Role overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior QA/QC Engineer to provide independent, evidence-based quality oversight across quality planning, engineering and supplier interfaces, fabrication, inspection, testing, nonconformance control and turnover. You will work independently within delegated authority, coordinate technical interfaces, recognize risk and coach less experienced colleagues.
Key responsibilities
- Build or review project quality plans and ITPs from contract, statutory and customer requirements, setting inspection stages, acceptance criteria, hold/witness points, traceability and records.
- Review specifications, drawings and changes for quality and inspectability; resolve conflicts through documented technical queries.
- Assess supplier quality risk and capability; plan risk-based audits and source inspections; track supplier NCRs to verified closure.
- Control material identification and traceability from receipt to handover, including substitutions and segregation.
- Coordinate welding and fabrication controls: procedures, personnel, consumables, preheat/interpass, repairs, examination and traceability.
- Plan and coordinate inspection, NDT, pressure/leak testing and FAT; check methods, coverage, acceptance criteria, personnel scope and calibration.
- Lead containment and impact review for nonconformances, route dispositions to authorized personnel and verify corrective action effectiveness.
- Plan or lead process, project and supplier audits; use trends to recommend practical improvement.
- Control measurement and calibration status, including out-of-tolerance equipment and affected-result reviews.
- Define and check turnover dossier completion criteria, certificates, reports and punch items to prevent unsupported handover.
- Communicate requirements and risks to operations, engineering, suppliers and clients; escalate unresolved compliance risks and protect independent quality judgment.
- Coach and review the work of junior QA/QC staff.
Required qualifications and experience
- Engineering or relevant technical qualification, or documented equivalent competence appropriate to the product and role.
- Progressively responsible QA/QC experience in the same or a transferable industry, product, process and project phase, with demonstrated senior-level (independent) ownership of plans, decisions and records.
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 19011, plus the codes applicable to the role, such as ASME BPVC/B31.3, ISO 3834 and welding standards, and, where relevant, EU PED 2014/68/EU and EN standards.
- Familiarity with ISO/IEC 17025, measurement traceability, and ISO 14001/ISO 45001 interfaces with site work.
Credentials (as required by the specific duties)
- Internal or lead auditor training, where audits are part of the role.
- API 510, 570 or 653 certification, only where the asset and duties require it.
- Welding inspection qualification such as CSWIP or AWS CWI, or another recognized scheme.
- Method- and level-specific NDT certification (for example EN ISO 9712) for any NDT tasks to be performed or interpreted.
- Any statutory or client inspector appointment, registration or specialist authorization required for the project.
All credentials will be verified with the issuing body or official register, including status, scope and expiry. Candidates should be prepared to present project examples and records that demonstrate their personal contribution.
Authority boundary
Engineering approval, process operation, formal product disposition and final release remain with the designated authorized role holders and the applicable code or regulatory scheme.
