Quality Assurance Lead

Job Description and Qualifications

At Air Products, we are investing in the production of clean hydrogen fuel for the mobility sector to decarbonize heavy-duty vehicles. We are also the global leader in creating technology solutions for capturing CO₂ from fossil fuel conversion before it reaches the atmosphere. Furthermore, the gases we produce and distribute are helping reduce food waste, are supplied to hospitals and are used in many other markets. In short: you probably use our products every day, you just don’t realise it!
With an 80-year track record and first-mover ambitions, our 19,000 strong team have made us world-leaders in areas such as carbon capture and hydrogen. Our core competency is an ability to develop, execute, own, and operate some of the world’s largest and most complex industrial gas projects, including one of the world’s largest green hydrogen projects: NEOM.

Our people are making a difference to the world every day. Thinking globally and acting locally, every voice is heard, and everyone knows they belong and matter. Our higher purpose is to bring people around the world together, so that they can, in an open environment, collaborate and innovate solutions to some of the most significant energy and environmental challenges we all face.
For our Hersham office/ in Surrey, UK, we are currently looking for a Quality Assurance Lead. In this position you will report functionally to our Regional Quality Manager.

As our Quality Assurance Lead, you will be working on a number of Modularization projects and will oversee the implementation of our Project specific Quality Program during module construction for contract compliance by closely working with module fabricators and Project team. You will be required to;

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  Supervise and conduct periodic surveillance audits of module contractor’s quality control procedures and fabrication/construction practices for contract compliance.
• Ensure that all module fabricators are working under the guidance of their approved Quality Plan, ITP and approved procedures that meets or exceeds Quality Program.
• Ensure that all module fabricators implement and follow a Project approved Inspection and Test plan for their respective shop fabrication quality activities in compliance with Project requirements, Codes and standards etc.
• Ensure module fabricator’s QA/QC personnel and their Independent Test Lab Inspector qualifications are qualified and competent to perform their duties.
• Ensure and monitor multi-discipline fabrication inspection tasks are done by qualified TPIs such as receiving, structural, piping, mechanical, I&E, painting etc and ensure all ITP elements are complete and approved.
• Perform QA audits of periodic bolting torque checks to ensure the correct usage of bolts, gaskets, lubrication etc is in effect and in conformance with project standards.
• Perform QA audits of periodic piping cleanliness and preservation checks to ensure contractor’s compliance to company specs.
• Perform QA audits of all welding and NDE to ensure appropriate % NDT is conducted,
• Ensure routine material inspections, structural welding inspections and periodic radiographic film reviews for conformance to ASME code and AP standards are conducted by qualified Third party inspectors as and when required and inspection reports are timely generated.
• Ensure issue of Non-conformance reports (NCR) to the fabricators for work that fails to meet the requirements of the project drawings or specifications during surveillance audits and closeout of the same.
• Ensure provision of weekly module shop QA/QC reports and Monthly Status of module QA/QC activities to the Project Quality Manager and Module lead/PM.
• Work closely with module fabricator team and ensure that a copy of all applicable module fabrication QA/QC turnover documents is compiled during the project on an ongoing basis.
• Conduct quality training sessions with module contractors/subcontractors as necessary intervals to ensure the project quality requirements are clearly understood and implemented
• Establish and report project quality metrics to the Project Quality Manager for verifying effectiveness of the Quality Plan.

Interested in joining our seriously smart and passionate team? Growing through experience and on the job learning, as well as training? Contribute to building a better Planet?

We work in an environment where diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. We invite you to bring your diverse self and creativity to a company reimagining what’s possible. Be part of our growth story and make a difference.

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