Quality Assurance Engineer - Saudi

• Type of contract ASSYSTEM:
  Fixed-Term Contract
• ASSYSTEM Sector:
  Nuclear

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Finding solutions to climate change is the priority of the 21st century, and means switching to low-carbon energy. At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. To achieve this, our 7,500 Switchers combine their historical engineering expertise and project management with digital technologies.

In our 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Asia) of operation, we are working on the production and distribution of low-carbon electricity, through the development of nuclear and renewable energies. We are also supporting the modernisation and development of energy grids, managing the setup and siting for new transmission and distribution networks, and using hydrogen to decarbonise the transport and industry sectors.

Job Summary:

The Quality Engineer provides assurance that the quality management system is adequate, effectively implemented and enables the delivery of expected results. This provides assurance that requirements are met to achieve the effective and efficient delivery of the Client mission at best value, as well as identifying improvements and facilitate the delivery of quality improvements to deliver sustained benefit.

To plan, evaluate, verify, and certify quality, proposing and embedding improvements where necessary to ensure delivery is effective, minimizes the cost and/or consequence of failure and meets stakeholder and/or project specifications and requirements.

Deploying quality assurance and control activities to support right first-time delivery for their area. Deploying quality improvement plans in accordance with relevant objectives. Using, capturing, and sharing learning from experience to support improvement in quality performance within the Client.

Technical Duties:

• Develop, maintain, improve and provide coaching on the use of local management systems to enable effective delivery
• Verifying that quality requirements are adequately specified and complied with at a project, facility/operations level, within the Client and in the supplier chain
• Interface and engage with key stakeholders to promote a joined-up approach to quality and safety across Client
• Assess the ability of suppliers to meet specified requirements and participate in Evaluation Boards as necessary
• Engage with relevant disciplines / functions to translate requirements and expectations, taking consideration of risks and opportunities and learning from experience (LFE); contribute to supplier opening up meeting
• Work collaboratively with integrated teams to prepare and implement quality plans and inspection plans, including co-ordination of surveillances required to monitor quality standards in line with specifications
• Review and accept relevant documentation including supply chain quality submissions
• Define quality and lifetime record strategies for a project, operation, activity or contract to ensure a demonstrable audit trail that the product/service meets the required specifications
• Promote the Client Quality Policy and support the development of healthy quality culture. This includes Right First-Time delivery and ownership of quality in the line, so that quality is understood to be a critical enabler to energy safety, environment and good overall operational delivery
• Assist in the delivery of the appropriate energy safety training where required
• Develop, maintain, improve and provide coaching on the use of – local management systems to enable effective delivery
• Verifying that quality requirements are adequately specified and complied with at a project, facility/operations level, within the Client and in the supply chain

Applying quality assurance and control

• Define and implement QA/QC activities (including measuring, monitoring, verification, validation, and certification) to deliver the expected results
• Provide coaching on quality tools and practices to guide others on how to achieve the best outcome and achieve right first time
• Analyse QA/QC outputs (e.g. using appropriate statistical techniques and root cause analysis) to determine products or services conform to requirements; engage with integrated teams to determine potential solutions
• Liaise with the quality control and technical service providers to deliver objectives
• Communicate quality performance to line management to enable effective decisions and appropriate mitigating actions

Monitoring, measuring, auditing, and reviewing

• Assist in development and implementation of the audit / assurance and surveillance programme; take responsibility for planning and carrying out assessments for their area
• Test that specification requirements are accurately cascaded within the appropriate area of the business e.g. projects or operations and the associated supply chain
• Use and develop appropriate tools and techniques (including key performance indicators/ dashboards) to…