Supplier Quality Representative (SQR)

This position entails visits to supplier and vendor shops to perform the activities defined by the quality surveillance assignment. The Supplier Quality Representative verifies, through monitoring, observation, document review, witnessing of examinations and tests, and selective hands-on inspection, that supplier-furnished material and equipment includes the defined attributes of recognized codes and standards and Bechtel procurement document requirements. Rejects material found nonconforming to procurement document requirements. Collaborates with the supplier and project supplier quality personnel to identify a course of action to achieve satisfactory disposition of disclosed nonconformances, releases conforming material for shipment, and reports surveillance results to Bechtel project personnel and the customer. Responsibilities The Supplier Quality Representative represents Bechtel as the supplier’s primary contact and performs quality surveillance activities defined by the assignment scope to verify that supplier-furnished material and equipment conforms to the technical and quality requirements of the procurement documents. Acting in this capacity, the Supplier Quality Representative performs the following: Requirements and Pre-Fabrication Readiness: Reviews the procurement document requirements with supplier representatives to ensure they are understood and implemented, including client-specific and code-driven requirements. Participates in kickoff and pre-fabrication meetings; confirms witness and hold points, inspection and test planning, documentation deliverables, and traceability expectations before production begins. Verifies that qualified procedures, qualified personnel, calibrated equipment, current approved drawings and revisions, and released material are in place prior to the start of work. Surveillance and Verification: Performs the surveillance activities defined by the assignment and Bechtel’s quality surveillance plan, which establishes what Bechtel verifies and at what level; the supplier’s inspection and test plan governs the supplier’s own regime, and the two meet at witness and hold points. Monitors supplier personnel activities, including the witnessing of operations, inspections, examinations, or tests, to verify purchase order document requirements have been met - first operation and nondestructive examination, welding, fit-up and dimensional verification, blasting and coating, pressure and functional testing, final inspection, factory acceptance testing, and pre-shipment verification. Reviews supplier-generated quality verification documentation to verify conformance to procurement document requirements, including material test reports, traceability and heat records, nondestructive examination reports, personnel and procedure qualifications, calibration records, coating records, and data books. Verifies that sub-suppliers and subcontracted operations are disclosed, qualified, and controlled, and that sub-tier findings and records are included in supplier reporting. Reviews supplier documents submitted to Bechtel with or without comments; does not sign, initial, stamp, or otherwise endorse supplier inspection and test plans or other supplier documents. Nonconformance and Corrective Action: Rejects material found nonconforming and documents the condition objectively with reference to the governing requirement and supporting photographic evidence. Collaborates with the supplier and project supplier quality personnel to identify a course of action to achieve satisfactory disposition of disclosed nonconformances; refers design-driven items to the Responsible Engineer for technical disposition. Verifies corrective action in the shop using supplier evidence together with the representative’s own observation; ensures open actions carry an owner, due date, closure evidence, and follow-up verification, and reports repeat findings and adverse trends. Release, Reporting, and Sche…

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