Quality Advocate (oversight)

*This position is located in Florence, SC*. This position will be reporting to the Focus Factory Program Supervisor. This position is for a Program Rep for Strategic Sourcing oversight in Supplier Quality. This position is located on site at the Strategic Sourcing Focus Factory in Florence, SC.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading quality efforts and serve as the secondary point of contact to Quality Management in Quonset Point and Groton for contracted work at a supplier's facility using Electric Boat processes and procedures. Assignments will include program quality oversight, and employing self-surveillance and self-assessment methods to monitor and maintain compliance with contractual requirements. The candidate must be familiar with structural fabrication processes, work completion documentation requirements and processes, and understanding of EB business systems for work completion and noncompliance documentation. The Program Rep will work with Quality Management, other onsite quality organizations including NDT and Welding Engineering, Inspection, Audit and Assessment, and various departments supporting the focus factory including operations, deckplate engineering, and strategic sourcing program office. The QA Program Rep will be expected to support Program Reviews and status meetings with the Program Office, the Government, and Supply Chain Management.

They will be in regular contact with and have highly interactive relationships with all of the quality support for the Focus Factory for all of Quality.

Assignment includes:

Lead for all Quality efforts at Focus Factory and act as a key contact to Quality management in Groton and Quonset Point
• Report and provide recommendations on health of Focus Factory
• Ensure procedural compliance in day-to-day work
• Support mentoring and learning on the deckplate
• Support Quality briefings
• Ensure qualifications are maintained, and procedure changes are appropriately rolled out
• Support metrics development and reporting
• Collaborate with Operations and Strategic Sourcing Program Office to understand project and work status
• Attend daily Plan of Day meetings and Turnover or equivalent meetings
• Collaborate with Operations to understand project and work status
• Support unplanned event analysis and resolution

**This is a first shift position but the selected candidate must be available to work second shift as business needs dicate.

Required:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. eqivalent
• 10+ years ship building/maintaining/operating experience
• Ability to travel, once placed at site (supplier is located in Florence, SC) Travel could be could be 1x a quarter; local and out of state.
• This is a first shift position but the selected candidate must be available to work second shift as business needs dictate.
• Experience leading cross-discipline teams
• Project planning experience

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree
• Prior submarine service
• Experience in audit and oversight
• Experience working with SUPSHIP and NAVSEA
• For Electric Boat Employees only: understanding of EB Quality Manual, and for Electric Boat & external candidates: ISO 9001 requirements
• Familiarity with welding and NDT specifications
• For Electric Boat Employees only: Familiarity with Electric Boat business systems, processes and procedures that support ship construction

The QA Program Rep must:

• Be an excellent communicator who is able to articulate thought processes, as well as critique the work of others
• Work in a team environment representing quality to meet both the NAVY's and EB's goals
• Be able to understand the overall business systems and construction requirements to recognize the potential downstream (or upstream) impacts that decisions may have on various areas of the business
• Mandate exact compliance with requirements and quality standards
• Motivated to say yes, but not afraid to say no
• Maintain a questioning attitude
• Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills
• Position requires a self-motivated individual that excels in dealing with ambiguity
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products