QA/QC Manager
Parsons International Ltd
Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months
Responsible to review QA/QC Programs/Plans of supervision consultant’s / Contractor’s deliverables in accordance with the Conditions of Contract (Coc), and other requirements of the project.
Conduct and Participate in First/Second party Quality Audits with Contractors & Subcontractors, and other Vendors.
Identifying CARs & Observations during the audit process. Review of RCA (Root cause analysis) submitted by the supervision Consultants / Contractors.
To raise and monitor the Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) and Discrepancies and their closeouts for the projects internally, and by Client and Third-Party Inspection authorities.
Attending monthly Quality meetings conducted by Supervision Consultants and evaluating the status of NCR Reports.
Ensure compliance QA/QC procedures, ITP & Method Statements; ensure all tests are being carried out as per the Contract requirements.
Ensure motivation and training programs for the documentation of the Quality Control System to all personnel involved in the effective implementation in the Project.
As a client representative visit various Road and Bridge projects all over Kuwait and submit report to Client.
Review and evaluate Contractor’s Progress and verification of Progress Reports.
Regularly visiting the Project site laboratories and verifying the tests conducting as per the project specifications.
To assign QA/QC staff required for the different activities in the project, co-ordinate, support and assist for successful QA/QC Programs implementation always and supervises the Senior QA/QC Engineers and other QA/QC staff.
Reviewing the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Procedures of ongoing Projects
Attending the Project Progress meetings; Quality related KPI evaluation of Contractor; Review and submit the Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports; and Attending Factory Acceptance Tests. Review the Contractor’s test results and certify accuracy.
Reviewing the Contractor monthly/weekly QA/QC reports, testing frequency compliance, Lessons learned, material submittal approvals and Trend analysis.
Reviewing and commenting of Quality Monthly Reports, Site QA/QC questionnaire.
Implementations of Quality tools to trouble shoot the quality issues.
Implementation of Statistical Techniques using Pivot tables/charts.
Job Responsibilities
• Preparing project quality plan, implementing Integrated Management System (IMS), conducting internal audits within the project and other projects within our organization; submitting Material Approval Request (MAR) and Method statements for all the activities and involved in approval from the client
• Performing & executing internal audits & internal and external site inspections of the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality processes measuring performance by ensuring policies and procedures are being properly implemented
• Performing quality control of all pavement materials right from the stage of production, processing & up to laying, which involves identification of Borrow Areas, Mix Designs and Quality Control of GSB, ABC, Concrete with Micro silica and Asphalt works, DLC & PQC Mix Designs and Methodology for laying, Calibration of Lab Equipment, WMM Plants, Hot Mix Plants, Batching Plants and Inspection of all Plants & construction Sites at regular intervals in the process of implementation of Quality Control and Safe construction methodologies
• Interacting with the consultants and Client’s representatives, maintaining of Q.C. related registers, preparing ‘Status of quality control reports’& ‘monthly progress reports’ and submitting the same to the client & so on
• Inspecting facilities, assessing and reporting on compliance to the environmental permits and taking appropriate actions for improving the environmental performance
• Developing project baselines; monitoring & controlling projects with respect to cost, resource deployment, time over-runs and quality compliance to ensure satisfactory execution of projects
• Developing Concrete Mix Design & review of Asphalt (Bituminous) Mix Design and Job Mix Formula
• Organizing /participating in project review meetings for evaluating project progress & de-bottlenecking
• Formulating the Method Statement, Inspection Test Plan (ITP), Project Quality Plan and Quality Control Procedures (QCP); reviewing the sub-contractor’s procedure, method statement and ITP
• Collaborated with Government Agencies to obtain all technical sanctions and approvals for smooth execution of the Construction Projects
• Leading a team of QA/QC Inspectors; ensuring suitable deployment and timely availability of manpower (designers & engineers)
• Liaising with clients, architects, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors & external agencies for determining technical specifications, approvals and obtaining statutory clearances
• Conducting & executing Safety Internal Audits & Risk Assessment; implementing Health Safety Environment Management System and formulating First Aid Scheme with neighbouring industries
• Leading & executing the HSE cell for analysing the causes & reduce accidents, increase awareness among the employees towards maintenance of safe working conditions
• Writing reports about the results of inspections and investigations and following-up; investigating employee health & safety complaints; discussing findings and recommending possible solutions
Significant Accomplishments:
• Managed a high net-worth project involving an esteemed set of clientele
• Completed quality projects within time
• Implemented several measures to identify deformities, malfunctions or other abnormalities in parts / components / products
• Steered the implementation of quality initiatives that instilled basic quality philosophies of doing things right the first time, resulting in reduction in company rework cost
• Review the material approval submittal submitted by the contractor, make recommendation for approval as per project specification.
• Review of concrete and Asphalt mix designs.
• Review and approval of all the incoming Material inspection report and Inspection request submitted by the contractor.
• Attending the Project Progress meetings; Quality related KPI evaluation of Contractor; Review and submit the Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports; and Attending Factory Acceptance Tests. Review the Contractor’s test results and certify accuracy.
• Regular Inspection and witnessing of tests at project Third party laboratories to ensure compliance with project specifications.
• Coordinate with the contractor on work priorities and schedules.
• Conducting third party laboratory and sub-contractor audits.
• Identifying the Non-conformity and raise the NCR for the defective activity and test results.
• Ensure compliance with QA/QC procedures, ITP & Method Statements; ensure all tests are being carried out as per the Contract requirements.
• Review QA/QC procedures as submitted by the contractor and ensure implementation as per the requirements.
• Review inspection and test plans as submitted by the contractor and ensure compliance with requirements.
BE in Civil Engineering