QA / QC Mechanical Engineer

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

To ensure compliance with quality standards for warehouse received materials and vendor supplied equipment, supporting safe and efficient operations of the Jazan IGCC complex.

JOB OBJECTIVES

• Inspection and quality assurance: To conduct incoming material inspections for warehouse received items to ensure compliance with approved ITPs, project specifications, purchase orders, and applicable international standards prior to acceptance.
• Compliance with codes, standards, and regulations: To ensure material compliance, identification, traceability, and proper handling within warehouse facilities, including segregation and disposition of nonconforming items, in accordance with approved documentation and operating procedures by complying with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System requirements.
• Vendor Quality Assurance: To perform vendor shop inspections and surveillance in accordance with approved ITPs, ensuring compliance with quality plans, welding and testing procedures, and witnessing critical fabrication and testing activities.
• Problem identification and resolution: To identify and document defects, deviations, or potential hazards and recommend corrective actions.
• Documentation and reporting: To ensure effective quality assurance and control by managing SAP quality processes (inspection lots, QNs, NCRs, and deviations), overseeing issuance and governance of material release documentation, and verifying NDT activities and reports comply with applicable standards and acceptance criteria.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams: To collaborate with Procurement, Engineering, Vendors, Logistics, and Warehouse teams to resolve quality issues and support timely material availability.
• Safety and risk management: To ensure adherence to safety protocols and actively contribute to risk management strategies.
• Continuous improvement initiatives: To support continuous improvement initiatives related to material quality, vendor performance, audit compliance, and SAP data accuracy.

Job Related Work Experience

8 - 10 Years of Work experience in QA/QC roles with strong exposure to warehouse quality control, incoming materials inspection, and vendor inspection in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Power Plant or Operating Company environments. - Essential

Experience working under operating plant quality systems such as JIGPC, Saudi Aramco, SABIC, or equivalent. - Preferred

Formal Qualifications/Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Metallurgy / Materials Engineering - Essential

CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector or AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) - Preferred

ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor - Preferred

NDT Level II certification in UT / RT / PT / MT - Preferred

Working knowledge of SAP modules - Preferred

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES

Builds and maintains relationships - Creates rapport and takes time to connect with others to develop productive working relationships that are based on achieving mutual goals, objectives and outcomes.

Teamwork and collaboration - Works well with others to get buy in to complete projects/tasks/activities either by committing to completing individual activities or by leveraging complementary skills to achieve mutual goals and objectives; works in a structured and disciplined way with others, often in unstable environments, to remain productive.

Communication - Communicates in a clear and coherent way when interacting with others; in both verbal and written formats.

Problem solving and analysis - Anticipates and identifies problems, analyzes the causes through critical thinking, evaluates alternatives, and implements solutions to resolve problems.

Quality orientation - Works hard to produce high quality work outputs by paying attention to the relevant details in processes and tasks and making sure that errors are minimized.

Drives operational safety - Demonstrates a safety mindset; ensures that risks are constantly identified, managed and mitigated to avoid unacceptable injury or harm to humans; develops and enforces organizational policies and procedures to avoid incidents and undesirable events.

Adapting and responding to change - Adjusts quickly to meet changes in the work environment; readily takes on new roles and responsibilities without hesitation.

Achievement orientation - Strives to meet or exceed set goals and objectives in an efficient and timely way according to set standards of performance excellence.

Skills

Job-Related Knowledge and Skills

• Strong knowledge of ASME, API, ASTM, AWS, ISO, and EN standards - Advanced
• Solid background in materials engineering, metallurgy, welding, coating and NDT - Proficient
• Familiarity with industrial equipment and processes used in gasification and power production - Proficient
• Demonstrated capability in audit driven, compliance focused QA/QC environments - Proficient
• Solid attention to detail for identifying defects and deviations - Advanced
• Strong documentation, coordination, and communication skills, with the ability to work independently in a high compliance operating environment - Proficient
• Analytical and problem solving skills to recommend corrective actions - Proficient
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel for reporting, trackers, and quality dashboards - Proficient