Quality Manager

Working with a leading privately-owned Transmission Developer in New York to hire a Quality Manager.

Summary:

• Our client is seeking a highly capable Quality Manager to cover high-voltage utility equipment, capable of challenging manufacturers’ quality and testing plans, as well as following equipment through the complete quality lifecycle (specification/manufacturing → factory testing/FAT → engineering sign-off → shipment → site installation → site acceptance/retesting) They need to ensure equipment arrives and is installed correctly and compare site testing against accepted factory results
• Key equipment includes large power transformers, phase-angle regulators, switchgear and breakers; 345kV equipment & transformers that step down from 345 to 138kV.
• This is a newly created position – ideally you are capable of taking ownership and establishing the approach to this newly formed quality function.
• As a growing transmission developer operating at the critical intersection of the electric grid and its customers, this company is working on transformative projects to modernize and enhance New York’s energy infrastructure.
• Breadth is important. The client cannot employ separate specialists for every equipment category, so this person must have exposure across multiple types of transmission/utility equipment rather than being specialized in one component.

Ideal Background:

• High Voltage / Utility / Transmission level experience is essential.
• Must be capable of covering both eqiupment engineering (specifications, test protocols, quality plans, factory testing) and field engineering (installation oversight, site testing, etc.).
• Equipment expertise a priority; broader corprate/process quality-management experience is an additional benefit.
• Ability to work autonomously