Quality Assurance Manager

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**Quality Assurance Manager**

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Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented **Quality Assurance Manager**to join our team

**What You'll Be Doing**:

- The Quality Assurance Manager 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 a variety of functional groups, including program management, design / engineering, purchasing, construction, and other personnel.
- Provides Quality Systems leadership using the ISO 9001 Standard as the basis for process development and optimization, procedure development, data collection and reporting and Quality Systems training.
- Interfaces at senior and executive levels with regard to ISO 9000 process improvement and re-engineering.
- Develops and maintains Quality Policy, Processes, Procedures and related documents. Reviews Quality Manuals, documents, and implementation procedures to verify compliance with industry codes and standards, regulations and regulatory commitments.
- Participates in Client pre-bid, bid or contract planning and preparation.
- Plans and executes required audit activities (schedules, plans, reports, finding resolutions, etc.).
- Performs and adequately documents Internal Quality Audits of assigned office, projects and job sites, and manages all related follow-up activities. Audits conducted to assure compliance with the company standards, contract requirements, and applicable codes, specifications and drawings, including but not limited to: Design, Engineering, Estimating, Procurement, Project Controls, Vendor / Subcontractor Management, Receiving, Handling & Storage, Construction, etc.
- Facilitates all internal and external Quality audits and briefs management with the results.
- Effectively documents, follows-up and closes corrective actions - both internal and external.
- 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.
- Handles qualification audits of suppliers of purchased items and services.
- Assures audited activities meet the company’s quality program, and Client quality requirements.

**What Required Skills You'll Bring**:

- Degree in Engineering, Business or Quality discipline or related field (or equivalent work experience) and typically 15 years of related work experience in the field of Quality, including 7 years experience in management capacity. Lead Auditor certification (ISO 9001 or equal) 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: Building Inspector, DOT. Possesses working knowledge of more than one area of industry such as infrastructure, government, aviation, process, or transportation.
- Requires management ability and knowledge of Quality Management practices, processes and current technology.
- Requires thorough experience in directing and implementing 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.
- Proficiency in analyzing situations in business terms, i.e. ROI, cost per unit, etc.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work with other departments in a tactful and effective manner.
- Strong leadership and management skills, excellent written and verbal communication, strong analytical, problem solving, and risk assessment skills.
- Ability to make public presentations.
- Computer proficiency with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, including Word, Excel, Power Point, Access and Visio Project.

**What Desired Skills You'll Bring**:

- Performs quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including vendor quality manuals and company quality records.
- Promotes safety awareness including adhering to safety rules and requirements. Participates, as needed, in safety field audits and assessments.
- Reviews from a quality perspective (and approves if required) documents prepared by internal or external organizations such as quality manuals and procedures, technical deliverable, test plans and procedures, purchase orders, and subcontracts.
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