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 role is a full‑time office‑based role with travel requirement.

• Promotion of both the WOOD & client 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 programme
• Plan and partake in internal project and vendors/ suppliers audits
• Provide input to contract quality risk registers
• Act as focal point for corrective actions by approving new actions and verifying action closure
• 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 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 3rd party inspection agencies
• 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

Expected:

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical background is desirable)
• Membership of CQI or country specific Industry body (desirable)
• Quality Auditor Qualification by 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 desirably but not mandatory

Job‑Specific

Skills:

• Good planning and organisational 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
• 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 in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
  ; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Commitment to continued professional development
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