Quality Manager

About the Role

WETICO is seeking a Quality Manager to oversee quality delivery on assigned EPCM projects from mobilization through handover. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role ensures all deliverables meet contract, client, and international standard requirements, owning the project quality plan and leading project quality teams.

Role Purpose and Scope

The Quality Manager is responsible for safeguarding project integrity and client satisfaction by driving the project quality plan. This includes leading project quality engineers and inspectors, managing non-conformance reports (NCRs), and ensuring corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) are closed effectively. The role involves comprehensive quality oversight across all project phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the project quality plan (PQP), Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), and inspection regimes in alignment with contract, client, and Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.
• Lead, assign tasks to, and mentor project quality engineers and QC inspectors across Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I), civil, and mechanical scopes for the assigned project.
• Oversee inspection, testing, and commissioning quality across all project disciplines.
• Manage hold and witness inspections, coordinate with clients and third-party inspectors (TPIs), facilitate documentation approval, and ensure inspection release according to schedule.
• Manage NCRs, conduct root cause analysis, and ensure closure of corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) for the project.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, procurement, and the wider project team, reporting project quality status to the EPCM Quality Head.
• Govern the completeness of project quality records, test packs, and final Master Data Record (MDR) dossiers for handover.
• Monitor compliance with ISO 9001 and applicable codes, support project and client audits, and drive lessons learned and continual improvement initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 to 12 years of experience in project quality.
• At least 5 years of experience as a project quality lead or manager on EPC project sites within the oil and gas, water, or power sectors.
• Proven experience managing multi-discipline quality teams and client and TPI inspection regimes.

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor of Engineering or a related discipline.
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor certification is required.
• CSWIP, NACE, or discipline inspection certification is an advantage.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on EPCM project sites. The role involves coordinating with various project teams and external stakeholders to ensure quality standards are met across complex projects.