Mechanical Inspector

Dornan Group; Municipal District of Cobh; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Dornan Engineering is recruiting a Mechanical Inspector to join the Cork pharmaceutical project. The role focuses on conducting routine inspections, snagging activities, and ensuring quality and compliance across installations.

You will manage documentation, drawings, and QA processes on site, collaborating with project teams and subcontractors. Ideal candidates hold a mechanical trade qualification, with strong knowledge of mechanical systems and experience in pharmaceutical environments;

Qualifications

• Mechanical trade qualification required.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical systems and installations.
• Pharma data-centre experience preferred.
• Understanding of drawings, specs, quality procedures and inspection/testing.
• Attention to detail and proactive issue resolution.
• Document management and organisational skills.
• Effective communication with stakeholders; MS Office proficient.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine inspections to verify quality and compliance.
• Own snagging through scheduled walkdowns and site observations.
• Review installations to minimize snags during client walkdowns.
• Manage FOAK process to ensure quality from outset.
• Maintain control of drawings, schedules, specs, and docs.
• Participate in Quality Surveillance Programme to verify installation quality.
• Compile turnover packages with required quality documentation.
• Sign off Test and Inspection records.
• Attend Quality and Commissioning meetings as required.
• Close out quality observations, snags, BIM issues and NCRs.

Skills

Mechanical trade qualified

Mechanical systems knowledge

Pharma data-centre experience

Drawings, specs, QA procedures

Attention to detail

Document management

Stakeholder management

MS Office proficiency

Job description

Mechanical Inspector – Cork

Dornan Engineering is a well established and leading Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and HVAC engineering and construction company, with major project experience across a wide range of sectors in Ireland, Europe and the UK. Dornan are involved in projects across many sectors such as Pharmaceutical, Power, Waste to Energy, Commercial, Data Centre and Petrochemical. Due to the continuous growth with Dornan Engineering, we are currently looking to recruit an experienced Mechanical Inspector to join the company on exciting projects. You will join Dornan's hard working and ambitious project teams and you will benefit from a supportive culture, where your ideas and contributions will be recognised.

At Dornanwe are currently recruiting an Mechanical Inspector to work on a pharmaceutical project in Cork.

Your day to day will include:

• Conduct routine inspections to verify the quality and compliance of installations.
• Take ownership of the snagging process through scheduled walkdowns and site observations.
• Review and critically assess installations to ensure client walkdowns are completed with minimal or no snags.
• Manage and sign off the First of a Kind (FOAK) process to ensure quality standards are achieved from the outset.
• Maintain control and distribution of construction drawings, schedules, specifications, and related documentation.
• Participate in the Quality Surveillance Programme to monitor and verify installation quality and compliance.
• Compile and manage turnover packages, ensuring all required quality and completion documentation is included and accurate.
• Perform routine inspections of the quality of installations and record snags / observations.
• Owner of snagging the installation both on scheduled walkdowns and surveillances / observations and inputting snags into snag management software.
• Deliver Benchmark / First of a kind process and sign off
• Completion of Tag Checklists for Mechanical Assets
• QA Owner of allocated Mechanical Asset scope to take from construction completion through Testing, inspecting and handover
• Monitoring and Surveillance of Subcontractor installation works and review of Quality documentation.
• Review and approval of Test and Inspection records
• Attendance at Quality and Commissioning Meetings as required.
• Ensure timely responses and close out of Quality observations, snags, BIM issues and NCR's

About You:

• Mechanical trade qualified
• Excellent knowledge of mechanical systems.
• Previous experience within a pharmaceutical datacentre environment preferable
• Good understanding of construction drawings, specifications, quality procedures, and inspection/testing requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to identify and resolve quality issues proactively.
• Strong document management and organisational skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and electronic document management systems.
• 3 month contract initially

Site Certifications

• Safe Pass, Manual Handling, Working at Heights, IPAF

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