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Quality Engineer – TPI Planning and Painting

Department: Quality

Role Summary The Quality Engineer – TPI Planning and Painting is responsible for leading quality assurance and quality control activities related to t hird-party inspection planning, inspection coordination, inspection readiness, and release management , as well as surface preparation, industrial painting, internal lining, external coating, preservation, and final acceptance of valves, actuators, and accessories. The role provides dedicated painting SME support during the order/offering stage by reviewing customer specifications, responding to technical queries, and ensuring inspection capacity for parallel and unplanned activities.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead preparation, review, implementation, and maintenance of painting procedures, ITPs, work instructions, inspection checklists, QA dossiers, TQs, customer comments, and project quality records.

- Review customer purchase orders, specifications, ITPs, QAPs, and documentation requirements to identify TPI hold points, witness points, notification requirements, acceptance criteria, and painting/coating requirements.

- Develop and maintain project-specific TPI plans, inspection notification schedules, inspection matrices, and release plans from order kick-off through dispatch.

- Coordinate inspection offerings, customer photo-submission requirements, internal pre-inspection checks, inspector availability,



inspection notifications, rescheduling, and release activities with customers, TPIs, notified bodies, and internal functions.

- Plan and manage inspection resources to support daily inspections, parallel inspections, unplanned inspection requests, and final-delivery inspection peaks; ensure adequate effective inspector hours.

- Coordinate and manage multiple inspectors and agencies simultaneously, including customer inspectors, BV, TÜV, LR, notified bodies, and pre-dispatch inspection representatives.

- Conduct pre-inspection readiness reviews to confirm product completion, document availability, calibrated equipment, material traceability, test records, customer photographs, and compliance with inspection prerequisites.

- Track TPI activities for material receipt, machining, assembly, welding/NDE where applicable, pressure testing, functional testing, painting, preservation, final inspection, packing, and dispatch.

- Manage TPI observations, punch points, NCRs, concessions, re-inspections, and closure actions to ensure timely product release and delivery compliance.

- Maintain a live TPI status tracker covering planned inspections, notification dates, outcomes, open actions, resource loading, release status, and delivery risks.

- Provide dedicated technical review of customer painting specifications, including Saudi Aramco and ADNOC requirements, and recommend suitable coating systems to Applications, Engineering, Production, and Quality teams.

- Ensure stage-wise inspection of incoming coating materials, blasting/surface preparation, masking, environmental conditions, paint application, curing, DFT, holiday testing, adhesion testing, touch-up, preservation, and final inspection.

- Verify protection of critical valve areas including flange faces, RTJ grooves, stems,



threads, sealing surfaces, instrument ports, grease nipples, actuator interfaces, and machined surfaces.

- Monitor paint-material traceability, shelf life, batch certificates, mixing ratio, induction time, pot life, recoat interval, blasting media, environmental records, and calibration status of inspection equipment.

- Ensure proper storage, handling, shelf-life control, and preservation of paints, thinners, abrasives, and other coating consumables.

- Lead painting-related NCR, CAPA, customer complaint, defect investigation, root-cause analysis, repair approval, and corrective-action effectiveness verification.

- Coordinate with paint manufacturers, Quality, Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and external inspectors to resolve coating issues and maintain delivery commitments.

- Train inspectors, painters, and production personnel on coating procedures, inspection requirements, defect prevention, safety, and documentation discipline.

- Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, API Spec Q1, customer requirements, and company HSE procedures.

Qualification

- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferably in Mechanical engineering.

- Should have worked for minimum of 5+ years in relevant QA and TPI

Req ID : R-21961

Job Family Group : Quality

Job Family : QA Quality Assurance

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