QC Inspector - Welding (Shop)

Role Overview

QC Inspector - Welding (Shop) at Samsung E&A. The role is based on-site at project locations, supporting quality assurance activities throughout the construction lifecycle from project start to completion.

Company Overview

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

Role Purpose

Perform quality inspection activities in accordance with the established quality management system. Manage welding discipline inspections, verify compliance with project specifications and international codes and standards, coordinate with other discipline inspectors, and ensure only qualified welders and approved materials are used in production.

Key Responsibilities

Inspection Planning & Documentation

• Establish inspection and test plans and record forms according to project requirements and international codes and standards.
• Prepare, review and approve inspection reports where inspection results are recorded.
• Prepare and review quality procedure documents submitted by subcontractors, including Inspection Test Plans (ITP) and Material Approval Requests (MAR).
• Generate client Requests For Inspection (RFI), providing sufficient notice for hold, witness and inspection points.
• Conduct Preparatory Meetings with subcontractors related to Welding Definable Features of Work.
• Review and track material submittals required for Welding Definable Features of Work prior to Preparatory Meetings.

Welding Inspection & Verification

• Manage and perform inspection of welding discipline throughout construction.
• Carry out inspections to determine whether work performed conforms to quality requirements and record results.
• Verify welding qualification and ensure that only qualified welders are used in production.
• Verify that adequate and valid welder approvals are available before production begins.
• Confirm welding consumables before starting welding, including electrodes, filler wires, inserts, gases and fluxes.
• Monitor heat treatment requirements, including pre-heat temperature and post-weld heat treatment.
• Prepare, review and witness Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and procedures.
• Conduct and witness welder qualification tests, procedure qualification tests, destructive tests and verify compliance with codes and standards.

Quality Control & Compliance

• Perform quality activities in accordance with the quality management system established.
• Ensure inspection status is controlled through efficient tools such as inspection matrices.
• Control inspection status by using systematic tools such as inspection matrices.
• Set and apply practical inspection processes for the discipline based on project requirements and International Codes.
• Control quality violations through regular toolbox talks with the construction team.
• Control nonconformances (NCRs) to be closed out within the due date and support preparation of Corrective Action Plans.
• Ensure lessons learned are applied and proper preventive action is conducted.
• Investigate and analyze nonconformities and observations to figure out solutions.

Material Management

• 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.
• Verify contractor quality requirements are specified to vendors and verify contractor documentation submittals.

Coordination & Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate direct activities with other discipline inspectors to maintain consistency and integrity in overall construction.
• Coordinate inspections with the client and perform client inspections.
• Partner with subcontractors to ensure quality and efficiency in accordance with project specifications.
• Perform QC Supervisor responsibilities in their absence.
• Review customer technical specifications, Quality Assurance Plans, QC Procedures and NDE procedures, and assist with establishing acceptable working practices for construction activities.
• Attend all pre-bid meetings and coordinate all project requirements with project bidders.
• Review quality inspection personnel qualifications and training requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in oil, gas, petrochemical or power plants as a piping, welding or painting inspector.
• Working experience in Engineering and Construction Company in the GCC region.
• Capability of planning and controlling inspections for medium-scale projects (0.5–1.5 billion dollar range).
• Experience from project start to completion.

Skills & Competencies

• Technical knowledge and familiarity with related international codes and standards in welding discipline.
• Ability to verify that suitable and appropriate inspection and test tools are used.
• Construction management and engineering standards knowledge.
• Computer application ability in Word and Excel.
• Client Management.
• Communication.
• Work Proficiency.
• Problem Solving.
• Documentation Control.
• Technical Know-how.
• Decision Making.
• Reports Preparation.

Additional Information

Specializations

• ITP Study
• Prevention and solving inconsistency
• Pre-Inspection
• RFI Management
• Punch Clear Management
• Punch Clear Implementation
• Off-plot work
• Marine/Jetty work
• Carbon Black projects
• LNG Concrete Tank projects
• CSWIP 3.1 certification
• ASNT Level-II RT, UT, MPT, DPT certification
• Construction Completion
• Pre-commissioning Activities
• Plant Start-Up
• Operation
• Maintenance
• Final Handover
• Subcontractor ITP and WPS Review

Benefits

• Accommodation provided
• Flight Tickets provided
• Medical Insurance provided
• Transportation provided

Samsung E&A follows fair and merit-based recruitment practices. No fees are charged during the recruitment process.