Preservation Specialist

Project Overview

The EACOP Project (East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Project) is an EPcmC. 1,500km pipeline project across Uganda and Tanzania, with a Main Storage Terminal and Jetty in Tanzania.

Job Description Overview

The Quality Preservation Specialist is responsible to coordinate effective implementation of the Company Construction Quality Surveillance Program and Preservation Compliance program for the EPC-1 project.

The Quality Preservation Specialist is responsible to coordinate the site Quality Assurance audits and Preservation field inspections. The position is responsible to establish KPI reporting including recommendations for improvement and corrective action.

This position provides guidance and leadership for all matters relating to the preservation compliance program to maintain the integrity of equipment and materials for the project.

Specific Roles & Responsibilities

Key Job Accountabilities:

Quality Assurance:

Quality Specialist is responsible for coordinating the implementation of Construction Quality surveillance program including reporting of statistics and recommendations for improvement.

Leading and coordinating QMS audits with EPC-1 Contractor, whilst maintaining reporting relationship with all Heads of Quality position with respect to their area of assignment.

Participates in EPC Contractor's audit program for project audits (audit plan, schedule, checklist, reports, etc.)

Provides verification that construction quality systems and procedures are implemented in compliance with the requirements of the approved Quality Management Systems.

Monitoring and tracking project deficiencies and reporting quality KPIs to the management team.

Promotes and monitors key processes such as Deficiency Reporting, Specification Deviation Request, Non-conformance Request, Corrective Action Reports, etc.

Preservation:

The Quality Preservation Specialist provides oversight of the Preservation Compliance program to maintain integrity of equipment and materials for the project.

Work with the EPC contractors to ensure their preservation processes and plans are robust, fully documented and appropriately resourced.

Provide oversight on the contractors' preservation systems to ensure the documentation systems align with their preservation plans.

Identify if gaps exist between the preservation plans of different contractors and or contract scopes.

Work with commissioning and start-up to ensure preservation processes and documentation compliment commissioning and start-up activities

Provide single point contact for information and guidance when conflict arises pertaining to the overall care of equipment between interface owners. Provide guidance to the EPC contractors in their development of Preservation Management Procedures, Preservation Activities Tracking and Reporting and turnover documentation.

Qualifications and Key Person Specifications

Position Specific:

• 10 years’ experience associated with Quality Control & coordination of quality activities within the Oil & Gas Construction Industry and Registered Lead Assessor with IRCA/CQI or equivalent. (where equivalent is proposed, evidence of equivalence shall be provided).

• Preferred - Associates Engineering or Engineering degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Materials or Science

• Experience with multi-national contractors, in particular those involved in the construction of pipelines projects would be an advantage
• Strong coordination skills, extensive quality experience in responsible roles on major oil & gas engineering & construction projects
• Experienced in facilitating & coordinating efforts to resolve interfaces issues
• Experience with conducting audits & assessing process-driven quality systems
• Experience with Preservation programs and procedures for Vendors and ECP contractors.

Project General - Essential:

• • • • Proven experience in one or more of commercial management, prime contract management, project controls, contracts/supply chain or project management
      • Staff management experience (knowledge transfer)
      • Excellent communications skills
      • Ability to use MS Office (word, excel, Outlook, Power point) competently
      • Understanding of Time / Distance planning programs
      • Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
      • Analytical and problem-solving skills
      • Ability to travel as and when required
      • High level of safety awareness

 Project General - Desirable:

• A strong communication, networking, collaboration, and well-developed team-working skills, especially in multi-discipline and multi-cultural teams.
• An ‘Incident Free’ mind-set, and be a role model for their project team (Direct/Indirect hires);
• A full understanding of how all elements of the project scope integrate and interface with each other and are managed to successfully deliver the right project outcome
• A high focus on identifying and delivering the identified deliverables, which meet project expectations from a quality and performance perspective, with minimal integration challenges to current operations.
• Excellent teamwork & skills being able to work with the various sub-teams to resolve issues and reach decisions that are in the best interests of the integrated project team.
• An ability to work effectively in a diverse, multidisciplinary team environment, including Interface management experience, within facilities, and across other functions.
• Strong Team Building, Development and Mentoring skills,