Quality Lead

Job Opportunity: Quality Lead (Performance)
Location: Doha, Qatar
Function: Quality – Shared Services
Level: Senior / Lead
Contract Duration: 3 Years
Work Schedule:

• 8–10 hours per day
• 6 days per week

Rotation: 12 weeks ON / 2 weeks OFF

Job Purpose
The Quality Lead (Performance) is responsible for ensuring the integrity, compliance, and fitness‑for‑service of all goods and services procured for Major Projects .

As part of the Quality Shared Services Team, the role focuses on:

• Driving high quality, cost‑effective execution
• Ensuring safe, reliable, full life‑cycle operations
• Analyzing project quality data to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities
• Enabling flawless project execution through robust Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Job Context & Key Challenges

• Working under tight project schedules while maintaining high standards of Quality Assurance, transparency, and governance
• Establishing, revising, and enforcing a consistent Quality Management System across multiple large‑scale projects
• Evaluating failure analysis reports, including laboratory test results of failed materials and components
• Ensuring timely resolution of quality issues to the satisfaction of all stakeholders
• Ensuring contractors, vendors, and subcontractors meet all quality, safety, and regulatory requirements, and deliver projects on time and within budget

🔹 Key Job Accountabilities

• Monitor and assess quality performance of contractors and vendors across all MP and NFPS projects
• Analyze Audit Reports, NCRs, DRs, SDRs, and Audit Findings to identify trends and propose improvement initiatives
• Authorize, guide, and monitor Contractor & Vendor Quality Teams
• Provide oversight on quality plans, gap analyses, procedures, and compliance
• Lead or participate in QMS audits against Company requirements and international standards
• Participate in lessons learned sessions to improve future project quality interfaces
• Develop and implement Quality Control Plans, procedures, and documentation
• Investigate quality issues using Root Cause Analysis tools (5 Whys, Fishbone, etc.)
• Implement and close Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and customer requirements
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Project Teams to drive continuous improvement

🔹 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Sciences
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Certification (Mandatory)

🔹 Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Quality within the Oil & Gas / LNG industry
• At least 1 year in a supervisory or oversight role (including contractors/vendors)
• Experience working with Operating Companies, EPC Contractors, and Service Providers
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems, industry standards, and specifications
• Proven experience in:
  • Quality Plans & Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs)
  • Audits, NCRs, DRs, and SDR management
  • Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
  • Performance improvement methodologies
• Knowledge of destructive & non‑destructive testing methods
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.