QA/QC Manager

About the role

Establish and implement quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) across materials, welding, offshore installation and pre-commissioning, maintaining traceability and evidence for contractual acceptance. Reports to the Project Manager, with direct interfaces to the company quality function and client inspection team.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare the project quality plan, inspection and test plans (ITPs) and procedures; agree review, witness and hold points and release arrangements with the client and third-party inspectors.

• Review material certificates, pipe/consumable traceability, equipment inspection and instrument calibration; organise receiving inspection and subcontractor quality reviews.

• Control welding procedure specifications (WPS), procedure qualification records (PQR), welder qualifications and non-destructive testing (NDT) procedures/personnel; track weld records, repairs and examination coverage.

• Oversee field-joint coating, concrete weight-coating protection and checks before and after horizontal directional drilling (HDD) pullback; apply inspection methods and coverage from approved specifications and ITPs.

• Coordinate inspections of pipeline end termination (PLET), piles, expansion spool, flexible riser, dynamic cable and FOC, verifying surveys, burial, connections and as-built condition.

• Review pigging, gauging, hydrotest and dewatering evidence and test boundaries; arrange client witness and system handover.

• Manage non-conformance reports (NCRs), deviations and corrective actions; require suspension, segregation or escalation where release conditions are not met.

• Compile the manufacturing and final records dossier (MDR), as-built drawings, inspection reports and punch lists progressively; complete audits, quality reports and final handover.

About you

• Degree in mechanical, materials, welding, offshore or related engineering, or equivalent technical qualifications.

• Fifteen (15) years of facilities/QA/QC project experience including at least five (5) years of offshore facilities construction and/or fabrication experience with a minimum of two (2) years in QA/QC management position; subsea pipeline welding and installation quality experience is required.

• CSWIP 3.1 certification or Welding Engineer Qualification, Certified Lead Internal Auditor, familiar with Indonesia statutory, permits and regulations.

• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and applicable standards such as DNV-ST-F101 for submarine pipeline systems and API 1104 for pipeline welding, with ability to confirm contractual editions.

• Ability to review welding, NDT and coating documentation and maintain weld/material traceability; assess record gaps and their effect on release and acceptance.

• Experience coordinating client, third-party and subcontract inspections, quality audits, root-cause analysis and MDR handover.

• Working English for procedures, inspections and reports; willingness to work ashore and aboard vessels, with independent judgement and professional integrity.