Quality Supplies Engineer - Mechanical

at  Scottish Power

Quality Supplies Engineer - Mechanical
Location: London or Glasgow
Salary from £58,000 with 15% Annual Bonus and Single Person Healthcare
Permanent
Flexible/Hybrid Working Arrangements
Closing Date: 1st November 2024
Purpose
Ensuring all quality aspects are adequately managed by providing qualified resources, systems, knowledge and experience, our Supply Quality Management team is responsible for electrical, mechanical, testing and structural field quality control within Offshore Wind projects.
Meeting quality and safety requirements, this team is composed of specialists within Coating, Corrosion Protection, Materials, Welding, Testing, Cable and Electrical Systems.
Responsibilities
The Quality of Supplies Engineer (QSE) is thorough and observant with high focus on detail. As QSE, you must fully understand the requirements for our assets and have a sense of responsibility to ensure these requirements are followed with our potential and existing suppliers, even during times when product quality deviations occur.
Closely working with Health & Safety Subject Matter Experts (SME), Wind Turbine Generator (WTG), Foundations (FOU), Offshore Substation (OSS) and Safety Engineering teams, you will ensure safety engineering and quality requirements are followed, such as product conformity, certification requirements and product safety.
The QSE will head up the quality control discipline throughout all welding activities and ideally support coating activities for all structures within Offshore Wind Projects construction so that all assets’ fabrication meets quality and safety requirements.
As QSE you will work with our suppliers within the mechanical scope of offshore projects, to develop their fabrication processes (primarily welding activities and ideally coating processes) in line with the design intent of the assets and verifying systems to ensure compliance with the project needs.

The QSE will also be responsible for:

• Providing guidance to the Project/Package Quality Manager, ensuring appropriate numbers and qualified resources are deployed into each applicable site
• Supporting the Quality of Supplies team on welding quality assurance. The QSE will ensure supply chain companies welding procedures comply with relevant and applicable standards and follow good industrial practices. Ideally, the QSE will also support quality assurance activities related to coating and surface preparation activities
• Reviewing welding procedures, reports and inspection personnel qualifications to ensure their compliance with project requirements. The QSE will ensure appropriate welding methods and processes and quality controls are applied in each project, ensuring most effective and best practices are applied. The QSE will also support the review of coating application procedures and reports as part of integral part of the team
• Coaching and supervising ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) on-site Inspectors in topics related to welding. The QSE will be responsible that Company quality requirements and practices are executed during the project. The QSE will also be one of the initial points of contact for the Inspectors to solve incidents and investigation with suppliers
• Supporting Project/Package Quality Manager in the investigations of incidents related to welding and coating activities occurring during project execution. The QSE will be able to provide expert advice on mechanical topics to perform root cause analysis and find possible mitigation and prevention measures
• Responsibility for ensuring applicable suppliers continue to develop and implement best practices that emphasise defect prevention, reduction in variation and waste, provide continuous improvements and continue to meet quality standards required to minimise quality costs and maximise customer satisfaction whilst ensuring that procedures and processes are adhered to

What you’ll bring
Educated to BSc/B.Eng or Master’s in Mechanical, Structural, Metallurgical or Materials Engineering or possessing certification in International/European Welding Engineering IWE, EWE, IWT, IWS, or equivalent.
Ideally the QSE will possess specialised training in welding Inspection.
It is highly desirable to have FROSIO or NACE Coating Inspector certification. Quality Auditor certifications through a quality body such as European Organisation for Quality (EOQ) are also preferable.
The QSE will hold experience within Management, Quality Assurance or Project Management and from seminars at statutory institutions which comprised of subjects in Technical/Machine Safety or product liability.
With proven experience working within QA/QC functions, including inspection, coordination and supervision in industrial construction projects for the Offshore Wind, Oil & Gas and/or Power industries, the QSE will hold experience in developing and reviewing Fabrication Inspection plans, Welding Manuals and Welding Programmes.
Experience within QA/QC coating activities for steel structures is highly preferable, as is coordination experience gained within a large infrastructure project.
Skilled using database systems such as Action Tracker / Microsoft access and administrating different documentation is preferable.
Knowledgeable with quality tools, techniques and ISO 9001 framework, the QSE will have in-depth awareness of differences between quality assurance, quality control, quality improvement and quality planning.

Additionally, the QSE will have:

• Sound understanding of process-oriented quality management systems
• Good understanding of European and American steel structure fabrication standards focused on welding quality requirements
• An understanding of Foundations and Offshore Substation fabrication, in general of all types of steel structures
• Basic understanding of other elements of Offshore Wind projects such as WTG and Cables
• Competency in conducting 1st and 2nd party audits
• Understanding Product Engineering processes and Product Lifecycle of heavy plant machinery and equipment
• Can interpret product requirement specifications and translate those into quality control regime with set quality criteria
• Possesses good knowledge and experience in supplier quality management and knows procurement processes
• Full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). Spanish or other languages (French/German) would be beneficial.
• Must be able to travel to contractor sites for Audits and Inspections

Whats in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to
careers@scottishpower.com
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Mobility
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

• Providing guidance to the Project/Package Quality Manager, ensuring appropriate numbers and qualified resources are deployed into each applicable site
• Supporting the Quality of Supplies team on welding quality assurance. The QSE will ensure supply chain companies welding procedures comply with relevant and applicable standards and follow good industrial practices. Ideally, the QSE will also support quality assurance activities related to coating and surface preparation activities
• Reviewing welding procedures, reports and inspection personnel qualifications to ensure their compliance with project requirements. The QSE will ensure appropriate welding methods and processes and quality controls are applied in each project, ensuring most effective and best practices are applied. The QSE will also support the review of coating application procedures and reports as part of integral part of the team
• Coaching and supervising ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) on-site Inspectors in topics related to welding. The QSE will be responsible that Company quality requirements and practices are executed during the project. The QSE will also be one of the initial points of contact for the Inspectors to solve incidents and investigation with suppliers
• Supporting Project/Package Quality Manager in the investigations of incidents related to welding and coating activities occurring during project execution. The QSE will be able to provide expert advice on mechanical topics to perform root cause analysis and find possible mitigation and prevention measures
• Responsibility for ensuring applicable suppliers continue to develop and implement best practices that emphasise defect prevention, reduction in variation and waste, provide continuous improvements and continue to meet quality standards required to minimise quality costs and maximise customer satisfaction whilst ensuring that procedures and processes are adhered t