About the job
Job Description
The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for driving the projects to deliver a quality service that achieves the requirements of Operations and complies with the relevant international/national codes and standards.
The role is accountable for providing Quality and inspection resources, systems, and processes to support Procurement activities and Projects & Execution Planning activities.
Responsibilities
Promotion of both the WOOD Core values
Develop, maintain & implement Project Quality Plans, Quality Strategies, and Objectives
Provide Quality oversight of vendors and contractors, ensuring they are aware of their roles and responsibilities
Provide quality estimates for QA/QC project deliverables and inspection of procurement packages
Regular quality reporting as required
Ensure the maintenance, documentation, and deployment of the project management system
Ensure implementation of risk-based audit programs
Plan and partake in internal project and vendors/ suppliers audits
Conduct site quality leadership surveillance visits, as required
Provide input to contract quality risk registers
Act as a focal point for corrective actions by approving new actions and verifying action closure, if required.
Facilitate root cause analysis of project nonconformities
Capture client feedback and monitor resulting improvement actions
Ensure the deployment of a robust criticality assessment process throughout projects
Verify the inspection level of products/materials
Quality input to project lessons learned
Ensure the closure of Quality requirements for project closeout
Review and provide input into technical bid evaluations
Review and approve necessary construction contractors, vendors and suppliers documentation including ITPs and procedures, as required
Conduct review of project technical queries and specification deviation requests
Ensure adequate and competent inspection resources are available to the projects
Establish contract inspection framework
Assist with evaluation of materials suppliers, manufacturers, fabricators, and NDE providers
Establish appropriate call off arrangements with 3rd party inspection agencies
Manage and raise vendors inspection requests and maintain inspection assignment register
Prepare inspection packages for inspectors
Assign competent, qualified, and appropriately experienced inspectors to inspection assignments
Coordinate vendors/suppliers product/material inspection activities
Provide support to coordinate fabrication activities
Review inspection outputs and highlight areas of concern
Report non-conformances identified by inspectors
Liaise with Discipline Engineers regarding inspection queries, deficiencies & punch list items
Facilitate the recall, quarantine and replacement of defective products/materials
Support the review of vendor mechanical catalogues & manufacturing records books as required
Ensure upload of inspection reports and releases to document management system
Regular reporting of inspection status
Review and approve 3rd party inspection invoices
Liaise with the Client Quality Representative as appropriate
Ensure the closure of inspection requirements for project close out
Qualifications
Degree in Engineering (Mechanical background is desirable)
Welding inspector certification preferably CSWIIP 3.1 or equivalent (desirable)
NDE Level II qualification (desirable)
Painting Inspector certification NACE Level II or BGAS
Minimum 10+ years of Oil and Gas experience
Previous Experience in Procurement support activities in EPC/PMC projects
Middle East experience preferred
Good planning and organizational skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office
High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format
Analytical, Problems Solving skills and Systematic thinking
Demonstrated ability to work independently with good initiative and interpersonal skills
Ability to work within multi-cultural workforces and environments