Engineering and Procurement Quality Assurance Lead

Employer
Icon Information Consultants
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Posted
Dec 06, 2023
Closes
Dec 10, 2023
Ref
2688479960
Discipline
Engineering
Position Type
Engineer, Manager / Leader
Specialty
Electrification
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Corporate, Consulting
No Third Party Vendors
ENGINEERING AND PROCUREMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD


Job Title: Engineering and Procurement Quality Assurance Lead (Quality Engineer)
Location: US Hybrid- Chicago, IL
End-Client: Large Oil & Gas Company
Pay: $58 - $70.25
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits (401K, Health, Dental, and Vision) through Icon Consultants are available
Job Type: 12-month contract
Work Status: US OR GC
Travel: Non-rotational. 25% travel a lot of travel one week, no travel another week. Depending on business need.

ROLE SYNOPSIS
Within the company's Future Mobility & Solutions (FM&S) organization we are currently building our organization to deliver a significant scale-up our Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging point footprint globally. The organization design includes a Quality team both centrally and in-country (clusters) that will directly contribute to our drive for a superior Customer Experience through the delivery and maintenance of safe and reliable operations.
Working in close collaboration with our wider FM&S organization and supply partners the role of Quality Engineer will seek to deliver 'right first time & zero defects' throughout our end-to-end value chain including: Engineering Design (robustness); Supplier, Project and Operational Quality Excellence (site QA / QC); Customer experience & Product Reliability.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Provide Quality Engineering support to the FM&S Operating country (United States) In-particular provide:
• Standardization - through the deployment and governance (self-verification) of global Quality standards throughout the value-chain in-country and / or regional cluster assigned.
• Management System - deployment of global Quality management system and creation of in-country and / or regional cluster procedures to support such including governance (self-verification) and where required coordination of external audit body accreditation (i.e., ISO9001).
• Performance - Cascade and measure / report defined Quality KPI's at in-country and / or in cluster level including participation in related performance reviews; Ensure capture and robust resolution of Non-conformances; Conduct on-site project construction / commissioning Quality assurance oversight. Ensure KPI development and KPI enhancements to suit in-country / cluster needs.
• Organization & Capabilities - Develop in-country and / or cluster Quality capability at personal and team levels as appropriate to enhance 'Quality culture'.

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
• Ideally university degree qualified or otherwise qualified to an appropriate higher level of education in a related engineering discipline - extensive experience in a Quality Engineering role with lesser formal qualification would be considered where directly relevant.
• Ideally a Professional Engineer or similar professional body demonstrating professional field of knowledge and experience.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential that the individual has held the position and gained experience as a Quality professional (ideally Quality Engineer or above) within a similar industrial customer focused environment i.e. Construction & Commissioning, Electrical, Software, Supply chain (Automotive or similar also considered). English & host country language skills essential (spoken and written communication).
• Knowledge of Project Quality assurance; root cause analysis (problem solving); ISO9001 Quality Management System creation and maintenance (auditing); Supply chain Quality all highly desired and beneficial.
• Customer focused and agile in mind-set. Able to self-manage within a fast-moving environment and decide own priorities with minimal supervision. Always seeking to drive improvement and value to the business through strong teamwork and collaboration.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA
• Experience of working with the Electric Vehicle charging segment would be highly desirable - otherwise similar customer facing, volume manufacturing, high reliability environments also beneficial.
• Communication / Presentation skills and experience - able to communicate competently throughout levels of the organization (written and verbal).
• Having worked within a global matrix organization.
• Experience of working within a large installed footprint, field service environment.
• Experience of working in a fast pace and safe execution roll-out of electrical construction & commissioning
• Experience of setting up new Quality systems within a growth environment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Reporting directly to the Cluster Engineering Team Leader in region - US (what, when) with functional indirect reporting line to the Global Quality Manager centrally (how).