Quality Control Engineer

Department: Technology

Position: Quality Engineer

Industry: RO Pressure Vessel / FRP Manufacturing

Reports to: Technology Manager

The Quality Engineer is responsible for:

• Incoming material inspection: Inspect, test, and verify raw materials and components against specified requirements. Provide Supply Chain with test reports identifying conforming and nonconforming materials, and control acceptance to ensure only compliant materials are released for use.
• In-process inspection: Conduct inspections at defined production stages to verify product conformity and support process quality control and assurance. Coordinate with Maintenance on machine and equipment calibration. Verify that the manufacturing process complies with documentation and traceability requirements and that records are maintained for all materials used in each vessel. Ensure that approved SOPs, defined procedures and drawings are followed without deviations. Identify quality-related issues arising during manufacturing and coordinate with Technology, Operations and Maintenance to resolve them.
• Final inspection and release: Perform final inspections of finished products, including components, and provide quality sign-off upon verification of compliance with applicable requirements.
• Product qualification: Carry out routine and new product development qualification activities in accordance with ASME Section X. Maintain and control qualification test records and data. Monitor and control qualification testing equipment, including cyclic hydrostatic and burst testers.
• Management system and statutory compliance: Support the PV&C Business Unit in maintaining compliance with applicable ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 series standards and other relevant statutory requirements.
• Customer complaint handling: The Quality Engineer shall serve as the single point of contact for customer complaints, maintain the Customer Complaints Register and coordinate with the relevant cross-functional teams for prompt resolution. Arrange meetings with Technology, Operations, Maintenance, Supply Chain and Sales, as appropriate. Ensure that a response acknowledging the complaint is sent to the customer within 24 hours and that a mitigation measure or final resolution is provided within one week.

The Quality Engineer should have practical knowledge of FRP/composite manufacturing processes; filament winding of high-pressure pipes and vessels; glass fiber and resin systems and their chemistry; basic composite material testing; resin viscosity and gel-time testing; Barcol hardness testing; visual inspection for composite defects; dimensional inspection; engineering drawings and tolerances; pressure testing; material identification and traceability; Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs); NCRs and rework inspection; and calibration requirements.

Education: An engineering degree, diploma or equivalent technical qualification in Mechanical, Polymer, Chemical or Composites Engineering, or an equivalent discipline. Six Sigma, Lean or Lean Sigma certification would be an added advantage.

Experience: Preferably a minimum of four to five years of engineering experience, with mandatory quality experience in FRP/composite manufacturing, filament winding, filament wound high pressure vessels, GRP products or similar manufacturing industries.

The Quality Engineer shall have the authority to:

• Place incoming materials on HOLD when the materials or supporting documentation do not meet specified requirements.
• Stop and report a manufacturing activity when a significant quality deviation is observed.
• Identify and segregate nonconforming products and arrange for its review and disposition in a timely manner.
• Reject products and process output that do not meet approved acceptance criteria and present the same for review and disposition to Technology.
• Request re-inspection following corrective action and conduct reviews in coordination with Technology and Operations to resolve identified issues.
• Recommend finished products for QC release after satisfactory inspection and testing.
• Final release authority shall remain with the designated Engineer / QA-QC representative (Operations Manager), as defined by the company's Quality Management System. The Quality Engineer shall sign off on the release of every vessel.
• Communicate and coordinate with external authorities for 2nd-and 3rdparty audits, and coordinate, prepare for and manage visits, including online handling of such visits.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports relevant to the QA/QC departments.

• Incoming Material Inspection:
• Be well versed in QC laboratory planning, proc