Qualification: BE/BTech in Mechanical, Metallurgical or a related engineering discipline. ISO 9001 auditor training preferred.
Reports to: CEO / Business Head, with independent quality-release authority
Role purposeEstablish and operate the manufacturing QMS, ensuring every released spool meets applicable drawings, project requirements and customer wetted-material specifications.
Key responsibilities- Establish controlled SOPs, inspection and test plans, acceptance criteria and quality records.
- Implement supplier qualification, incoming inspection and material-certificate verification.
- Establish traceability from material heat numbers to spool IDs, welds, cleaning batches and dispatch.
- Review welding qualifications, inspection results and project-required pressure/leak tests.
- Define quality hold points before cleaning, after processing and before dispatch.
- Approve passivation acceptance,
water-quality verification, drying and preservation records.
- Manage calibration, training records, nonconformities, corrective actions and internal audits.
- Coordinate external laboratories and customer inspections.
- Compile manufacturing dossiers and authorise final product release.
Preferred industriesPharma/biotech equipment manufacturing, hygienic stainless-steel piping, high-purity systems or process-equipment fabrication with robust documentation and traceability.
Essential evidenceHands-on responsibility for manufacturing QMS implementation and customer audits, including inspection and release decisions.
Initial deliverablesApproved QMS procedures and inspection plans, traceability system, audit records and a complete, accepted trial-spool manufacturing dossier.