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The MasTec Industrial is part of the MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I) business segment. The CE&I segment generates over $4.5 billion in annual revenue, providing construction services across our renewables, industrial, infrastructure, and general building operating groups. Sustainability and safety are foundational to our culture and influence everything we do.

MasTec, a minority-owned Fortune 500 company, has shaped the construction industry for more than 90 years. With over 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide, we provide flexibility and career growth in dynamic work environments. Join one of the largest construction firms in the country (Engineering News-Record [ENR]: #1 in Power, #16 Top 50 Domestic Heavy Contractors, #13 Transportation Contractor).

The Manager, Supply Chain Quality will plan, organize, implement, and support MasTec Industrial's supplier, vendor, fabricator, and subcontractor quality management processes across multiple projects. This is a remote corporate quality position supporting project teams with a primary focus on engineering and procurement scopes, bought-out equipment packages, vendor documentation, supplier surveillance, subcontractor quality requirements, and quality-related commercial compliance.

The Manager, Supply Chain Quality will interface with Supply Chain, Document Control, Engineering, Project Quality, Operations, vendors, fabricators, subcontractors, and third-party inspection agencies to ensure quality requirements are properly identified, included, submitted, reviewed, approved, inspected, and closed throughout the procurement and subcontract lifecycle. Engineering will be a key stakeholder in vendor submittals and technical document reviews, while subcontractor quality requirements will be coordinated through Supply Chain, Project Quality, Operations, and applicable project stakeholders.

This position reports directly to the Director of Quality and supports all MasTec Industrial projects by helping ensure that suppliers, vendors, fabricators, and subcontractors are properly evaluated, approved, monitored, and held accountable to contract, code, specification, documentation, inspection, and turnover requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Participate in procurement planning, supplier strategy discussions, project quality planning, and subcontractor quality planning to identify quality risks and required controls.
• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of MasTec Industrial's supplier, vendor, fabricator, and subcontractor quality management processes.
• Review purchase orders, subcontract requirements, specifications, codes, standards, quality clauses, inspection requirements, and documentation requirements to ensure quality expectations are clearly defined and properly flowed down.
• Coordinate criticality assessments for major vendors, fabricators, suppliers, and bought-out equipment packages to determine required levels of quality oversight, source inspection, third-party surveillance, FAT participation, witness points, and hold points.
• Support development and maintenance of the Schedule of Required Vendor Documents (SORVD), including required vendor submittals, responsible reviewers, due dates, approval status, and required approvals prior to fabrication, shipment, mobilization, installation, or turnover.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Document Control to ensure required vendor documents are submitted on schedule, routed to the proper stakeholders, reviewed, approved, and tracked through closure.
• Coordinate with Engineering on vendor technical submittals, engineered equipment documentation, drawing reviews, calculations, data sheets, fabrication documentation, and other vendor documents requiring engineering review or approval.
• Identify and escalate risks related to late, missing, incomplete, rejected, or unapproved vendor and subcontractor documentation.
• Review or coordinate review of vendor and fabricator quality plans, inspection and test plans, procedures, certifications, test reports, inspection records, material documentation, preservation requirements, packaging requirements, and turnover records.
• Coordinate vendor surveillance activities through third-party inspection agencies, including inspection assignments, required documentation, inspection reports, hold point notifications, adverse findings, and closure of open items.
• Attend or coordinate pre-inspection meetings, fabrication meetings, FATs, witness points, hold points, and project-specific quality meetings when direct MasTec participation is required or third-party surveillance is not practical.
• Support supplier, vendor, fabricator, and subcontractor approvals, pre-approvals, evaluations, audits, and performance reviews.
• Support subcontractor quality management by ensuring subcontractors submit required quality documentation prior to mobilization or start of work, including quality plans, ITPs, procedures, qualifications, inspection forms, test plans, and turnover documentation as applicable.
• Participate in subcontractor pre-inspection meetings and support site quality teams in communicating subcontractor quality requirements, documentation requirements, inspection expectations, and project hold points.
• Coordinate remotely with site quality managers to track subcontractor quality deliverables, open documentation items, NCRs, corrective action requests, observations, and closeout records.
• Work with Supply Chain, subcontract administration, Project Quality, and Operations to support enforcement of quality-related subcontract requirements, including document retention, timely submittals, inspection access, corrective action response, and turnover documentation.
• Identify, document, communicate, and help resolve supplier, vendor, fabricator, and subcontractor quality issues, including nonconforming materials, documentation deficiencies, fabrication defects, missing traceability, late submittals, incomplete turnover packages, and failure to meet project requirements.
• Support reporting, tracking, and closure of supplier and subcontractor nonconformances, corrective action requests, observations, surveillance findings, and documentation deficiencies.
• Compile and communicate supplier quality metrics, including vendor document status, surveillance status, criticality assessment results, open quality issues, NCR/CAR status, supplier performance trends, and subcontractor documentation compliance.
• Promote stop work authority for quality-related events involving supplier-provided materials, fabricated items, equipment packages, subcontracted work, or required quality documentation.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory:

• May supervise or provide functional direction to supplier quality personnel, source inspectors, quality coordinators, document control support personnel, third-party inspectors, or other assigned quality resources.
• Participate in the review, selection, staffing, and assignment of supplier quality and inspection resources.
• Develop and mentor assigned personnel by providing leadership, training, coaching, technical guidance, and performance feedback.
• Lead and conduct meetings with Supply Chain, Document Control, Engineering, Project Quality, Operations, vendors, fabricators, subcontractors, third-party inspection agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Work with other leaders within the organization and project teams toward goals of supplier performance improvement, subcontractor quality compliance, documentation compliance, risk reduction, and continuous improvement.
• Support workload planning, prioritization, and resource coordination for supplier quality, vendor surveillance, and subcontractor quality activities across assigned projects.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of ten years in industrial construction, EPC, fabrication, supplier quality, procurement quality, subcontractor quality management, manufacturing quality, or related operations.
• Prior experience supporting major industrial construction projects, engineered equipment packages, bought-out equipment, fabrication, vendor surveillance, subcontractor quality management, or supplier quality programs.
• Working knowledge of procurement quality requirements, subcontractor quality requirements, vendor documentation, SORVD management, material traceability, inspection and test plans, nonconformance management, corrective action, receiving inspection, and turnover documentation.
• Experience coordinating vendor surveillance, third-party inspection agencies, source inspection, FATs, supplier audits, fabrication shop assessments, or criticality-based inspection planning.
• Experience reviewing or coordinating review of supplier, vendor, fabricator, or subcontractor quality plans, ITPs, procedures, qualifications, inspection records, test reports, material documentation, and turnover records.
• Working knowledge of applicable codes and standards such as ASME, AWS, AISC, ASNT, NEC, NFPA, NBIC, ACI, ASTM, and other standards applicable to industrial construction, fabrication, engineered equipment, and supplier quality activities.
• AWS CWI preferred. Alternate certifications or relevant credentials may be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret specifications, drawings, purchase orders, subcontracts, inspection plans, quality records, material test reports, certificates of compliance, and supplier documentation.
• Prior proven experience coordinating across Supply Chain, Engineering, Document Control, Project Quality, Operations, suppliers, vendors, fabricators, subcontractors, and third-party inspection agencies.
• Extreme proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, Teams, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with implementing Artificial Intelligence into workflows, specifically with Learned Language Models
• Demonstrated experience with construction management, document control, procurement, or quality management software platforms.
• Preferred experience with Smartsheet, InEight, PowerBI, and supplier management or document control platforms.
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote role while supporting multiple projects, priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines.
• Ability to travel to project sites, supplier facilities, fabrication shops, FATs, pre-inspection meetings, client offices, or other business locations as required.

 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

•  Be knowledgeable of MIC Health and Safety programs and project specific regulations.
• Write reports, business correspondence and document quality related issues and activities
• Successfully handle and prioritize multiple competing assignments across multiple projects and effectively manage deadlines.
• Be a champion of MasTec Industrial's culture and values by setting exemplary standards of ethics, accountability, stewardship, communication, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Represent MasTec Industrial in a professional manner in all supplier, subcontractor, client, and internal stakeholder interactions.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from project managers, clients, customers and the general public
• Effectively communicate and develop positive working relationships with the owner, owner's representative, and the Company's site supervision, in order to facilitate the quality objectives
• Work independently and productively, ensuring the resources assigned to the project are adequate and properly trained for the task
• Be self-motivated and capable of taking initiative
• Apply critical thinking skills to establish effective corrective actions for causal factors of quality incidents
• Possess diplomatic skills for addressing Quality and Safety issues with both internal and external parties
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
• Other may duties may be assigned

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

•  This is primarily a remote office-based position with regular use of a computer, telephone, video conferencing, and other standard office equipment.
• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, keyboard, mouse, mobile device, and other office equipment for extended periods.
• Must be able to read, review, and interpret documents, drawings, specifications, purchase orders, subcontracts, vendor submittals, inspection reports, quality records, and other technical documentation.
• Must be able to communicate effectively by phone, video conference, email, and in-person meetings.
• Must be able to travel to project sites, supplier facilities, fabrication shops, FATs, pre-inspection meetings, client offices, and other business locations as required.
• During site, supplier, fabrication shop, or client visits, may be required to walk, stand, climb stairs, access uneven or congested work areas, and move safely through active construction, fabrication, manufacturing, or industrial environments.
• May be required to wear personal protective equipment, including but not limited to safety-toed shoes, hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection, high-visibility vest, flame-resistant clothing, or other PPE required by the site, supplier facility, or project.
• May be exposed during travel or site visits to varying weather conditions, noise, dust, fumes, smoke, odors, heavy equipment, fabrication activities, construction activities, and other typical construction or industrial work environments.
• Must be able to visually review details in documents, drawings, inspection records, equipment, materials, and fabricated items, either naturally or with correction.
• Must be able to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull objects such as luggage, laptop bags, files, small equipment, or inspection-related materials, typically up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to comply with applicable safety, security, access, and site-specific requirements when visiting project sites, supplier facilities, fabrication shops, or client locations.

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