Quality Manager

Parsons Corporation

What You'll Be Doing:

• Participates in the interview and selection process (including hiring recommendations) and makes staffing assignments in accordance with schedule requirements.
• Conducts performance evaluations and makes appropriate recommendations for required actions, including recommendations for advancement, changes in status, or disciplinary action.
• Manages the salary administration process, including preparing the annual salary plan and recommending salary actions for merit increases and/or promotions.
• Provides Quality Systems support using the Parsons Quality Management System 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 quality process improvement and re-engineering.
• Participates in client pre-bid, bid or contract planning and preparation.
• Establishes project/program Quality Systems and audits schedules, conducts audits, and facilitates corrective actions.
• Performs independent audits in various areas and ensures compliance with QA/QC programs.
• Reviews documents, witnesses audited activities, prepares checklists, performs audits, and prepares final reports.
• Analyzes audit findings to determine program quality and identify trends.
• Promotes a uniform Corrective Action/Preventive Action and Non-conformance tracking program.
• Ensures compliance with Parsons and Client quality requirements.
• Prepares project/program Quality manuals, plans, and procedures.
• Verifies that Parsons and customers quality requirements are in compliance with quality standards and quality program requirements for products and services provided.
• Collaborates in development and maintenance of project/program Quality Procedures and related documents.
• Reviews Quality Manuals, documents, and implementation procedures to verify compliance with industry codes and standards, regulations and regulatory commitments.
• Reviews from a quality perspective (and approves if required) documents prepared by internal or external organizations such as quality manuals and procedures, technical deliverables, test plans and procedures, purchase orders, and subcontracts.
• Collaborates with management for quality activities with internal or external interfaces.
• Performs statistical process control.
• Provides technical guidance to lower-level Quality personnel, as needed.
• Handles in qualification audits of suppliers of purchased items and services.
• Coordinates and/or support efforts to maintain Parson's quality-related certifications.
• Supports development and maintenance of corporate quality governance.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Skills and Competencies

• Requires strong leadership and supervisory ability and expert 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.
• Written, verbal, analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills. Ability to make public presentations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Attention to detail.
• Expert knowledge of ISO Quality Management Systems Standards.
• Ability to direct and manage staff and day to day activities as well as special projects to assure timely completion.
• Possesses working knowledge of one or more areas of industry such as infrastructure, government, aviation, process, or transportation.