CSA Welding Inspector
Client: Multi-national corporation which provides consulting, engineering, and architecture services internationally
Assignment Type: Annually Renewable Contract
Location: Northern Sweden
Work Pattern: 3 weeks on office/site, 1 week remote, on rotation. Working 5 days per week - 8 hour days.
Package: Accommodation + transportation + holidays
Summary
We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Welding Inspector for construction activities. In this role, you will be responsible for verifying the welds related to construction activities of the project in collaboration with the client, who will lead the coordination with civil contractors.
The ideal candidate is a welding engineer with welding certification and experience in welding inspections for major projects.
You will report to the CSA Superintendent Leader and to the QC Construction Manager and will collaborate with the client and with cross-functional teams to address construction and contractual issues (performance, infringement, rights and obligations, risk and mitigations).
The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in engineering, quality management and construction, ability to manage people and teams, and capacity to work under pressure with multicultural teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the client construction team in any tasks required for the civil construction, coordinating those actions under the responsibility of the PMC team (quality control, progress monitoring, financial control, risk and opportunity control, and reporting).
- Work in coordination with the CSA supervisors and CSA inspectors to ensure the contractors carry out civil construction tasks of the project in a timely manner and consistent with the terms of the work contracts and project requirements and schedules.
- Work in coordination with the PMC construction team, reporting to the CSA Superintendent Leader and to the QC Construction Manager.
- Ensure compliance with client policies, generic strategies, and procedures for the execution of the project supplies.
- Promote, establish, and maintain technical and administrative relationships with the client and its contractors to understand and resolve situations arising from the execution of the project supplies.
- Support during the civil construction for technical control, production, deadlines, costs, and health and safety of the project, which will be executed in accordance with the engineering design (earthworks, piling, civil works, steel structure, architectural activities, etc.).
- Take responsibility for ensuring that the CSA activities of the different contractors are carried out in accordance with the procedures of the contract and the provisions of the management plans, main inspections, and design documents in general.
- Perform quality control and ensure compliance, verifying that the construction activities (and mainly the welds) comply with project technical specifications and regulations.
- Ensure technical documentation management so that management plans, certificates, manuals, and other technical documents are available during construction for all contractors.
- Maintain constant communication with contractors to resolve delays, quality issues, or changes in requirements.
- Provide reports and alerts, informing the project team about the status of supplies and possible risks of delay, and propose corrective actions in case of deviations.
- Support planning, collaborating with the scheduling team to measure progress and plan upcoming construction activities.
- Identify potential risks to the project early and develop appropriate treatment plans, promptly reporting to the Contract Manager, Project Management, and the corresponding steering committee.
- Issue and sign formal communications inherent to the construction execution of the project.
- Perform other duties inherent to the position and/or designated by the CSA Superintendent Leader, the QC Construction Manager and/or the client.
Requirements and Skills
- Degree in Engineering. A certificate as a welding expert or a degree in welding engineering must be provided.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in civil construction in the oil and gas, steel, mining and/or infrastructure sectors.
- Ability to collaborate with other civil inspectors and supervisors, defining needs in advance in order to manage project needs.
- Experience managing civil contracts and/or having participated in teams that provided PMC or EPCM services.
- Experience in quality assurance and quality control.
- Experience as Civil Construction Manager in major projects.
- Risk and mitigation planning experience.
- Solid commercial understanding.
- Experience working on technically complex projects.
- Willingness to commute to the north of Sweden 3 weeks per month.
- Experience with MS Office, Primavera and/or Aconex.
- Fluent in English.