Senior Engineer, Quality Control (Projects)

Job Purpose

Perform, and monitor the quality control inspection to ensure that the products, services, equipment, raw materials, and any other item listed for the inspections, is meeting the agreed specification and valid for the next processing or use by others.

Lead the quality specialty to support engineering and technical projects in line with the company quality management systems and practices. Review and monitor the suppliers’ documentation to meet the predefined quality standards for the technical and projects, and in line with certification requirements; tendering, supply, permits…etc.

Lead the quality control technical processes’ tools, training, continuous improvements, audit and systems development to support effective representation of quality assurance to support the project and technical requirements.

Job Specific Accountabilities

QC Inspection

• Perform the quality inspection for the raw materials, products, equipment, and other items under inspection to support operations, technical and engineering activities through input to outputs.
• Perform and monitor the complex sampling tasks in the plant, including new samples, or during ship loading, dust collections, or high pressure gas samples.
• Allocate personnel and chemicals and follows up to ensure that analysis is being done in professional way.
• Monitor the equipment, asset and facilities operations, loading, offloading, shutting down…etc. to ensure proper inspection and testing of quality related matters.
  
  

Incidents Handling

• Monitor, investigate and decide on the nonconformities or abnormalities to enable the forthcoming decision making
• Identify any abnormalities in plant and advise operational staff to promptly rectify the problem.
• Perform non routine analysis of special samples like, deposit, sludge, scales etc.
  
  

Testing

• Monitor the day-to-day inputs to the quality laboratory to ensure compliance with quality control procedures.
• Clarify and report the abnormalities for further investigation by the laboratory team.
• Contribute to support the validation and improvement for the testing methods.
• Reagent and standard preparation and their standardization as per Laboratory Analytical Methods.
  
  

Communications

• Communicate, educate and advise on the Quality Control’ updates, procedures, development, and other activities and tests to ensure timely information for the team.
• Prepare, or overview the daily, weekly, monthly and special analysis reports.
  
  

HSE Observations

• Monitor the endeavour towards good housekeeping and maintain the equipment in basic condition all the time.
• Participate in achieving HSE objectives and compliance to Company Integrated Management System, Policies & Procedures.
• Participate in HSE related studies including HAZOP, HAZID, Root Cause Analysis, Risk Assessment and Audits.
• Enforce HSEMS compliance, promotes awareness for subordinates & respond to emergencies.
• Identify activities and processes which are hazardous and undertake steps to mitigate that risk and ensure proper disposal of hazardous and toxic chemicals.
• Review periodically the HSE performance of staff under area of responsibility and takes appropriate measures.
  
  

QC Process’ Support

• Operate, calibrate and maintain the critical analytical equipment on regular basis for higher productivity and efficiency.
• Maintain optimum inventory of all laboratory’ tools and materials; chemicals, glassware, spare parts for instruments and other laboratory equipment.
• Identifying the purchase requirements, initiating purchase requisition, technical evaluation of offers for the items required for QC.
• Provide training to subordinate staff and trainees on proper QC’ methods, procedures, and techniques.
  
  

Generic Accountabilities

Supervision

• Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.
  
  

Budgets

• Provide input for preparation of the functional budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver Section objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control
  
  

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

• Implement approved Section / Department policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the Section’s / Department work programs in line with Company and International standards.
  
  

Performance Management

• Contribute to the achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the function in line with the Company Performance framework.
  
  

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with best Industry standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.
  
  

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices.
  
  

Reports

• Provide inputs to prepare Section MIS and progress reports for Management.
  
  

Internal Communications & Working Relationships

• Quality Laboratory
• Operations
• Technical & Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• Customer Care
• Materials Management, Raw Material
• Material Handling, Finished Products
• Maintenance
• HSE
  
  

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor Degree in Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related fields.

Minimum Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• 8 years of experience, including 3 years of experience as Quality Engineer or Chemist within the industry.
• Hands-on Sampling distribution, acceptance and rejection limits, and other quality control concepts and terminologies.
  
  

Revenues/ Budget: As per approved financial budget

Direct Reports: As per organization chart

Indirect Reports: As per organization chart

Professional Certifications

ISO 9001

Work Condition, Physical effort & Work Environment

Physical Effort

Minimal

Work Environment

A/C environment, could be exposed to the prevailing weather conditions like heat, humidity & dust during occasional site visits.

Additional Details

Job Family / Sub Family: Quality Assurance & Quality Control / Quality Control