Highlights
Since 1898, they helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Digital adoption and continuous improvement Drive BSQE's 2027 priorities: forward-looking capacity planning, supplier risk and critical-delivery assurance, workforce development, digital execution at scale, and one consistent global regional operating model.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Reston, VA (Remote) |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $53.95–$102.26 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a trusted engineering, construction and project management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by the quality of their people and their relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, they align their capabilities to their customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since 1898, they helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
Job Title: Regional Manager
Location: Reston, VA 20190
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Remote
Job Summary:
Core ResponsibilitiesRegional leadership and decision authority
- Set regional priorities and execution standards aligned to BSQE's operating model, QSPs, ITPs, and project requirements.
- Decide routine staffing, TPP, scheduling, and supplier issues; escalate per agreed thresholds.
- Run the regional cadence-bi-weekly project scorecards, monthly resource-loading reviews, and quarterly business reviews-with owners, dates, and closure evidence.
- Build a culture of accountability, transparency, and "no surprises" communication.
- Upskill Area Supervisors, SQRs, and AEXs through coaching, field calibration, one-on-ones, and structured development plans.
- Use the competency roster for fit-for-purpose assignments, gap closure, and succession planning.
- Lead People Day talent reviews, succession and knowledge-transfer plans, and leadership development (e.g., EBW, Supervisor Blueprint).
- Lead recruiting, 30/60/90-day onboarding, and stretch assignments; tie training budgets to forecast competency gaps.
- Ensure surveillance and expediting are risk-based, documented, and compliant with codes, specifications, SQPs, and QSPs.
- Review reports and NCR records for accuracy and audit readiness; act early on trends and repeat issues.
- Ensure AEXs track progress against PO milestones and drive recovery plans for critical deliveries.
- Maintain a critical-supplier watch list; engage before PO award (capability surveys, ESL audits, risk assessments) and ensure sub-tier visibility.
- Base surveillance-level and qualification recommendations on normalized data and demonstrated capacity, with project and Engineering concurrence.
- Own regional resource loading and coverage, matching assignments to competency, risk, geography, and criticality.
- Keep standardized loading data current in Supplier Assure and the BSQE calendar; extend planning toward 180/365-day visibility.
- Balance work across areas and regions before requesting headcount or TPP support; keep overtime sustainable.
- Route TPP requests through the PMO/Fieldglass process, confirm inspector qualifications, and hold providers accountable through quarterly reviews.
- Own supervisory-account and job-hour forecasts; review charging monthly and update mid-year and annual forecasts with Finance.
- Approve timesheets, expenses, and travel per Client policy; prepare business cases for staffing, training, and tools.
- Ensure compliance with SQPs, QSPs, the Code of Conduct, ethics training, and Client standards; support audits and management reviews.
- Put safety and well-being above all: PPE, safe work practices, and stop-work authority in supplier facilities.
- Protect Client, client, and supplier proprietary information, including inspection data, photos, video, and scans.
- Escalate compliance, safety, integrity, and employee-relations concerns promptly, partnering with HR.
- Drive BSQE's 2027 priorities: forward-looking capacity planning, supplier risk and critical-delivery assurance, workforce development, digital execution at scale, and one consistent global regional operating model.
- Adopt AI-enabled, data-driven, and remote-surveillance tools with Engineering through the NOI workflow, addressing supplier permissions up front.
- Apply lessons learned, standard work, and WDGLL; lead after-action and trend reviews.
- Support digital delivery and nuclear (NQA-1) readiness where assigned.
- Targets are set annually by BSQE leadership.
- Project satisfaction (NRS) and competency roster status at target.
- Bi-weekly scorecards issued on time; actions closed by due date.
- Report timeliness and quality; anomaly and NCR closure within required timeframes.
- Critical inspections and deliveries covered ahead of need.
- Charging within forecast; overtime at sustainable levels.
- Training, ethics, and safety compliance; tool adoption; development plans and successors in place.
- Ability to be certified as a Client Supplier Quality Level II Mechanical/Electrical SQR.
- Broad knowledge of materials and equipment purchased by Client, supplier QA programs, corrective and preventive action, and industry codes and standards.
- Working knowledge of Client procurement, PO requirements, and expediting practices.
- Working knowledge of competency frameworks, scorecards, resource planning, Microsoft 365, dashboards, and Supplier Assure.
- Proven ability to coach and lead supervisors; strong communication, influence, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Experience in manufacturing, inspection, testing, and technical document review.
- Associate degree in a technical field or 12 15 years of relevant experience.
- Minimum 8,000 hours of in-shop quality surveillance experience.
- Minimum 8 years of supervisory experience leading SQ/QA personnel, including supervisors, preferably across multiple projects or regions.
- Valid driver's license and passport.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
- Certifications such as AWS CWI, ASQ CQA/CQE or CMQ/OE, NDT Level II, AMPP coating inspector, or NQA-1 lead auditor.
- Experience managing the North American supplier base for major EPC projects, including TPPs and contract personnel.
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
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