Quality Specialist - Monorail

Job Description

Parsons KAFD is looking for an amazingly talented Quality Specialist - Monorail to join our team!

In this role, you will join a leading professional engineering, construction, and cost management team working on multiple projects in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD). KAFD is a master plan development positioned to become Riyadh’s new Central Business District that combines a mixture of world-class commercial offices, hotels, retail spaces, contemporary residences, and a monorail in addition to smart city solutions that redefine urban living.

What You'll Be Doing

• Coordinates quality assurance/quality control matters, including administrative and supervisory responsibilities, involving all quality activities on the Program to ensure that products or services provided by Contractors and Site Supervision Consultants are in accordance with Customer’s Quality requirements. This position provides leadership to quality professionals and the development and implementation of Quality systems, procedures, and related quality activities. Regularly interacts with senior-level representatives from various functional groups, including Project Management, Construction Management, Design/Engineering, Design Review Quality outputs, Commercial, HSE, and Administrative Support staff.
• Provides support in terms of Quality Assurance for the Monorail Systems, using the ISO 9001 NFPA 130 and EN 50126-1 Standard as the basis for process development and optimization procedure development, data collection and reporting, and Quality Systems training.
• Supports Parsons’ Quality Systems enhancement and the audit schedule implementation, 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/consultant QA/QC programs to ensure compliance.
• Reviews documents, witnesses the performance of audited activities, prepares checklists and agendas for audits, 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. The analysis includes all available oversight results, both internal and external, and trending data.
• Supports and promotes a uniform Parsons’ Corrective Action/ Preventive Action and Nonconformance tracking program to ensure a unified, global system, including tracking of NCR’s CARs and audit Findings.
• Assures audited activities meet Parsons’ quality program and Client quality 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.
• Review from a quality perspective (and approve 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 and interfacing on quality activities with internal or external organizations (customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and others).
• Performs statistical process control. Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as appropriate.
  
  
  

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Business or Quality discipline or related field (or equivalent work experience) and typically 8+ years of related work experience in the field of Quality. Lead Auditor certification (ISO 9001 or equivalent) or ASQ certification (CMQ/OE, CQA, or CQE).
• Membership in a nationally recognized Quality organization. Professional Engineer registration Other related certifications may include, but are not limited to, IRCA certified auditor, NDT (ASNT), and Welding Inspector (AWS). Possesses working knowledge of more than one industry area, such as infrastructure, government buildings, high-rise office towers, airports, and railways.
  
  
  

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Requires knowledge of quality management practices, processes, and current technology.
• It requires experience with quality management systems and standards specified by ISO 9000, EN 50126-1, ASME, ANSI, ASTM, and similar organizations.
• Requires experience in Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems, as per NFPA 130.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively, conduct presentations to management, and interface effectively with a diverse group of professionals.
• Ability to analyze situations related to Third Party Laboratory Testing for Concrete Works.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work with other departments tactfully and effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills. Very good attention to detail.
• Computer proficiency with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio. Project Planning skills are essential.
  
  
  

Minimum Clearance Required To Start

Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.