QC Inspector - Mechanical (Rotating)

Role Overview

QC Inspector - Mechanical (Rotating) at Samsung E&A. This is a quality control inspection role supporting mechanical discipline work on engineering, procurement, and construction projects.

Company Overview

Samsung E&A is a specialized EPC company providing comprehensive solutions across the plant industry. With 50 years of pioneering history in the Korean plant industry, the company has successfully delivered numerous projects globally and grown into a competitive engineering firm. Services span Oil and Gas processing, Refinery, Petrochemical, Energy Transition, Environmental, Industrial and BIO sectors, covering feasibility studies, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operations & maintenance.

Role Purpose

To perform quality inspection activities in accordance with the established quality management system, ensuring that mechanical discipline work conforms to project requirements and international codes and standards through systematic inspection planning, execution, documentation, and coordination with clients and subcontractors.

Key Responsibilities

Inspection Planning and Documentation

• Establish inspection and test plans and their record forms as per project requirements and international codes and standards.
• Prepare and review quality procedure documents submitted by subcontractors, including Inspection Test Plans (ITP) and Material Approval Requests (MAR).
• Set and apply practical inspection processes for the mechanical discipline based on project requirements and international codes, providing ITP and managing the inspection matrix.
• Review and track material submittals required for Mechanical Definable Features of Work prior to preparatory meetings.

Inspection Execution and Monitoring

• Manage and perform inspection of mechanical discipline work.
• Carry out inspections on discipline-responsible items to determine whether work performed conforms to quality requirements and record results.
• Monitor and inspect specific mechanical-related activities, including site erection of static and rotating equipment.
• Ensure critical mechanical activities such as rotating equipment flange parallelism, final alignment and final inspection are conducted as per contract, specification and requirements.
• Inspect incoming material deliveries by confirming specifications and compliance with approved submittals; conduct visual and measurement tests in conjunction with the onsite logistics team.
• Reject and facilitate the return of unacceptable materials.

Inspection Control and Status Management

• Ensure inspection status is controlled through efficient tools such as the inspection matrix.
• Control inspection status by using systematic tools such as the inspection matrix.
• Generate client Requests For Inspection (RFI) where required, providing sufficient notice for hold, witness and inspection points.
• Perform and coordinate inspection with the client.

Quality Compliance and Nonconformity Management

• Control nonconformities (NCRs) to be closed out within the due date and support preparation of corrective action plans.
• Control quality violations through regular tool box talks with the construction team.
• Investigate and analyze nonconformities and observations to identify and implement solutions.
• Ensure lessons learned are applied and proper preventive action is conducted.

Reporting and Documentation

• Prepare, review and approve related inspection reports where inspection results are recorded.
• Prepare reports and maintain documentation control.

Stakeholder and Client Management

• Perform and coordinate inspections with the client.
• Conduct preparatory meetings with subcontractors related to Mechanical Definable Features of Work.
• Carry out QC Supervisor's responsibility in their absence.

Project Phases

• Support inspection test plan study, prevention and solving of inconsistencies, pre-inspection, RFI management, punch clear management and implementation.
• Support construction completion, pre-commissioning activities, plant start-up, operation, maintenance and final handover phases.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• Certified by API (API 653 and API 510).
• Overall experience of 5 years with 3 years in inspection speciality or field and 2 years in managing contract scope of work.
• Aramco experience is a must; if you have a SAP No. and have passed the CBT, please mention it in your CV.
• Direct work experience and thorough knowledge of static and rotating mechanical equipment, commodities, materials construction, pre-commissioning and quality activities required for the work.

Skills & Competencies

• Technical knowledge and familiarity with related international codes and standards, particularly ASTM, API, IEC, NEMA, UL, FM, NFPA, ASME BPVC (Sections I, V, VIII and IX), ANSI/ASME B31.3, B31.4, B31.8 and B73, NACE SPs, API 620, API 650 and AWS D1.1.
• Thorough knowledge of mechanical process systems inspection and testing; procedures, tools and test equipment used in receiving, storage, fabrication, erection, construction and pre-commissioning of steam and combustion turbines, diesel engines, pumps, compressors, motors and generators, mixers and agitators, fans, gearboxes, firewater pumps and motors, auxiliary cooling and lubrication systems, packaged process equipment, pipe, pipe fittings, valves, pressure vessels, fired heaters, tanks, structural steel, hot/cold insulation and other equipment and commodities as required.
• Capability to check that suitable and appropriate inspection and test tools are used.
• Capability of planning and controlling inspections for medium scale projects (0.5–1.5 billion dollar).
• Client management.
• Communication.
• Work proficiency.
• Problem solving.
• Documentation control.
• Technical know-how.
• Decision making.

Additional Information

Benefits

• Accommodation.
• Transportation.
• Flight tickets.
• Medical insurance.

Samsung E&A follows fair and merit-based recruitment practices and does not charge any fees during the recruitment process.