Quality Lead

Wood PLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Quality Lead for their Dubai office. This full-time position focuses on implementing quality principles and managing effective systems within a major onshore brownfield project. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, compliance monitoring, and quality assurance. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience, a lead auditor qualification, and a strong commitment to quality standards. Join to work on meaningful projects with a globally recognized team.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Medical Insurance

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 20+ years of relevant experience in the quality domain.
• Comprehensive understanding of industry standards like ISO 9001.
• Proficient in the analysis of processes and data.

Responsibilities

• Manage application of quality principles and systems across a project.
• Engage with stakeholders to promote quality management.
• Support delivery of agreed objectives and implement management systems.

Skills

ISO 9001

Process analysis

Continuous improvement tools

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Planning and organization

Education

Degree/diploma in Quality management

Lead Auditor qualification

Membership of CQI/ASQ

Training in root cause analysis

Job description

Wood is recruiting for aQuality Lead to join its UAE Business Unit focusing onsupporting the application of quality principles, systems, and measures and the quality management systemfor a Major Onshore Brownfield Project in Dubai, UAE.

This role is a full-time office-based role in Dubai, UAEwith travel requirement.

Remarkable people

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is recruiting for aQuality Lead to join its UAE Business Unit focusing onsupporting the application of quality principles, systems, and measures and the quality management systemfor a Major Onshore Brownfield Project in Dubai, UAE.

This role is a full-time office-based role in Dubai, UAEwith travel requirement.

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The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experiencedQuality Lead to join our UAE Business Unit.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.

Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Medical Insurance:Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment.
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance:The company provides Life Assurance cover
• The Employee Share Plan:Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award:Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ services of our employees at 5-year service milestones

Key Objectives

Manages or supports the application of quality principles, systems, and measures and the quality management system across a program or project. Focused on improving delivery efficiency customer satisfaction and reducing potential risks and rework whilst complying with Quality policy, and standards and delivering agreed objectives.

Ensures compliance with the Wood Business Management System and compliance through a structured assurance program.

Supporting measures that ensure predictable delivery and continuous improvement using performance data to make factually based decisions. Engaging and presenting program/project leaders with information and data to enable preventive interventions.

This position has a broad scope and typically applies across a single program/project where they may have responsibility for a small quality team or in support of a deployed Quality manager on a larger/complex Program/project.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Supporting the management of all aspects of Quality across the breadth of their respective organization and the services we provide.
• Identification and regular engagement with key stakeholders to promote quality management and gather feedback on performance.
• Support the effective planning and allocation of resources (including people and budgets) enabling the delivery of agreed objectives and deliverables.
• Implementing the Wood Business Management System (BMS) across their organization ensuring that its application is effective and that compliance with the system is routinely monitored, assessed, and improved as necessary. Facilitate external BMS certification as appropriate.
• Ensuring consistent and effective implementation of Quality supporting systems across their organization (e.g., NCR, improvement actions, lessons learned, etc).
• Supporting tenders and proposal activities for their organization
• Planning and execution of risk-based assurance plans including the escalation of significant findings to program/project leaders.
• Monitoring and analysis of delivery performance data, regularly reporting themes and trends to senior leaders, and undertaking intervention as required.
• Ensuring quality support through Supply Chain processes to ensure the right first-time delivery of products and services
• Gathering and acting upon customer feedback ensuring action is taken to maintain and improve customer satisfaction

Working Relationships

Internal: Active engagement with operational and other functional leaders. Contributes as part of the wider Business Quality networks. Provide leadership to the senior quality advisors, quality advisors, inspectors, and associates that they have management accountability for.

External: Regular engagement with customers and key suppliers (e.g., MS certification bodies). Working with industry bodies as required. Seeks opportunities to interface with peers in competitor organizations.

Level of Influence and Decision-Making Authority

• Ability to present business cases and facts to influence their organization's leaders and their respective Quality teams.
• Apply knowledge and solutions to ensure compliance with regulatory, industry, and internal Wood standards.
• Ability to define budgets and approve expenditures in line with DOA

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don\'t match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Expected

• Degree/diploma or local equivalent in Quality management, project management, or related discipline (desirable)
• Lead Auditor qualification by a recognized industry body (essential)
• Membership of CQI/ASQ Quality organizations, Project Management Institute or equivalent (desirable)
• Formal training in recognized root cause analysis techniques (essential)

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• 20+ years of relevant experience (preferably in the associated industry)
• Comprehensive understanding of industry standards (ISO 9001)
• Proficient in the analysis of processes and data
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• High Level of communication skills in both written and spoken format
• Proficient in the use of continuous improvement tools and techniques

Personal attributes

• Leads by example.
• Excellent planner and organizer
• Analytical, problem solver and systematic thinker
• Excellent inter-personal skills and team player
• Empower others to make decisions within established parameters

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.