Description

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Quality Assurance Specialist shall manage the daily activities of the quality department regarding the application of the Business Management System (BMS). The QAS shall plan, implement, direct, and maintain a Quality Management System that ensures customer expectations and regulatory standards (ISO, AISC, ASME, etc.) used by TAS are met.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in ensuring the ongoing integrity of the quality management system (ISO 9001:2015, AISC, etc.) through internal auditing or as directed.
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality plans and inspection test plans for projects.
• Ensures that documented procedures needed for the quality management systems are being followed.
• Define necessary quality documents and ensure their appropriate creation and archiving.
• Design and implement quality assurance and quality control training programs as required to meet established quality goals and organizational objectives.
• Monitor, evaluate, and communicate organizational performance data and related information to line managers. Update and publish weekly QA/QC KPIs
• Regularly evaluate performance data and trends and develop recommendations and action plans for improvement.
• Provide technical assistance to all functional departments and suppliers in resolving quality related problems.
• Maintain welding qualification and certification programs, WPS’s, PQR’s, welder continuity logs and Customer Data Books.
• Maintain the Corrective Action System and ensure root cause solutions are identified and implemented.
• Maintain a Supplier Corrective Action System.
• Communicates with external parties on matters relating to the quality management system.
• Responsible for code compliance
• Responsible for the administration and implementation of the quality control system.
• Ensure all work fully complies with the contract drawings, specifications, and submittals.
• Ensure all materials, equipment, and workmanship are inspected for compliance with specifications.
• Identify quality control problems (non-conformances) through proper inspections and recommend/provide solutions.
• Identify items for improvement and implement changes by coordinating with appropriate individuals with respective subcontractors, suppliers, or internal departments.
• Maintain work performance records, inspection records, and other related compliance items as necessary.
• Monitor subcontractor work to ensure compliance with company standards, procedures, and codes when applicable and issue reports regarding quality deficiencies and remediation requirements.
• Act as a liaison with owner, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and/or internal departments on quality related matters and submittals.
• Establish standards/procedures for commissioning and start-up of mechanical systems and manufacturing processes.
• Exercise the authority to halt work on nonconforming work and activities.
• Availability to travel to client facilities and sites to assist in quality related planning or remediation activities for short durations.
• Any other tasks assigned by TAS Energy.

JOB SKILLS:

• Highly Computer literate in all standard business operating software.
• Ability to analyze complex data with a variety of variables to solve practical problems where only limited standardization exists.
• Provide direct immediate technical support related to quality management processes and philosophies.
• Ability to produce high quality results using autonomy.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited four-year program or equivalent. 
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of experience in QA Management in an industrial manufacturing environment or equivalent.
• Experience in operations involving structural steel and pipe weldment fabrication, mechanical and electrical assembly.
• Business Management Auditing experience is a must – both compliance recertification and surveillance as well as internal.
• Can assist in the continued development and maintenance of a Quality Management System.
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
• Working knowledge of non-destructive examination (NDE) processes.
• Effectively organize and supervise root cause analysis and corrective action investigations.
• Effective working knowledge of applicable codes and/or requirements:
  • ASME Section VIII, IX, and V
  • ANSI B31.1, 31.3, 31.9
  • AWS D1.1
  • NEC/IEC
• Effectively apply the tenants of Business Management Standards:
  • ISO 9001:2015
  • ISO 14001:2015
  • ISO 45001:2018
  • ISO 22301:2018
  • AISC 207-20
  • ISO 3834-3

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• ISO 14001:2015 Internal Auditor
• ISO 45001:2018 Internal Auditor
• ISO 3834-3 Trained
• AISC 207-20 Trained
• NEC Trained

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.  Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading.  The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do!  When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus.  We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds:  a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications.  TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries.  The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways.  TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer’s facilities.

TAS’ fastest growing business is the data center market.  By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery. 

With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals.  More information is available on the company website at: www.tas.com.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: TAS has implemented a non-smoking hiring policy effective January 1, 2012, under which Individuals considered for employment will need to pass a drug test which includes a nicotine panel.    

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.