Principal QC Inspector (Mechanical - Pressure Equipment, Piping, Structure, Welding, NDT) at Minim and Tonye Nigeria Limited

Minim and Tonye Nigeria Limited have a wealth of in-depth knowledge, expertise, and experience in Engineering Procurement Construction and Commissioning in Africa. Our team delivers a reliable and compliant service to every of our business process, which is internally audited to ensure company conformity to international standards in line with our core business values.

M&T was registered and started operation on the 1st April 2005 as an Infrastructural Development Company with bias for Engineering design, construction, procurement, fabrication and maintenance engineering. M&T is wholly owned by Nigerians. M&T has collaboration with international partners, with a wealth of experience in the oil and gas sector. M&T specializes in Construction, Industrial fabrication and coating, Operations & maintenance, and mechanical engineering works.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Principal QC Inspector (Mechanical – Pressure Equipment, Piping, Structure, Welding, NDT)

Location: Rivers
Employment Type: Contract

Description

• To perform quality control inspections for all mechanical (Pressure Equipment, Piping, Structure, Welding, NDT) activities on behalf of the company in all Project sites in accordance with Contract-approved project management procedures; ensuring quality, schedule, and budget standards are met in a controlled, transparent, and auditable manner in collaboration with the EPC Contractor to ensure that the EPC Contractor in delivering high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Bonga North (BN) Package Quality Engineer(s)
• Comply with Company HSSE standards and life-saving rules.
• Witness and monitor suppliers and contractors' work activities, inspection and test in accordance with the approved Quality Plan, ITP, Quality Procedures, etc.
• Promote quality awareness throughout the organization, emphasizing excellence, continuous improvement and corrective action to influence the overall success of company business.
• Assist in the review of Supplier and Contractor Quality Plans, Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and Quality Procedures and all QA/QC documentation prior to commencement of any fabrication or construction work.
• Verify the implementation of PTW (permit to work), LOTO (lock-out and tag-out) and other safety procedures.
• Conduct quality surveillance at supplier and contractor locations to promote the Project’s quality culture.
• Input results of inspections and observations into the web-based inspection recording system in a timely manner.
• Ensure suppliers and contractors have relevant, up-to-date codes, standards, specifications and drawings.
• Interface with the discipline engineer, construction engineer and inspectors in a professional manner.
• Support the Company personnel by performing additional tasks as directed and commensurate with his/her skills.
• Confirm that work has been executed by the Supplier and Contractor by attending inspections and testing or reviewing documents.

Essential Functions (Duties)

• Reinforce COMPANY HSSE requirements to the colleagues, Suppliers and Contractors.
• Oversee the inspection of mechanical equipment, piping, structure and welding activities conducted at shops and construction sites.
• Review original material or test certificates for compliance to codes and specifications.
• Ensure testing, measuring, welding or NDE equipment is fully calibrated per specification and has current certification.
• Ensure storage and handling of welding consumables is per manufacturer’s recommendations/specifications and has a certification.
• Verify that equipment is preserved per the supplier’s recommendation and the approved preservation procedures.
• Witness Equipment Receiving Inspection at construction site to identify damage or deficiencies.
• Verify rogue and counterfeit items during inspection or surveillance and immediately report to the Inspection Coordinator or Quality Manager, if any.
• Witness in-process inspections per ITP and Inspection Requests to ensure work proceeds in accordance with specifications, the approved drawings and procedures.
• Assist in insulation inspection if required.
• Verify that the correct test pressure is applied during the hydro test against specifications and codes and that all safety requirements have been addressed.
• Monitor the quality performance of the Contractor against the requirements of the QA/QC Plan.
• Review engineering design documents and drawings prior to work execution and proactively address any problems
• Verify Human Factor Engineering (HFE) requirement (traffic system) against specification.
• Actively participate in Company Safety meetings and walk-down programs. 16. Progressively review the Supplier / Contractor quality record.
• Review the welder qualifications certificate.
• Ensure complete record and traceability of material and weld joint’s history. 19. Monitor NDE and PWHT process.
• Assist in Quality audit upon request.
• Actively participate in Flawless Surveillance Program.
• Attend Mechanical Completion and Pre-commissioning final walk-down, and sign on behalf of Client.
• Raise punch and verify punch items as soon as work is complete.
• Issue of and follow up on Non-conformance Reports.
• Liaise with Inspection leads and contractors to remediate quality management problems.
• Discuss quality trend with Quality Engineer or Inspection Coordinator and provide improvement plan if any.
• Provide resolution of on-going quality issue in consultation with discipline engineer.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Requires degree or equivalent and professional registration in Mechanical Engineering or Metallurgical/Materials Engineering, or a related field covering both disciplines.
• Professional memberships (e.g., MNSE, MNIMech, MNATE, COREN) are an advantage.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in quality control inspection, with hands-on inspection experience in piping, mechanical static, welding and NDT activities, preferably in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Prior work in a construction yard with contractor teams is essential.
• Welding Inspection Certification: CSWIP 3.1 or AWS CWI.
• ASNT Level II certification in basic NDE methods (e.g., RT, UT, MT, PT).
• Have competency in the use and assessment of Safety Management System and procedures.
• Familiar with the Flawless Project Delivery and Flawless Surveillance Program.
• Have knowledge of industrial codes and standards (AWS, ASTM, ASME, API, ISO, NEC, NACE etc.).
• Able to read and understand Drawings
• Understand Project Completion System and able to use it
• Able to issue and follow up Non-Conformance Reports
• Able to review and approve Supplier’s/Contractor’s Quality Plans
• Able to develop, review and approve Supplier’s/Contractor’s ITPs and Quality Procedures
• Have knowledge of ISO (or API Q1) quality audit program and able to participate, perform and lead Quality Audits
• Able to provide oversight, mentorship and supervision of the inspectors
• Able to understand and interpret the commonly used standards, codes, and industry practices within a particular discipline
• Able to interface with other disciplines at the various stages
• Able to identify materials that are sub-standard and that do not meet the requirements of the job specification (rogue and counterfeit items).
• Familiar with HFE requirement (Maintenance, Valve, Field Run etc.).
• Able to review and interpret quality records and determine associated compliance with requirements (Performance data, test record, inspection record, MTR and other quality data and documents).
• Familiar with regulatory requirement (DOT, USCG, NMA, CSA, etc.) and classification rule (ABS, LR, DNV, BV etc.)
• Have knowledge of calibration of equipment and measuring requirements.
• Familiar with Equipment Preservation Requirements and its position in the integrated preservation process. This includes preservation and safe shipment of products/materials.
• Familiar with Company requirements for heavy lifting, road transportation and dropped objects.
• Have knowledge of the basics for planning and scheduling
• Have knowledge of basic troubleshooting.
• Have knowledge and experience with gauge control, calibration and gauging requirements and techniques.
• Able to review and understand planning techniques such as material control, shop order routings, process control plans, rework and refurbishing techniques and processes.
• Able to review and interpret technical requirements in contracts/purchase orders.
• Able to understand identification and traceability related to equipment, products, materials, samples and the associated documents or records relating to conformance/non-conformance results from manufacturing processes and results from monitoring /measurement processes.
• Able to review and interpret WPS, PQR, Welder Qualification including welding / qualification variables (essentials, non- essentials and supplementary) includes brazing.
• Have knowledge of materials testing of welds and joints (Chemical and Mechanical).
• Knowledge of dissimilar welds.
• Have knowledge of NDT techniques (RT, UT, MT, PT, PMI, FT and etc.) including evaluation methods.
• Have knowledge of Pre-Heating, PWHT and Hardness measurement.
• Have knowledge of base metal, especially, exotic material.
• Able to review weld map, NDE report, PWHT report etc. and its tracking mechanism.
• Have knowledge of welding consumable and its storage and handling requirements.
• Able to record in-process welding parameters and interpret.
• Able to review welder and NDE operator qualification.
• Able to interpret RT Films.
• Have an understanding of the welding and joining techniques (e.g. TIG, laser, SAW, ERW, sintering, brazing, etc.)
• Knowledge of cladding and associated inspection processes (HIP, welded, mechanical bonded and metallurgically bonded).
• Understand vessel internals and its application.
• Have knowledge of pressure test requirements in Company's specification & codes and understand of a risk on failure of pressure test and its mitigation plan
• Have knowledge of tightness requirement and application of torqueing and tensioning
• Able to perform field evaluation and assessment of pressure equipment.
• Have knowledge of Installation requirements of various types of valves and in-line instrument
• Have knowledge of field instrumentation installation including temperature, pressure, flow, level, and analytical measurement.
• Have knowledge of process tubing installation, tightness and leak testing.
• Familiar with electrical classification.
• Have knowledge of instrument air piping and end user connection.
• Have knowledge of pressure regulator, control valve and other in-line instrument installation
• Familiar with Loop checking / commissioning practice
• Have knowledge of a various type of alignment techniques and its application.
• Have knowledge of API seal Plan.
• Have knowledge of system cleanliness requirement and cleanliness techniques. (Water flushing, oil flushing, chemical cleaning, steam blowing, pigging and etc.).
• Familiar with machining, machinist practices & interpretation of dimensional data. This includes QA confirmation on critical instruments used in the fabrication of RE components (Balance machine, measuring devices, calibration of critical instruments, calibration of critical NDE Instruments, etc.)
• Familiar with equipment assembly and disassembly techniques (rotor assembly, stationary part assembly, clearances and tolerance acceptance requirements, etc.
• Familiar with Equipment Installation Practices. (Specifically, this means knowledge of API Recommended Practice RP686.)
• Understanding of condition monitoring techniques (vibration diagnostics, temperature monitoring, etc.) which could be used on the test stand during FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing) and/or SAT (String Acceptance Testing).
• Familiar with Metallurgical and Non-Metallic Material and testing requirements.
• Familiar with a various type of coatings and its application.
• Familiar with general requirements of fireproofing and insulation.
• Familiar with civil and structure inspection requirements.
• Have knowledge in steel/alloy making processes, hot working/forging, heat treating, in- process testing (mechanical, metallurgical), inspection (including NDE) and material test report review.
• Have knowledge in mechanical testing (e.g. tensile, hardness, impact, CTOD) and metallurgical testing (e.g. grain size, microstructure, macrostructure and chemical analysis) in accordance with ASTM, ISO and/or API standards.
• Knowledge of corrosion testing to NACE, API and ISO requirements.
• Able to discern between different grades, metallics (steel-types and alloys) and non-metallic materials.
• Have knowledge in manufacturing of non-metallics, testing, inspection and material test report review. Such as polymers, elastomers, ceramics and sintered materials.
• Understanding of pickling and passivation processes.
• Must be organized and able to multi-task.
• Self-disciplined and self-motivated.
• Strong interpersonal skills and able to work well with people at all levels of the Project / Site construction organization
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Experience with or willing to learn fact-based decision making and root cause analysis, evaluation of supplier corrective and preventative actions and determination if these actions were effective.
• Should be able to use computer and programs (email, word processing and spreadsheets as a minimum) for general business applications.
• Written and oral communication skills with both individuals and groups.
• Read, write (inspection report, technical report) and speak fluent English.
• Exhibit a courteous and professional attitude towards the Project Group and vendors or contractors showing enthusiasm and dedication.
• Practice a conscientious teamwork effort towards the functions of the company.
• Have a minimum Visual Acuity Corrected to 20/40.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@minimandtonye.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.