Quality Engineer - Independent Contractor

Bureau Veritas is seeking a Quality Engineer to champion its quality management program during the detailed design and construction phase of the project. The successful candidate reports directly to Quality Manager and will play a part in supporting the company’s project team through the fabrication phase of the project.

This position will require the individual to function with minimal supervision and be proactive in ensuring quality in all spheres. The position will require close interaction with the Company’s Project Management, Engineering, Procurement and Fabrication execution teams to ensure successful execution of the Company’s Quality Management program.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all actions, works, and services undertaken by Contractor are in accordance with the respective Contractual Agreement.
• Monitor quality control performance, coordinate project quality metrics and reporting, and provide quality metrics as requested by Quality Manager
• Monitor independently the fabrication work to ensure job compliance in accordance with project specifications.
• Implement the Company’s Execution Assurance program at construction site in accordance with the project specifications and procedures
• Review quality inspection personnel qualifications and training requirements
• Be the quality focal point for fabrication and construction site activities.
• Manage and guide the QA/QC activities during the execution of the site construction work in a manner that achieves the project quality requirements within the Quality Standards, Cost, and Schedule targets set by the Company.
• Prepare fabrication related project quality system management documentation
• Conduct Quality surveillance audits with timely management reporting.
• Assess fabrication / installation work process and work product verification, (e.g. perform QC surveillance, participate in Mechanical Completion process, and monitor specification deviations).
• Identify trends, assist and work with Contractor to minimize nonconformance situation.
• Ensure that QA/QC culture is visible across all projects at all levels.
• Monitor the progress and effectiveness of the project quality management system, propose recommendations and implement improvements
• Provide technical guidance to Company’s inspection personnel as required
• Provide inputs to the collection of Lessons Learned for the project.

Requirements and Experience

• Previous experience of Canadian standards preferred
• Demonstrated experience in establishing project quality systems that meets the requirements of ISO 9001 for Quality Management Systems.
• Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal and teambuilding skills.
• Bachelor degree in engineering or equivalent with 10 + years’ experience in a quality management position on capital construction projects in the oil/gas industry.
• Expertise in Welding, NDT systems and ISO auditing is preferred.
• Has clearly demonstrated strong Quality Assurance competence.
• Experience in managing large-scale capital projects including early civil works by performing regular audits and critical inspections as and when required.
• Experience in LNG construction site preferably in Canada.
• Have good, computer and communication skills.
• Ability to facilitate workshops to lead the project team through development of project quality procedures and programs.
• Ability to work within a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary environment in both national and international team environments

Requirements and Experience

• Have good, computer and communication skills.
• Ability to work within a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary environment in both national and international team environments
• Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal and teambuilding skills.
• Experience in managing large-scale capital projects including early civil works by performing regular audits and critical inspections as and when required.
• Ability to facilitate workshops to lead the project team through development of project quality procedures and programs.
• Previous experience of Canadian standards preferred
• Has clearly demonstrated strong Quality Assurance competence.
• Demonstrated experience in establishing project quality systems that meets the requirements of ISO 9001 for Quality Management Systems.
• Bachelor degree in engineering or equivalent with 10 + years’ experience in a quality management position on capital construction projects in the oil/gas industry.
• Expertise in Welding, NDT systems and ISO auditing is preferred.
• Experience in LNG construction site preferably in Canada.