Quality Control Manager

Company Overview: Our client is a leading manufacturer of custom Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, and Nickel Alloy pressure vessels built to ASME, API, TEMA, and UL specifications. They are seeking a strategic Quality Control Manager to spearhead quality assurance programs within a high-volume metal manufacturing environment. This leadership role is responsible for ensuring rigorous compliance with international regulatory standards and client specifications, collaborating with Engineering and Production teams to drive a culture of continuous improvement.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Project Documentation & ITPs: Develop and interpret detailed Inspection Test Plans (ITP) and comprehensive project data packages to ensure seamless coordination with customer inspectors and adherence to contract specifications.
• Quality Governance: Develop and optimize comprehensive QC standards and protocols aligned with engineering specifications and regulatory mandates.
• Regulatory Compliance: Manage the integrity of quality documentation, manuals, and filing systems to ensure audit-readiness at all times.
• Technical Inspection: Execute precision inspections of raw materials and verify fabrication accuracy against complex engineering schematics.
• Weld Integrity: Perform visual and liquid penetrant weld inspections; maintain meticulous traceability records, weld maps, and shop travelers.
• Certification Oversight: Administer welder qualification testing and maintain up-to-date performance records.
• Audit Leadership: Coordinate and lead Authorized Inspector (A.I.) audits and National Board reviews, ensuring zero-defect reporting.
• Testing & Validation: Supervise hydrostatic testing and conduct final quality validation of finished products prior to global shipment.
• Supply Chain Quality: Conduct comprehensive quality audits of vendors and subcontractors to ensure material and service consistency.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify systemic quality variances and implement Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Actions (CAPA).
• Mentorship: Provide technical training and QC guidance to fabrication and welding teams to elevate shop-floor performance.

Competencies

• Certifications: Active AWS CWI required; additional API or NACE certifications highly preferred.
• Technical Expertise: Mastery of ASME (Sections I, VIII, IX), API, and AWS codes and regulatory frameworks.
• Skills: Proficiency in reading complex blueprints, interpreting NDT results, and managing multi-stage fabrication workflows.

Education & Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field, or 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in heavy metal fabrication quality control.