Title:
Construction Quality Manager (Ex-Pat - Lobito, Angola)
KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.
KBR is providing Project Management Services encompassing Engineering, Procurement, phase execution supporting KBR’s client Sonangol’s multi-billion-dollar grass roots Lobito Refinery Project in Angola Africa. KBR’s Project Management Team is responsible for the overall management of the Owner’s EPC Contractor’s contract.
KBR is looking for a Construction Quality Manager to develop specific goals and prioritize, organize, and accomplish Quality Assurance / Quality Control activities. This role requires construction site experience, ability to meet tight deadlines, and must be proactive. The Construction Quality Manager will implement, audit, analyze, and improve the Quality Management system.
This role will mobilize to Lobito, Angola.
Responsibilities:
- Determine and establish the quality policy and objective
- Prepare and implement the quality plan, the QA/QC audit plan and QA/QC procedures
- Provide project specifications and technical guidance to Contractors/ Sub-contractors/ Vendors/ Manufacturers/ Suppliers for preparation of QA/QC procedures
- Review and approve all QA/QC procedures from Contractors/ Sub-contractors
- Organize, manage, and coordinate QA/QC activities with Contractors/ Sub-contractors
- Coordinate QA/QC activities with Certifying Authorities and KBR Notified Inspection Body (NoBo)
- Create, execute, and lead quality audits during the fabrication and construction process
- Raising where necessary appropriate corrective action requests
- Follow up with effective re-audit and close out
- Develop, establish, and maintain the Project Quality Management System (QMS) including Quality Plan, Surveillance Plan, and procedures to ensure that the project focuses on planning, control, and improvement of activities
- Stimulate quality awareness and implications with all project employees and strive for continual improvement of the implemented QMS
- Define required QA/QC resources needed during various phases of project progress
- Report to Project Management on any issue they may face or observe and propose way of improvement and intended resolutions that is identified and need to be resolved, including suggestions for resolution
- Review quality requirements for contracts and bids QA/QC evaluation
- Participate in Contractor Kick off meetings (KoM’s)
- Convene Pre-Inspection meetings with Contractors / subcontractors
- Arrange QA & QC meetings with Contractor(s) on a regular basis to discuss quality matters as necessary
- Review key Contractors, Sub-Contractor, Inspection & Test Plans to include COMPANY surveillance (hold, witness & review) of key activities including inspection and testing to verify compliance to the requirements independently
- Ensure appropriate quality control procedures are in place for final documentation and as-built drawing
- Handover all Project final documentations to Operation Team upon Mechanical Completion
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or related field
- 12 + of directly related experience 3 + of which should be in management
- Experience in Quality management systems implementation, audit, analysis, and improvement
- Strong inter personnel skills
- Excellent organizational, and communication skills
- Practical experience and knowledge of:
- National and international manufacturing codes and specifications
- Destructive and non-destructive testing methods
- Manufacturing techniques and processes
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control specifications, systems and practices
Preferred Successful completion of ISO9001:2015 Lead Assessor training course
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