Project Quality Manager – Asset Project

Embeds a fit-for-use quality management system throughout the Asset Project, integrating gate review processes and risk management to ensure proactive quality control across the asset lifecycle.

The Project Quality Manager champions a culture of quality excellence by ensuring systems, processes, behaviours, and accountability are upheld through stakeholder education and adherence.

Key Responsibilities

• Embed the client’s Project Quality Management Framework within all projects.
• Establish, develop, maintain, and implement a fit-for-purpose holistic Quality Management System (QMS), adopting a risk-based approach. Key focus areas include:
  • Project Quality Plans, Quality Activity Plans, and Quality Activity Schedules as governing documents.
  • NCRs (Non-Comformities), Lessons Learned (LL), internal audits, and Total Cost of Quality (TCoQ) monitoring.
• Foster a quality-driven culture across the project and packages, ensuring accountability from leaders, personnel, contractors, and stakeholders. Escalate issues to the QHSE Director when necessary.
• Collaborate with the QHSE Director to implement the Quality elements of the QHSE strategy within the project.
• Work with project and package leadership to provide quality risk reduction support, aiming to ensure risks are mitigated to as low as reasonably practicable.
• Train, coach, and mentor project personnel in quality competencies, awareness, and advocacy.
• Identify and communicate quality requirements to stakeholders throughout the asset lifecycle.
• Monitor and assess Quality KPIs, reporting on quality performance against targets.
• Drive continual quality improvement via Lessons Learned and best practices.
• Ensure seamless transfer between project phases (e.g., Development → Construction → Generation/OFTO) through Quality Checkpoints.
• Align with Supplier Quality Management on supplier performance and requirements.
• Collaborate with QHSE Assurance for project quality audits.

Core Tasks

• Support Offshore EPC projects by developing, implementing, and maintaining the client’s QMS, policies, and procedures.
• Adhere to internal quality policies, processes, and procedures.
• Oversee the Project Quality Plan’s development and maintenance.
• Ensure Quality Activity Plans and Quality Activity Schedules are maintained for each package.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate quality risks using a risk-based approach; log risks in the approved risk management system.
• Support Quality Checkpoint and Stage Gate reviewed processes per Project & Operating Model guidelines.
• Drive implementation of:
  • NCR, Lessons Learned (LL), internal project audits, and TCoQ processes.
  • Continuous improvement initiatives within the project.
• Review Asset Project NCRs to ensure timely Synergi entry and root cause (RCA) resolution.
• Develop and facilitate Lessons Learned sessions within project timelines.
• Schedule and conduct internal quality audits per the audit schedule.
• Oversee TCoQ reporting (e.g., dispositioned Corrective Actions (CRs) & Verification Observations (VOs)).
• Standardise Synergi’s use for quality case registration (NCRs, Lessons Learned, audits, etc.).
• Maintain internal quality cultural initiatives, promoting accountability.
• Track and trend-analyze KPIs, providing performance oversight.
• Hold monthly quality touchpoint meetings with stakeholders to review implementation progress.
• Escalate unresolved quality issues to the QHSE Director and Head of OF Development & EPC.
• Provide feedback on ERQM (Expectations for Risk Management and Quality) content to Supplier Quality Management and escalate supplier issues to Supplier QM/Category Manager.
• Assist QHSE Assurance in planning and executing project quality audits, assisting in closing audit findings.