Quality Manager – Oil & Gas Projects

About the role

Wood is recruiting a Quality Manager for its Singapore Business Unit, based in Basra, Iraq. The role is seconded to a client and provides quality direction and leadership to the team supporting Major Projects Procurement and Execution Planning. It drives the implementation of company quality strategies and campaigns across delivery teams and EPC contractors, ensuring projects meet operational requirements and comply with international and national codes and standards. The position reports to the Project Manager and takes functional direction from the Quality Section Head.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and implement project quality plans, quality strategies and objectives, and promote core values.
• Oversee vendor and contractor quality, provide quality estimates for QA/QC deliverables and inspections, and report regularly.
• Maintain the project management system, run a risk-based audit programme and take part in internal project and supplier audits.
• Plan and take part in site quality leadership surveillance visits, approve corrective actions, facilitate root cause analysis of nonconformities and capture client feedback.
• Verify inspection levels of products and materials, approve contractor documentation (including ITPs and procedures), and review technical bid evaluations and specification deviations.
• Coordinate third-party inspection arrangements, assign competent inspectors, review inspection outputs, report non-conformances and liaise with discipline engineers and the client quality representative.
• Manage defective products through recall, quarantine and replacement, and ensure inspection requirements are closed out at project close-out.

Required profile

• Degree in Engineering (mechanical background desirable).
• Essential: Quality Auditor qualification from a recognised industry body.
• Desirable: CQI or country-specific industry body membership, welding inspector certification (e.g. CSWIIP 3.1 or equivalent), and NDE Level II qualification.
• Minimum 15 years of oil and gas experience and minimum 5 years in a QA role.
• Previous lead or management experience and exposure to client contracts (desirable).

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Planning, organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High-level written and spoken communication and stakeholder interface skills.

What we offer

• Competitive salary with regular reviews.
• Medical insurance covering inpatient and outpatient care.
• Tailored professional development plans.
• Global connections with industry experts.