Design Quality Manager – Transportation Infrastructure

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Design Quality Manager - Transportation Infrastructure to join our team! In this role you will get to support our design teams deliver exceptional quality as we work with our clients to deliver a better world!

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provides Quality Systems leadership using the ISO 9001 Standard as the basis for process development and optimization, procedure development, data collection and reporting and Quality Systems training.
• Develop and implement and oversees design quality management processes and procedures.
• Trains design teams in design quality management processes and requirements.
• Conduct internal audits to assess compliance with quality standards, the Design Quality Management Plan and reports the results to the designated individuals with responsibilities for Project Quality Management.
• Monitor and track non-compliance issues and support project teams in implementing corrective action plans.
• Performs quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including vendor quality manuals and company quality records.
• 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 interface on Quality activities with internal or external organizations (customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and others).
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
• Maintain comprehensive and accurate quality records in an auditable format throughout the project lifecycle.
• Effectively documents, follows-up and closes corrective actions - both internal and external. Analyzes findings/ issues/ non-conformances identified during audits to determine program quality and identify performance trends. Analysis includes all available oversight results, both internal and external, and trending data.
• Provide certifications, if required, indicating conformance to design quality control requirements.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• 4-year degree in Engineering, Business or Quality discipline or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Minimum of 8-10 years of related work experience in the field of Quality.
• ASQ Certification (CMQ/OE, CQA, or CQE) or Lead Auditor certification (ISO 9001 or equal).
• Active P/Eng

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Membership in a nationally recognized Quality organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality standards (e.g., ISO 9000) and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with requirements of Canadia Ministry of Transportation, and/or provincial engineering associations, e.g. APEGA, EGBC, OSPE, etc.
• Experience developing and auditing compliance with Professional Practice Management Plans (PPMPs)

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Possesses working knowledge of industries such as roadways, tunnels, bridges, rail/transit, and/or aviation.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Corporate team.

We’re driving the future of the national security and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

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