QA/QC Engineer

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

The QA/QC Engineer will provide quality assurance (QA) support activities on assigned functional areas of the Project to ensure that they are in accordance with the client's quality requirements.

The QA/QC Engineer will report to the Quality Assurance Manager and will also regularly interact with representatives from a variety of functional groups, including program management, engineering and construction.

• Planning daily inspection activities and surveillances.
• Identifying and immediately resolving or halting activity in circumstances where serious breach of Health, Safety or Environmental standard is witnessed.
• Conducting audits to verify that plans and procedures are being followed and providing documentary evidence that is produced and maintained.
• Coordinating with the construction staff and planning in advance any necessary inspections and testing activities.
• Closely monitoring the subcontractors to ensure they adhere to the Design-Builders (DB) Contractors project quality assurance and quality control plans & procedures.
• Ensuring site QA/QC compliance through on-site surveillance or via QC Inspector reporting, including visual feedback and reporting.
• Taking responsibility for all involved from materials receipt, storage and final use.
• Conducting site visits for visual verification of procedure adherence, feedback from Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) and feedback from progress meetings and individual reporting of concerns from general workforce, Supervisors and Management.
• Ensuring As-Built Quality Records are produced in respect to the Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs).
• Offering guidance to the QC Inspectors in terms of ITP content and the required compilation of records referenced within in respect to materials specifications, tolerances, standards, their certification to compliance, their traceability and their use in the realisation of the product.
• Being prepared to attend Functional Acceptance Testing (FATS) & System Acceptance Testing (SATs) as required by the Project Manager.
• Undertaking timely temperature samples and responsibly handling their handling, curing, storage and testing.
• Acting decisively to curtail bad practice, waste and non-value adding activities.
• Explaining likely derogatory effects of bad practice, in a manner easily understandable to the individual or group involved in the issues.
• Engaging in supply chain QC compliance on/off site as required or advised by the Project QA Manager.
• Producing weekly and monthly reports, and a dashboard of QAQC KPIs to a high standard and detail.

Senior Professional shall have a technical or engineering related university degree.

Minimum of ten (10) years' experience in the required field of expertise in Conventional Railway Projects.

Strong understanding of QAQC principles, tools & techniques.

Ability to give sound knowledgeable advice on matters of Quality, Assurance and Quality Control.

GCC experience.

SYSTRA is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.