QA Specialist/Manager

QA Manager/Specialist - Data Center -- Candidates need to be highly experienced in Quality Assurance/Quality Control for structured cabling projects.

Location: DeKalb, IL - locals only, onsite role

Full Time.

Responsibilities:

• Develop overall quality plan to support the data center rollout, including quality around technical delivery, logistics, inventory controls
• Develop and maintain Noncompliance Register
• Reviews requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Creates detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured installation and test plans.
• Estimates, prioritizes, plans, and coordinates quality control and testing activities.
• Designs, develops, and executes QA scheduled reports (e.g. defects, installation deficiencies, project timelines and project level QA measurements)
• Identifies, records, and documents thoroughly and tracks deficiencies and corrective actions.
• Performs thorough review of all testing documentation.
• Monitors and inspects all operations that affect quality to align with industry and customer standards.
• Facilitates communications with internal and external teams to identify system requirements, failures, and process improvements.
• Monitors corrective action process results.
• Investigates the causes of non-conforming products and trains users to implement QC solutions.
• Tracks quality assurance metrics, such as defects, marginal results, and project specific KPI's.
• Stays up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies.
• Maintains all testing documentation.
• Trains installers, where necessary, on testing methodologies.
• Assists Project Manager with reporting requirements.
• Develop Quality plans and run books.
• Oversee testing and installations
• Additional duties as assigned
• Proven work experience in Infrastructure deployment.
• Proven work experience in Infrastructure quality assurance.
• Strong knowledge of Project/Construction QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Hands-on experience with QC implementation.
• Solid knowledge of testing and installation methodologies.
• Excellent MS Office and database skills.
• Excellent spoken and written communication as well as receptive listening skills.
• Superior collaboration and communication skills: team building, conflict resolution, stakeholder management and decision making.
• An innovator and disruptor in your specialist field

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Additional Ideal Qualifications:

• Experience working in data center builds highly desirable
• Experience with fiber and copper performance testing highly desirable
• Certifications in QC is a strong advantage.
• RCDD and DCDC preferred
• Strong Knowledge of TIA and NEC Standards.
• Strong knowledge of BICSI and Data center installation standards.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• This position leads technical QA team but has no direct reports