Vendor Quality Lead

Job Purpose:

Responsible for implementing the client project quality management program and ensuring the effective implementation of Contractor’s quality management system, during Vendor Procurement for Riser Platforms & Interfiled Pipelines for client’s project.

Key Accountabilities

(Duties include but not limited to)  

•           Implement the Project Quality Plan and ensure the effective implementation of Contractor’s Project Quality Management System and procedures, relating to vendor procurement to ensure that all purchased equipment and materials are compliant with project specifications.

•           Implement a Procurement Surveillance Plan for all procured equipment and materials.

             Verification of EPC Contractor’s procurement Process & Source Inspection Program for purchased materials and equipment in accordance with project scope. 

?           Reviewing and approving Vendors Inspection & Test Plans, quality control procedures and testing procedures

?           Ensuring the provision of inspection resources using client approved Third Party Inspection Service (TPIS) agencies to conduct vendor surveillance inspections

?           Ensure that inspection records are maintained in a procurement database

?           Attending regular procurement meetings with Contractor and Vendors to monitor progress and review and resolve quality issues arising

•           Implement Deficiency & NCR Management processes to ensure that deficiencies and non-conformances relating to vendor procurement are identified, recorded, investigated and resolved to maintain compliance with project requirements

•           Implement Quality Reporting process to monitor vendor quality performance; and to communicate and report on vendor quality performance, issues and risks, and developing trends to Head of Quality and PMT Procurement team

•           Actively participate in:

?           Quality Audit Program to confirm that procurement activities are conducted in accordance with agreed plans

?           Lessons Learned process to continuously capture quality learnings from procurement activities and to use them to develop and optimise process or specification improvements

?           Issues and Risks management to ensure that vendor quality issues and risks are captured and treated promptly and effectively

•           Maintain interfaces, including with:

             PMT discipline engineers for overall package purchase order compliance

?           Yard Fabrication team to communicate any vendor quality issues requiring carry over work

?           Welding & NDE Lead to ensure that welding related quality issues are identified, communicated and rectified.

•           Project Management Team to provide feedback on vendor issues affecting quality issues; and provide specific client’s knowledge and familiarity to product acceptability. to expedite closure of lessons learned; to provide feedback on quality performance generally

•           Responsible for providing a more intensive presence at key equipment manufacturers/vendors shops where criticality has determined past problems or weaknesses.

•           Continuously monitor the 3rd Party Inspectors and implement increase PMT flexibility and availability.

•           Providing continual communication, coordination and advice to the Head of Quality and Procurement Team on vendor quality performance and the quality performance of the project Contractor, Subcontractors and Vendors.

•           Conduct other quality related tasks as directed by Head of Quality or Quality Division Manager.