Quality and Safety Manager (QM/SSHO)

About the role

The Program Quality Manager / Site Safety Health Officer (QM/SSHO) ensures the effective execution of the Program Quality Management System (QMS) and the Site Safety and Health program, including the government-accepted Accident Prevention Plan. The role leads quality, environmental, health, safety and continuous improvement personnel so that the site complies with its Performance Work Statement (PWS) and ISO 9001:2015, and the QM/SSHO or alternate must be on site within one hour of a government request.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain a safe workplace and align safety management with the needs of the product line or service support application.
• Manage safety policies and procedures for international, country, US government, OSHA and company requirements, and lead safety initiatives such as task hazard analyses.
• Maintain an injury, observation, release, near-miss and risk assessment database, track deficiencies and drive corrective action plans.
• Coordinate subcontractor safety representatives, ensure safety training is provided and work with Functional Area Managers and USG Representatives.
• Plan, coordinate and direct the quality control program, manage the internal audit program and IQAP, and ensure root cause analysis of corrective and preventive actions is effective.
• Develop, maintain and issue quality control procedures, administer the QC Web, and manage the Continuous Improvement program with resource-use metrics.
• Provide direction to site managers on the Environmental Management System and the Health and Safety Plan, and prepare reports for management and customers.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree from a US-accredited college or university, preferably in Business Administration or Management with an emphasis on operations and quality management; relevant service contract experience may substitute for education.
• Five years of related experience and/or education in Quality and Safety, including five years as a Site Safety/Health Officer on installation-wide programs supporting DoD or DOS programs.
• OSHA 30-Hour General Industry (1910) and/or Construction (1926) certification; ANSI/ASSE Z359.2 24-hour fall protection certification required; CSP preferred; EM 385 40-hour certification preferred.
• Two years of international experience; US citizenship required for facility credentials.
• Valid passport of home country.

Required skills

• Extensive knowledge of quality and safety management principles and processes.
• Ability to collect, analyze and summarize data and write clear reports.
• Expert computer skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Experience managing multiple sites across geographically dispersed locations and working with international and headquarters staff.