QA​/QC Lead

Wood is recruiting for a QA/QC Lead to join its UAE Business Unit focusing on driving the implementation of company quality strategies and campaigns for a major onshore brownfield project in Sharjah, UAE. This full‑time, office‑based role in Sharjah includes travel requirements.

Wood is filling a Lead QA/QC Engineer position, seconded to our client, to provide quality direction and leadership for procurement and execution planning of major projects.

• Promotion of Wood and client core values.
• Develop, maintain and 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 programme and plan/partake in internal project and vendor audits.
• Provide input to contract quality risk registers and act as focal point for corrective actions.
• Facilitate root‑cause analysis of project nonconformities and capture client feedback.
• Ensure the deployment of a robust criticality assessment process throughout projects.
• Verify the inspection level of products/materials and provide quality input to project lessons learned.
• Ensure the closure of quality requirements for project close‑out.
• Review and provide input into technical bid evaluations.
• Review and approve necessary construction contractors, vendors and suppliers’ documentation including ITPs and procedures.
• Conduct review of project technical queries and specification deviation requests.
• Ensure adequate and competent inspection resources are available to the projects.
• Assist with evaluation of materials suppliers, manufacturers, fabricators and NDE providers.
• Establish appropriate call‑off arrangements with third‑party inspection agencies.
• Prepare inspection packages for inspectors and assign competent, qualified, and appropriately experienced inspectors.
• Coordinate vendors/suppliers’ product/material inspection activities and support fabrication activities.
• Review inspection outputs, highlight areas of concern and report non‑conformances identified by inspectors.
• Liaise with Discipline Engineers regarding inspection queries, deficiencies and punch list items.
• Facilitate the recall, quarantine and replacement of defective products/materials.
• Support the review of vendor mechanical catalogues and manufacturing records books as required.
• Ensure upload of inspection reports and releases to the document management system and report inspection status regularly.
• Review and approve third‑party inspection invoices.
• Liaise with the Client Quality Representative as appropriate.
• Ensure the closure of inspection requirements for project close‑out.

What makes you remarkable? At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals. Even if you don’t match every statement below, if you feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed, we encourage you to apply.

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical background desirable).
• Membership of CQI or country‑specific industry body (desirable).
• Quality Auditor Qualification by a recognised industry body (essential).
• Welding inspector certification preferably CSWIIP 3.1 or equivalent (desirable).
• Minimum 15+ years oil and gas experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a QA role.
• Previous experience in a lead or management position.
• Exposure to client contracts desirable but not mandatory.

• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format.
• Analytical, problem‑solving skills and systematic thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with good initiative and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully interface with key stakeholders.
• Ability to work within multi‑cultural environments.

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to high‑profile clients and complex projects.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Compe…