Head of Quality (Assurance)

Head of Quality (Assurance) - Compression Project

Job Purpose

Manage all quality assurance activities and performance for both internal and external teams to ensure effective communication, coordination, and system implementation according to project needs. Engage in new project activities from conceptual design through to commissioning, ensuring the application of lessons learned from previous projects. Ensure a smooth start-up and transition to a permanent organization for all new projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee assigned organization, activities, and systems to eliminate risks associated with project quality activities involving third parties, ensuring alignment with overall objectives.
• Develop, update, manage, and enforce the implementation of the Projects Quality Management System (QMS) for all projects. Ensure compliance by all project teams, contractors, and suppliers with QMS requirements, and approve contractors' quality plans, procedures, processes, and documents.
• Ensure required quality requirements are incorporated into all contractual documents for contractors, vendors, and subcontractors. Direct the review of tenders and purchase orders to ensure adequate quality and work procedures are established and followed throughout the project duration.
• Manage the effectiveness of the Project Quality Plan, Surveillance Programs, and other quality procedures and tools to ensure successful implementation across all projects. Ensure the integrity and continuous updates of the QMS and applicable quality specifications, including lessons learned and the latest industry standards, codes, specifications, and best practices.
• Oversee the attainment of required project licenses from external regulatory and government agencies to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Manage continuous improvement processes based on statistical trend analysis tools and KPIs to optimize costs and improve services and goods using the latest industry improvement processes and techniques (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen, House of Quality, Process Capability Index, PDCA, etc.).
• Manage the overall Quality Audit Universe Program for all projects to ensure the correct implementation of all EPC agreement/contract quality requirements.
• Ensure that nonconformities are addressed by project teams, and appropriate actions are taken to prevent and/or eliminate potential non-conformities and their causes.
• Manage the interface with Start-up/Operations to ensure a clear understanding of project quality, ensuring a smooth handover and transition to a permanent operating asset. Manage the development of the System Completion philosophy in close coordination with Operations.
• Guide and coach project teams and quality personnel to ensure knowledge and awareness of quality requirements, ensuring quality personnel are competent to perform their duties.
• Ensure all activities are undertaken in compliance with Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality policies, regulations, and standards.
• Contribute to the development of local national employees.
• Ensure all activities undertaken comply with anti-trust and competition laws and firewall policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in sciences or engineering.
• Qualification in Quality Improvement Processes (e.g., Six Sigma, Statistical Quality Analysis Tools, Root Cause Failure Analysis, etc.).
• Quality Auditor Training or certification.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in Quality in the oil & gas industry, including at least 2 years in a supervisory role or oversight of service/vendor personnel.
• Experience working in large scale operating organizations in Operations, Projects, Subsurface, etc., and with contractors or service companies.
• Knowledge of relevant Quality Systems, specifications, tools, and industry standards.
• Knowledge of manufacturing and fabrication processes.
• Familiarity with project management systems adapted to the oil & gas industry.
• Knowledge of applicable codes and standards (e.g., QMS, ISO 9001, 29001, ISO 17025, ASME B16, API Q1, API Q2, etc.).
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong analytical, leadership, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
• Strong computer literacy.