Job Description

Purpose

• You are responsible for implementing quality assurance measures within your project to ensure compliance with all standards, rules, and requirements established by the Company, Regulators, Clients, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Within the project organization, you provide essential support for quality management within the project.
• You assist the Project Quality Manager in liaising with the Project Team, Clients, contractors, and vendors on following up quality related matters.
• Your role is instrumental in promoting and fostering strong quality cultures, positive behaviors, and a culture of quality excellence among project stakeholders.
• You assist in leading quality-related activities to provide effective support to the project, ensuring that quality standards are upheld throughout the project lifecycle.
• Outside the project organisation you are accountable for supporting departmental key activities, including participation in company-wide improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary support to Project Quality Manager in the execution of quality management within project.
• Act as the key contact for clients on quality matters in the absence of the Project Quality Manager, ensuring effective communication and alignment with project objectives.
• Support the execution of project quality plan.
• Establish, update, and maintain the Project Quality Audit Plan, conduct internal and external audits and follow up to ensure timely closure of corrective actions.
• Timely review quality-related documents submitted by Vendors.
• Conduct quality induction and awareness sessions on project quality requirements for all stakeholders, including Vendors and Subcontractors.
• Monitor & follow up on the resolution of quality notifications and escalations, ensuring adherence to processes.
• Analyze project quality performance, provide status updates on quality activities, and ensure timely reporting meeting department and project deadlines
• Actively engaged with internal stakeholders for quality related matters.
• Contribute to the qualification and selection of vendors/sub-contractors based on quality.
• Provide feedback and lessons learned to improve systems and tools within the discipline community.
• Participate in quality incident investigations and assist in resolving incidents promptly.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering, science, or a related quality discipline, with a focus on quality management or relevant field.
• Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or equivalent standard, demonstrating proficiency in auditing quality management systems.

Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry, including at least 2 years in a senior level role. Proven project experience, demonstrating a strong understanding of Project Management.
• Fundamentals, Engineering principles, lifecycle and assurance processes, and construction processes, including fabrication and special processes.
• Proven expertise in Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9000, ISO/TS 29001, and ISO/IEC 80079-34, with in-depth knowledge of relevant processes and interfaces. Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of quality management principles, methodologies, and best practices, including quality assurance techniques.
• Demonstrated proficiency with quality investigation tools and methodologies, including handling investigations of non-conformance and major quality incidents. Well-versed in root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and corrective action/preventive action (CAPA).
• Strong knowledge in welding, coating, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), preservation, and Ex (explosive atmospheres). Relevant certifications are an added advantage.

Functional Competencies

Organizational culture

Monitoring performance and compliance

Analytics and reporting

Quality Control Plans

Inspection, testing, commissioning and monitoring

Quality

Learning from events

SBM Product Knowledge

Internal Audit Delivery

Management systems standards and framework