Welding Inspector

Welding Inspector

SMSI provides expert management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private sector clients.
SMSI has grown and evolved by building an outstanding reputation for client-focused performance and for delivering results that enable clients to meet commitments and milestones.

SMSI is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran

SMSI is looking for an AWS CWI Quality Representative to support work for our client, Los Alamos Site. This is a full-time position and can be a flex work schedule.
This role will be located onsite at Los Alamos National Lab.

Provides Quality Surveillance inspection at assigned site. Follows management instructions, project procedures. Ensures that project is provided with effective surveillance inspection service. Performs surveys to ensure the overall organizational effectiveness among all functions.

• Maintains direct working relationships with Project Management, Project and Field Engineering, Construction, Project Controls, Procurement personnel to ensure mutual understanding, development, and attainment of objectives.
• Maintains contacts with inspection agency representatives to ensure that their service will conform to standards.
• Maintains relationships with other personnel for resolution of quality problems as disclosed by surveillance inspection and audit activities and recommends corrective action to prevent recurrence.
• Performs quality functions to ensure that quality surveillance inspection activities are planned, coordinated, and implemented in a timely and effective manner. Analyzes the effectiveness and of established quality surveillance systems and techniques. Makes improvements when necessary.
• Takes direction and management guidance from Project Quality Lead, Follows project and quality procedures working close with project personnel.
• Reviews the project Schedule, performs detailed Hold, Witness and In Process surveillance inspection points, and actual progress of each process point to confirm that process meet the highest quality standard. Reviews any schedule revisions for impacts and participates in the development of contingency planning.
• Works with project Quality Management, Procurement Representatives, Expediting, and Responsible Engineers.
• Monitors effectiveness of operations to determine that materials and equipment produced by suppliers conform to technical quality requirements of the applicable specifications.
• Ensures adherence to Government property control provisions and to ensure implementation of any requirements in this regard with project personnel.
• Exercises authority in conjunction with Project Quality to require correct action by a supplier to repair (or replace) defective work.

• Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
• 8,000 hours of Inspection experience.
• Knowledge of policies, directives, management instructions, and procedures.
• Knowledge of interface relationships with functional groups such as Engineering, Construction, Project Management.
• Experience with high degree of skill in Surveillance and Inspection techniques.
• Training in Quality, Procurement and Engineering administration, process improvement initiatives, as well as the legal aspects of procurement.
• Knowledge of major suppliers equipment and materials used on project.
• Possesses multi-project experience performing surveillance and inspection activities.
• Possesses or capable of attaining Level II Quality/Inspection certifications for Mechanical, or Electrical, NDE knowledge. Must have at least 8,000 hours of method experience.
• Extensive Knowledge of ISO and/or ANSI, 10
  
  CFR
  50 and NQA-1 quality management requirements.
• Experience in Government property control.
• Knowledge of applicable Government and commercial regulations and practices.
• Knowledge of Field Engineering and Construction activities, and knowledge of Standard Work Process Procedures related to materials management functions.

• High school diploma.

Position can require travel to and from office to supplier's shops depending on location.

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