QA/QC ENGINEER (ELECTRICAL)

Role overview

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent from a recognised university.
• At least 15 years’ experience constructing major greenfield or brownfield oil and gas process plants, including refinery, NGL/LNG, or petrochemical environments.
• Prior major EPIC contractor or end-user experience with overall electrical construction and commissioning quality responsibility on major projects.
• Hands-on experience preparing, reviewing, and approving Quality Plans, ITPs, QCPs, MARs, and inspection or testing activities through commissioning.
• Experience managing discipline inspectors, coordinating tests, and establishing and monitoring electrical-discipline KPIs.
• Experience developing or implementing quality surveillance, completion management, inspection and test records, technical integrity verification, and project quality health check programmes.
• Experience conducting pre-qualification, quality management system, quality compliance, and technical compliance audits.

Required technical skills

• Knowledge of QA/QC principles, testing requirements, and acceptance criteria for electrical equipment and systems up to 220kV.
• Practical knowledge of QCS, IEC, IEEE, BS, ISO, UL, IOGP, and Shell DEPs relevant to the role.
• Technical coverage includes EHV/HV/LV cables, motors, MCCs, VSDs, DBs, EDGs, NERs, transformers, capacitors, CP systems, heat tracing, lighting, switchgear, and panels.
• Can identify non-conformances, drive corrective and preventive actions, and coordinate NCR close-out and root cause analysis.
• Can monitor material test certificates, construction records, preservation systems, IMTE registers, calibration records, and inspection and test databases.
• Can communicate and coordinate across contractor, third-party, end-user, and project teams, and resolve differing interpretations of technical requirements and scope.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee electrical quality for construction and commissioning activities.
• Review and approve QA/QC documents against the construction programme and ensure quality requirements are implemented at sites and supplier or subcontractor locations.
• Manage inspectors, inspection and testing, quality KPIs, and quality surveillance.
• Conduct audits and quality walk-throughs of project activities and contractor organisations.
• Support completion management, technical integrity verification, flawless project delivery, and project quality health checks.
• Coordinate quality records and resolve non-conformances and complex project quality issues.

Certifications

• IRCA Certified QMS Lead Auditor is required.
• IECEx-CoPC, CompEx, or similar international certification is preferred.
• ASQ CMQ/OE, MCQI-CQP, or similar recognised membership or certification is preferred.