nuclear auditor), NDT (ASNT), Welding Inspector (AWS), DOT.

Possesses working knowledge of one or more areas of industry such as infrastructure, government, aviation, process, or transportation.

Skills/Competencies

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 professionals.

Ability to analyze situations in business terms, i.e. ROI, cost per unit, etc.

• 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.

Working knowledge of ISO Quality Management Systems Standards.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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