LEAD PQAR / QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

The Lead Procurement Quality Assurance Representative "PQAR" reports to the Procurement/Project Quality Assurance Manager. He/She is responsible for Planning, performing and documenting surveillance activities on a supplier by verifying and witnessing/observing their fabrication, inspection and testing and reviewing supporting documentation and records to ensure that specified requirements are met and maintained. Team supervision on an ongoing basis is typical. Work may include coordinating assignments within and across different teams, handling deadline pressure with some regular travel to supplier sites.

Leadership:

• Recognized as an industry expert in a technical specialty and actively develops expertise in others. Typically, includes technical supervision on an ongoing basis and technical reviews. Assigns and outlines work; advises on technical/specialist problems; reviews work for accuracy and adequacy.
• Ability to evaluate team members' performance across all aspects and provide input to their performance reviews.

Surveillance Execution Activities:

• Perform on site and field verifications and witness activities as required by the inspection and testing documents.
• Verify that all required inspection activities are complete, and the results are acceptable.
• Prepare Quality Records as required.
• Review and verify MTR and CMTR as per code requirements.
• Perform detailed review of purchase order referenced codes and standards, technical specifications and quality requirements of product being supplied, prior to undertaking source surveillance.
• Ensure packaging and shipping instructions comply with purchase order requirements.
• Planning, performing and documenting surveillance activities on a supplier by verifying and witnessing and/or observing their fabrication, inspection and testing and reviewing supporting documentation and records to ensure that specified requirements are met and maintained.
• Review and become familiar with the pertinent technical and design requirements required to perform Quality Surveillance activities. Information such as, but not restricted to: Technical Specifications; Applicable Codes and Standards; Drawings and related Engineering Documents; and Inspection and Test Plans.
• Preparing and issuing the Surveillance Plan (SP) as per approved Manufacturing Inspection and Test Plans (MITP).
• Reviewing, surveying, witnessing, and monitoring the quality of Sub‑Contractor's work and reviewing Sub‑Contractor's QC inspection results. This includes evaluation and analysis of records, methods, procedures, processes, and any additional verification activities required to ensure that the work has been completed in accordance with the appropriate documentation and accepted procedures and that the results have been properly recorded.
• Verification of qualification records and internal training of all welders prior witnessing weld inspections. Records demonstrating the welders had been trained for difficult weld joint geometry shall be verified on ongoing basis.
• Supplier QA program evaluation/implementation for Counterfeit, Fraudulent and Substandard Items (CFSI) requirements.
• Purchase orders and contracts placed to the supplier's sub‑contractors contain the appropriate technical and quality standards, documentation, inspection and acceptance requirements and control clauses that prohibit the delivery of CFSl.
• Issue and follow up until closure the Supplier Corrective Action Requests based on the Quality Surveillance findings.
• Liaising with the Engineering during the life of the PO as needed on issues requiring technical interpretation/guidance in the performance of QS activities to confirm acceptability of QA requirements.
• Generate and submit for filing all the records related to the quality surveillance activities (Significant correspondence, QS Plans, QS Records, etc.) in MyTrak or to the applicable software use by the project as document control repository system.
• Issuing Quality Surveillance Report and Quality Assurance Release.

• A Graduate from a recognized institute of advanced technology in a field relevant to the position or equivalent formal education and normally has more than 5 years of progressive technological experience.

• Working knowledge of CSA N 285.0, CSA N 299 series and CSA N286‑12 and ASME codes.
• Advanced computing skills and functionality with standard Microsoft Office programs(e.g., Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Must be familiar with Nuclear projects and engineering/technical terminology.
• Conversant with Nuclear's corporate objectives, work methods, processes, procedures, and organization.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, possesses a keen sense of responsibility, and is reliable and thorough in carrying out duties.
• Must be able to travel and work at various work locations in both field and office (possible to international locations).

• Strong oral and written skills to interact with internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Ability to handle several POs & team members concurrently and works well under deadline pressures.
• Acts with initiative and independence under limited direction with the ability to complete assignments with limited supervision.
• Innovation is an asset with proactive mindset to aid in improving processes.

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