Team Lead- Quality

To facilitate EPC contracts by ensuring a high level of quality standard is maintained and compliance with the HSSEQ MS.

• Responsibilities:
  • Quality Management System (QMS): Manage a comprehensive QMS that details quality policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines for the project. Ensure that the QMS aligns with industry standards, regulatory requirements and the needs of the business as detailed in our strategic plan.
  • Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management: Oversee the implementation of quality management plans for EPC projects.
  • Quality Planning: Collaborate with managers, project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to develop quality plans that define a project's quality objectives, criteria, and deliverables. Identify key hold points and quality milestones and ensure they are integrated into the project schedule.
  • Quality Assurance and Control: Establish procedures and processes to ensure that project activities comply with the defined quality standards of TOSL, the client or industry.
  • Audits and Inspections: Oversee quality audits, inspections, and reviews to verify that work is being executed as per the established quality requirements. Work with TOSL sales and purchasing teams, technology partners and suppliers to implement steps which ensure quality requirements are met.
  • Quality Documentation: Oversee the creation, maintenance, and control of quality-related documentation, including quality management plans, inspection and test plans, quality procedures, quality records, and reports.
  • Supplier and Contractor Quality Management:  Assist in the improvement of procurement practices by collaborating with Purchasing & Operations to improve the process so that suppliers and contractors’ evaluation include quality considerations.
  • Risk Assessment and Management: Identify potential quality risks that could impact a project's success. Implement processes so that end users can develop risk mitigation strategies, plans and actions which can be executed in line with our project budgets to eliminate or reduce quality risks
  • Non-Conformance Management: Investigate and address non-conformances, deviations, and defects identified during inspections, testing, and audits. Lead the implementation of corrective and preventive actions to rectify quality issues and prevent their recurrence.
  • Continuous Improvement: Facilitate continuous improvement initiatives by leading the collection of relevant data and analyzing performance. Use this data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and opportunities to enhance project processes.
  • Training and Education: Oversee training to company personnel on quality standards, procedures, and best practices. Ensure that team members understand their roles in maintaining quality.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Engage with stakeholders to provide updates on quality-related matters, address concerns, and ensure that the project's quality performance aligns with expectations and contractual requirements.
  • Technical Expertise: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry standards, codes, regulations, and best practices related to quality management in projects.
  • Reporting: Prepare regular quality performance reports for Manager QHSES, highlighting key quality metrics, issues, and trends.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with estimating, operations, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to integrate quality requirements into project activities and processes.
  • Closure and Handover: Ensure that all quality-related documentation and records are properly compiled and handed over at project completion for future reference and audits.

• Qualifications:
  • BSc. in Engineering.
  • Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) from ASQ or have similar certifications from other professional organizations
  • PMP certification will be an asset.
  • Knowledge of quality management principles, methodologies, and standards inclusive of ISO 9001:2015.

• Experience
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contracts, preferably in the Oil and Gas Sector