Quality Assurance

Ponticelli Nigeria (PNL) is a subsidiary of Ponticelli Frères Group, a leading European services supplier to companies in the energy, industrial, and infrastructural sectors. PNL specializes in world-class construction and upgrade services for Oil and Gas facilities in the Nigerian market, both onshore and offshore.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) Manager

Reference: 2025-2270
Job Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Permanent
Rotation : 9x3

Job Responsibilities

• The company PONTICELLI NIGERIA, a subsidiary of the Ponticelli Frères Group, is recruiting as part of its projects. You will be involved in construction projects and/or industrial maintenance activities.
• Would you like to develop your experience as a QA/QC Manager (M/F) and help transform the world as part of a family-owned group that works to provide people with what they will always need: energy, health, water, food and security, while sincerely respecting the planet and its employees?
• We invite you to join us on a permanent contract. The position is based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

The position we are offering involves the following main responsabilities:
QA/QC Activity:

• Manage and oversee project quality to ensure compliance to codes, standards, regulations, equipment specifications, and QMS requirement;
• Improve quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization;
• Manage the development and implementation of the QMS for planning, fabrication, inspection, documentation, and operations activities including:
  • Plan duties within the QA/QC staff and related work schedules;
  • Establish service standards for end users (internal department or external customer);
  • Identify and develop QA/QC personnel certification requirements and continuing education/training needs;
  • Provide leadership, mentorship, and direction of all QA/QC personnel;
  • Take full responsibility for hold-point releases once all QMS functions have been completed and the equipment is ready to go into the next work stage.

• Develop and implement risk-based inspection (RBI) activities and processes;
• Manage plant integrity through a failure analysis reporting system and following up on recommendations;
• Oversee supervision of all visual inspections and NDE, including 3rd party subcontractors;
• Manage inspection, NDE, and testing plans for new construction, repair work, and alterations;
• Identify and develop solutions to correct inspection function deficiencies;
• Manage construction processes, plant equipment, inspection and NDE personnel certification and QMS internal audits.

Welding Activity:

• Manage all welding procedures and qualifications and testing;
• Analyse welding requirements for specific projects ensuring the any already approved in house procedures are acceptable and generate new procedures specific to project requirements and needs;
• Responsible for the coordination of multiple projects and manage external test laboratories : classify societies and notify bodies with regard to welding procedures their approvals and testing;
• Provide technical support with industry standards and specifications such as ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, AWS, BS EN, plus any other relevant standards which may be required;
• Manage and control of all materials and consumables for welder testing and procedures;
• Coordinate failure analyses and root cause analysis on welding related issues if required;
• Set up and control and maintenance of a welder data base.

Required Profile

• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role.
• You are recognised for your ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing through memos and engineering reports.
• Professional English is mandatory for the position.