Rotating Equipment QA Controller – Documentation & Data Packs (API 610) – Roodepoort including Nation Wide Travelling when required

MECS Africa; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

MECS Africa, Roodepoort, is seeking a QA/QC professional for a fixed-term contract of about 12 months to support rotating equipment projects. The role requires hands-on quality control, documentation, and client liaison in heavy engineering environments.

You will compile data packs, develop QCPs/ITPs, manage NCRs, and coordinate witness inspections while ensuring compliance with QA standards (ISO 9001) and API/ASME requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years QA/QC experience in rotating equipment, heavy engineering or petrochemical environments.
• Experience compiling data packs / manufacturing record books for large industrial clients – strong advantage with state-owned enterprises.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Strong MS Office (Word, Excel) and PDF compilation skills; comfortable with client document portals.

Responsibilities

• Quality Control Plans: develop and maintain QCPs and inspection & test plans (ITPs) per pump for client sign-off, including witness and hold points.
• Data pack compilation: compile refurbishment data packs per pump: strip and assessment reports, dimensional and clearance records, certificates, shaft balancing reports, witness test certificates and commissioning reports.
• Welding documentation: control WPS/PQR and welder qualification records for casing repair work, aligned to applicable codes (API / ASME awareness).
• Non-conformance management: register, track and close out NCRs and defect registers; respond to client comments and manage resubmissions to closure.
• Document control: revision control, transmittals, uploads to the client document platform, review / comment tracking.
• Inspections: coordinate client witness inspections and specialist visits; ensure evidence is captured at each hold point.
• Safety file support: assist with compilation and upkeep of site safety files to client contractor management requirements (OHS Act 85 of 1993).
• Calibration: maintain the calibration register for measuring and test equipment used in the workshop and on site.

Skills

QA/QC experience

ISO 9001

MS Office

PDF compilation

Welding inspection background

NEC contract experience

Data packs compilation

Education

National Diploma or equivalent in Quality Management, Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Employment type Fixed-term contract (approx. 12 months, extension possible based on programme demand) Base location workshop (Industria North, Roodepoort - Gauteng); occasional client sites – Nation Wide visits for witness inspections Start date As soon as possible Reporting to Engineering Lead

Minimum requirements:

• National Diploma or equivalent in Quality Management, Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years QA/QC experience in rotating equipment, heavy engineering or petrochemical environments.
• Demonstrated experience compiling data packs / manufacturing record books for large industrial clients – state-owned enterprise experience (Transnet, Eskom, Sasol) a strong advantage.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Strong MS Office (Word, Excel) and PDF compilation skills; comfortable with client document portals.
• Own transport and valid driver’s licence.
• Welding inspection background (SAIW Inspector Level 1/2, CWI or equivalent).
• Exposure to pump testing standards and API 610 documentation requirements.
• Experience in NEC or similar contract environments where records support commercial positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Control Plans: develop and maintain QCPs and inspection & test plans (ITPs) per pump for client sign-off, including witness and hold points.
• Data pack compilation: compile complete refurbishment data packs per pump: strip and assessment reports, dimensional and clearance records, material and component certificates, shaft balancing

reports (2960 rpm), machining and line-boring reports, casing pressure test certificates, performance test certificates (flow, head, bearing temperature, vibration), laser alignment printouts and commissioning reports.

• Welding documentation: control WPS/PQR and welder qualification records for casing repair work, aligned to applicable codes (API / ASME awareness).
• Non-conformance management: register, track and close out NCRs and defect registers; prepare responses to client comments and manage resubmissions to closure.
• Document control: revision control, transmittals, uploads to the client document platform, and review / squad-check comment tracking.
• Inspections: coordinate client witness inspections and client specialist visits; ensure evidence is captured at each hold point, not reconstructed afterwards.
• Safety file support: assist with compilation and upkeep of site safety files to client contractor management requirements (OHS Act 85 of 1993).
• Calibration: maintain the calibration register for measuring and test equipment used in the workshop and on site.