Quality Assurance Lead - Wales
About Our Company
Designer Group is a leading international mechanical & electrical provider specialising in turnkey packages for the design, supply, and installation of M&E services. Headquartered in Dublin, we work with some of the world's largest multinational companies and our common purpose is delivering ambitious, innovative and sustainable engineering solutions, building client partnerships that bear testament to the standards we uphold.
Our people are the foundation of our continued growth across all client sectors. We invest in our people and have a philosophy of continuous professional development. This investment has produced an innovative and passionate team that deliver projects for our clients safely, efficiently and to the highest standards in the industry. Our approach to everything we do is underpinned by our Values of:
Safe
Trust
Respect
Challenge
Deliver
Role Overview
Leads quality assurance and quality control functions for piping projects.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Ensure that all quality requirements and the project quality will be in compliance with applicable laws, guidelines, standards, regulations & Client specifications on site
- Ensure that the Company Quality manuals with current regulations applicable to relevant tasks are met
- Ensure that the approved ITP / CQP / site specific SOP’s are adhered to (including those belonging to sub-contractors) and that the inspections are signed-off
- Ensure specified NDT / test / PED requirements per system is achieved
- Ensure recording of weld logs for inclusion within piping test packs
- Preparation & verification of site & product documentation, according to Client requirements, in an accurate and timely manner and uploaded to the agreed platform
- Ensure that necessary items are available to complete each work phase
- Oversee that the correct quality checks are completed
- Verify Sub-contractor quality items are as specified to Client requirements – monitor how their quality control is conducted
- Co-ordinate all QA / QC activities / correspondence with the project Client QC representative.
- Monitor the welding, testing & scope of testing according to requirements of quality documentation
- Maintenance of records, interpretation of test results and proper reaction if deviations occur
- Ensure WPQR’s, WPS’s & WQT (matrix), calibration records (gauge / weld plant / digi-levels, etc) and material certifications MTR’s are valid
- Maintain the various matrices – training, lessons learnt, calibrations, welding, etc
- Collate data for the population of key KPIs (e.g. welds / repairs; NDT stats; status of test packs / walkdowns / punches / NCRs), benchmarks, FOKs, samples of the required levels of quality are set-up prior to any new activity & communicated to & understood by Supervisors
- Maintain an audit schedule & implementation of same
- Lead internal quality audits, attend client quality audits and drive close out of actions associated with audits
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- 8+ years’ QA/QC experience in piping projects.
- ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification preferred.
- Strong knowledge of welding procedures and NDT.
Application Process
If you are interested in this opportunity and meet the qualifications outlined above, we encourage you to apply. Our recruitment team will review applications and contact shortlisted candidates for further discussion.
Our Company is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or background.