Quality Lead and Commissioning Engineer
Bauer Nimr Oman
Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months
Continuously develops and maintains the Integrated Management System of the company.
Review and check submittals, shop drawings, equipment data, material samples and/or manufacturers for compliance with contract drawings.
Develops technical project specific procedures, quality control plans, method statements and inspection and test plan as it relates to definable features of work and upload these documents on Client Sharepoint.
Conducts IMS and technical audits to different projects and verifies compliance to integrated management system requirements and project specifications.
Prepares audit report and issues non-conformance reports. Warrants corrective and preventive action are in-place according to agreed time frame and followed-up till closure.
Performs field inspections verifying that completed work is in place according to drawings and specs and work meets or exceeds international and national code requirements.
Prepares Request for Inspection (RFI) and monitors the performance of all control activities and tests on electrical systems.
Develops and implements commissioning plan and carry-out commissioning activities of electromechanical equipment.
Participates in tender meeting and delivers the quality requirements according to the tender documents.
Handles and maintains the permit register of the company and liaises with different ministry officials to ensure compliance to legal and statutory requirement of the project.
Prepares test packs and punch list for commissioning activities and ensure close-out of the punch list.
Ensures installed equipment are working according to design specifications and client needs.
Conducts internal quality audits to different business lines such as facilities management, fabrication, calibration lab, testing lab, construction and oil and gas in Kuwait and MENA region.
Prepares internal quality audit report and ensure that audit results are communicated to top level management on time.
Prepares, record and issue non-conformance report as required and ensure that corrective/preventive actions are implemented and followed-up until closure.
Maintains the ISO 9001 certification of the company and its subsidiaries and coordinates with the certification body for the scope and itinerary of periodic surveillance and recertification audits.
Prepares the annual Quality Management System Report and facilitates the management review meeting of the company and its subsidiaries and ensures that key results are presented to the top management.
Participates in several kick-off meeting to ensure that customer requirements are clarified and addressed before the start of the project.
Prepares Project Quality Plan and Inspection and Test Plan according to customer requirements.
Maintains the professional renewal membership certificate of the company such as ASME, LEED, etc. and ensures that these membership certificates are renewed on time.
Analyze and tracks Key Performance Indicators such as customer satisfaction index, procedure adherence and NCR factors and communicates these indicators to each business lines and helps them prepare action plans.
Designed and created important QA documents such as quality manual, quality policy, quality procedures and objectives of Fiberglass Polymer divisions according to ISO 9001:2008 standard.
Led announced or unannounced audits on company’s different business lines to evaluate company’s activities and practices on system level.
Spearheaded management review to monitor the effectiveness of QMS and initiate sound action plans.
Handled customer complaints and resolved any quality issues by formulating fool proof corrective/ preventive actions.
Supervised group of inspectors and ensure that quality of outgoing products is in compliance with the design requirements and applicable GRP standards.
Liaised with third party auditors to coordinate the coverage of certification and surveillance audits and these audits are communicated and briefed to concerned division.
Trained employees on Quality Management principles and its accompanying tools.
Key Contributions:
Managed to certify the company in ISO 9001:2008 Standard.
Established product control limits and test specifications to comply with BS 2782, BS 5480, BS 6464 and BS 4994.
Designed and implemented the e-documentation system that reduced paper waste by 50% and a cost saving of 25% per year.
Total internal audit conducted: 6; and total audit conducted to supplier: 1
Wrote and maintained procedures, manuals, and policies in accordance to the requirements of ISO9001:2000 & ISO22000:2005 standards.
Developed an effective audit program and checklist for different business sectors.
Formed, led and carried-out internal quality audits to ensure that system controls of the organization are implemented and customer requirements are met.
Resolved existing customer complaints, took preventive measure to prevent future complaints and effectively documented and used feedback.
Conducted weekly quality review to track company’s quality objectives and goals.
Initiated different continual improvement projects that helped production cycle time and reduced quality rejections in coordination in Managing Director.
Facilitated reporting of Quality Management System (QMS) activities to top management and concerned authorities.
Key contributions:
Introduced and incorporated the requirements of ISO9001:2000 & ISO22000:2005 standards into the company’s QMS structure.
Provided assurance that products and processes conforms to Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) on food safety.
Introduced and maintained the e-documentation system of the dairy sector.
Enhanced QMS procedures by incorporating Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) for food.
Total internal audit conducted: 4
Conducted process and product audit for IC, sensor, SOHED and geartooth packages in accordance with ISO/TS-16949:2002 and customer specific requirements.
Technically assessed the production and process controls on Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) compliance against ESD S20.20, Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and JEDEC standards.
Qualified and assessed quality standards of potential suppliers/subcontractors.
Developed a comprehensive audit program and scorecard for suppliers/ subcontractors.
Prepared and maintained important QA documentation such as quality manual, policies, etc.
Maintained and managed production operators and quality inspectors certification program.
Gave technical presentation on Electrostatic Discharge to newly hired employees and suppliers.
Participated on process improvement activities to improve test and backend control mechanisms.
Key contributions:
Designed suitable audit program and audit metrics for the company and suppliers to fulfill the requirements of ISO/TS-16949:2002 standard.
Developed flexible audit plans, schedules and checklist that resulted to efficient and timely conduct of audits.
Formulated and implemented fool-proof corrective actions to prevent recurrence of similar customer complaints.
Instituted projects and procedural improvements that helped reduce cost of poor quality.
Established a subcontractor management system to qualify and manage subcontractors which drives them to improve their performance based on defined criteria.
Created a training and certification program to qualify, train and retrain operators and quality inspectors effectively.
Total internal audit conducted: 49; and total audit conducted to supplier: 15.
ESD Engineer
Implemented ESD control projects that lessen latent failures by 50%.
Qualified production materials, tools and fixtures to ensure compliance with the ESD standards.
Utilized charge analyzer, field meter and megohmmeter in analyzing customer complaints related to EOS/ESD.
Oversaw and controlled the production of two subcontractors of Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA) to ensure that processes are carried-out efficiently and planned targets were delivered as scheduled.
Conducted process reviews to pre-empt potential manufacturing defects.
All aspects of production planning and meeting JIT objectives.
Implementation of safety, quality, cost controls and efficiency initiatives.
Performed qualification and assessment of potential suppliers according to defined quality standards.
Key contributions:
Implemented a systematic procedure in qualifying and transferring new devices to subcontractors efficiently.
Supervised staff involved in line integration which promoted consistent implementation of new specs, department standards and protocols as well as in the achievement of the daily output.
Developed process and quality improvement programs that increased product yield and productivity by 20%.
Designed one of the technical module used in System Application Protocol (SAP/R3) Project for better and real time inventory system using Oracle as interface.