Construction Quality Assurance Auditor

About Us

South Jersey Industries (SJI) is an energy holding company that delivers clean energy services to 700,000+ customers and businesses throughout 14 counties in New Jersey. As part of our core values, SJI is dedicated to being a community partner and developing innovative clean energy solutions to meet the needs of the future. To do this, we depend on our workforce of over 1,100+ talented, diverse employees who help us deliver safe, reliable, affordable clean energy for a better today and tomorrow.

At SJI, we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. Whether you’re a seasoned operations technician or an early-career legal professional, our culture, inclusive workforce, and  leadership development and training programs will provide you with the tools you need to either kickstart your career or bring it to new heights.

Position Summary

A career in Quality Assurance will provide the opportunity to develop and implement programs to establish and maintain quality and safety standards of existing products and services, as well as developing programs to focus employees on quality and safety improvements. This typically includes developing policies, procedures and methods to check product, material, components and/or operational quality and improvement. This includes overseeing quality assurance engineering, in-process and final inspection, supplier/vendor QA engineering, and/or process excellence programs for SJI.

Roles within Quality Assurance are responsible for safety operations for SJI, including the development of strategic priorities, processes and operating procedures to ensure compliance with appropriate regulations, quality and safety standards. This also includes surveillance and safety of activities consistent with the company’s operating procedures and regulatory and/or legislative requirements. This role also includes coaching construction inspectors, operations employees and contractors regarding adherence to company quality and safety policies and procedures as well as local, state, and federal codes. The team is responsible for the compliance and quality assurance functions to ensure that corporate financial and strategic goals are attained within reasonable risk tolerances.

Hybrid Role

Home office is in Waterford, NJ, but you must be comfortable with traveling for fieldwork

 

Essential Functions:

• Performing field audits and inspections to ensure internal employees and contractors are performing tasks in compliance with organization manuals and regulatory requirements.
• Performing (under some supervision) assigned tasks that support day-to-day activities and project goals.
• Following appropriate methods and techniques in performing tasks and preparing related reports.
• Collaborating with supervisory personnel to develop routine methods.
• Recommending alternatives, examining new methods and techniques, and possibly proactively seeking out senior personnel to discuss potential solutions to problems.
• Participating in group meetings. Possibly presenting results of work, interpreting data, and drawing conclusions regarding presented material and nature of work.
• Working under direct guidance on a component of a project, interacting primarily within the job family.
• 90% of the duties of this role will require field audits and observations.
• Reporting to job sites to monitor field personnel activities to verify compliance with all SJI manuals and regulatory directives.
• Post auditing completed fieldwork
• Completing safety assessments on internal field personnel
• Review of service record cards submitted by internal and contractor personnel
• Additional auditing activities supporting Records and Operations departments as directed by QA Manager
• This role may also require auditing of non-field activities and additional regulatory processes.
• This is a role that contributes through own efforts and application of expertise, skills, or tasks.

Qualifications

Required Background:

• Bachelor’s degree with 0 years of relevant experience
• Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Explore the Possibilities

South Jersey Industries employs a diverse range of talent – from construction contractors to environmental specialists. Regardless of the position, mentoring and networking, hands-on ex