QA/QC Specialist

Systra; Riyadh; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Systra is hiring a QA/QC Specialist in Riyadh to provide quality assurance and control for the Rail/Metro project. The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and have at least 8 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities include conducting audits, ensuring adherence to quality plans, and performing site inspections. Excellent English skills are mandatory. Join Systra to work in a dynamic environment contributing to sustainable mobility solutions.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in quality assurance and quality control on infrastructure, civil engineering or rail projects.
• Experience gained within heavy infrastructure, civil engineering, or rail & metro projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide QA and QC support activities for the Rail/Metro project.
• Conduct audits and ensure adherence to quality assurance and control plans.
• Perform site visits for procedure adherence verification.

Skills

Knowledge of QAQC principles, tools & techniques

Civil engineering experience

Excellent English language skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Job description

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Context

The QA/QC Specialist will provide quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) support activities on assigned functional areas of the Rail/Metro project to ensure that they are in accordance with the client’s and contractual specifications.

The QA/QC Specialist will report to the QA/QC Manager and will also regularly interact with representatives from a variety of functional groups, including program management, engineering and construction.

Missions / Main Duties

• Stop the work in the event of identifying any activity where serious breach of Health, Safety or Environmental standard is witnessed.
• Conduct audits to verify that plans & procedures are being followed, and documentary evidence is produced and maintained (Desirable, non-essential).
• Coordinate with the construction staff. Plan in advance any necessary inspections and testing activities.
• Ensure adherence to the Contractors Project Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plans & Procedures by the Contractors, their Sub‑Contractors and their Suppliers in the first instance by closely monitoring the works.
• Maintain surveillance of DB Contractors QC Inspectors, collaborate with Inspectors.
• Site visits for visual verification of procedure adherence, feedback from NCR’s and feedback from progress meetings and individual reporting of concerns from general workforce, Supervisors and Management.
• Ensure As‑Built Quality Records are produced in respect to the ITPs.
• Surveillance of ITP content and required compilation of records referenced within in respect to materials specifications, tolerances, standards, certification to compliance, their traceability and their use in the realisation of the product.
• Temperatures where applicable, the timely taking of samples, their handling, curing, storage and testing.
• Existence of authorised for use ITPs at the workplace, before/during the start of works activities.
• Ensure site QA/QC compliance through on site surveillance or via QC Inspector reporting. Visual, Feedback and written reporting.
• Plan daily inspection activities and surveillances.

Profile / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with experience gained within heavy infrastructure, civil engineering, or rail & metro projects.
• Knowledge of QAQC principles tools & techniques, ideally a quality qualification, or membership of a professional quality body.
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in quality assurance and quality control on either infrastructure, civil engineering or rail projects.
• Excellent English language, verbal, reading and writing skills.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.