Project Quality Manager

Project Quality Manager

Location:

De Aar, South Africa

Contract Type:
Freelance

Project Quality Manager (Employer Representative)

• Ensures compliance with contractual, regulatory, and Employer quality requirements
• Provides independent oversight of EPC contractor QA/QC activities
• Ensures defect prevention, early issue identification, and effective resolution
• Supports controlled and predictable commissioning and project close-out

• Establish and manage the Project Quality Management System (PQMS) aligned to Employer requirements
• Review and approve Contractor Project Quality Plans (PQP)
• Review and approve Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and Method Statements
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and contractual obligations
• Enforce quality control processes across all disciplines (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical)
• Monitor and oversee Contractor QA/QC implementation on site
• Ensure correct application of hold points and witness points
• Conduct regular site inspections, surveillance, and audits
• Verify material compliance, workmanship, and installation quality
• Ensure traceability of materials, components, and installations
• Establish and manage the Non-Conformance Report (NCR) process
• Ensure all non-conformances are:
  • Properly identified
  • Documented
  • Categorised (Critical / Major / Minor)
• Track NCRs through to closure and verification
• Ensure effective root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions
• Escalate critical quality risks to Employer management
• Oversee quality aspects of procurement and supplier deliverables
• Ensure Free Issue Materials (FIM) are:
  • Inspected upon receipt
  • Verified against specifications
  • Properly stored and protected
• Ensure all materials have:
  • Certificates of compliance
  • Test reports
  • Traceability records
• Monitor quality readiness of equipment and materials prior to delivery
• Ensure completion of:
  • Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs)
  • Inspection reports
  • Prevent non-compliant materials arriving on site
• Ensure all quality documentation is:
  • Complete
  • Accurate
  • Submitted in line with project requirements
• Monitor development of data books and handover dossiers
• Ensure documentation aligns with Employer handover requirements
• Interface with Document Control to ensure:
  • Version control
  • Timely submission
• Ensure all quality requirements are met prior to commissioning
• Verify systems are installed as per approved documentation
• Ensure NCRs are closed
• Ensure inspection records are complete
• Support commissioning readiness reviews
• Ensure delivery of handover-ready quality documentation packs
• Interface with EPC Contractor, Consultants, Internal project teams
• Facilitate quality meetings, inspections, and audits
• Ensure alignment on quality expectations and requirements
• Provide regular quality reports to Employer
• Highlight risks, non-compliances, trends
• Maintain quality registers and dashboards
• Proactively identify and mitigate quality risks impacting project delivery
• Updated NCR register
• Inspection and audit reports
• Quality risk logs
• Progress status of data pack updates/ register

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Quality Management
• Minimum5–8 years’ experience in EPC project quality management
• Proven experience inrenewable energy (PV, Wind, BESS)
• Strong knowledge of:
  • ISO 9001
  • Quality management systems
  • Construction quality processes
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Manage contractor quality performance
  • Lead audits and inspections
  • Resolve complex quality issues
  • Strongquality governance and enforcement capability
  • High levelofattention to detail and technical understanding
  • Ability tochallenge contractors and enforce compliance
  • Strongcommunicationand stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to work inhigh-pressure, multi-project environments
  • Strong leadership and governance capability
  • Highcommercial and contractual (FIDIC) awareness
  • Advancedrisk management and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication
  • Ability tooperateatstrategic and operational levels