QC ENGINEER – MECHANICAL / WELDING & FABRICATION

Role overview

Inspection and quality responsibilities

• Inspect incoming materials and verify MTCs, material identification, and traceability.
• Carry out fit-up, welding, and visual inspections against approved drawings, WPS, and project requirements.
• Verify WPS, PQR, WPQ, welder qualifications, and related welding documentation.
• Perform dimensional inspections of tanks, skids, structural steel, piping, supports, and fabricated assemblies.
• Check tank dimensions, squareness, alignment, levels, tolerances, and equipment/support locations.
• Inspect piping fabrication, including spool dimensions, flange orientation, alignment, and installation.
• Maintain and review weld maps, inspection records, and traceability documentation.
• Coordinate required NDT activities and review NDT reports.
• Witness and document hydrotests, leak tests, and tank water-fill tests as applicable.
• Raise and follow up inspection observations, punch items, and NCRs through closure.
• Coordinate inspections with project, engineering, fabrication, client, and TPI teams.
• Support final inspection, FAT, project handover, and Manufacturing Data Record compilation.

Requirements

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Welding Engineering, Metallurgy, or a related discipline.
• Minimum five years of relevant QC or welding inspection experience, preferably in oil and gas fabrication projects.
• Strong experience in tanks, skids, structural steel, and piping fabrication.
• Good knowledge of AWS D1.1, ASME Section IX, and ASME B31.3.
• Hands-on experience in fit-up inspection, welding inspection, dimensional inspection, and weld-map control.
• Familiarity with WPS/PQR/WPQ, NDT, MTCs, material traceability, and inspection documentation.
• Experience with hydrotesting or water-fill testing and final fabrication inspection.
• Strong English communication, reporting, and coordination skills.

Preferred qualifications

• CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector or AWS CWI certification is strongly preferred.
• NDT Level III certification is an advantage.
• UAE or GCC fabrication experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of ADNOC specifications or requirements is an advantage.

Pay

• Pay is AED 8,000–12,000 per month.

Workplace

• Work location is in person; the description lists Sharjah and Dubai as locations.