Manager QA/QC

Role overview

This position is for a QA/QC Manager working on a civil engineering project in Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The role focuses on setting up, monitoring, and improving quality systems across execution, testing, documentation, and compliance.

Quality assurance responsibilities

• Review, endorse, and keep track of the project’s Quality Assurance Plans (QAP), Inspection & Test Plans (ITP), and method statements/work procedures.
• Verify that project execution follows contract terms, applicable IS Codes, ASTM standards, international standards, and the expectations set by the client and consultant.
• Plan, conduct, and supervise internal as well as external quality audits.
• Carry out vendor and subcontractor quality audits.
• Promote continual improvement actions and capture lessons learned for future execution.

Quality control responsibilities

• Oversee inspection and testing for concrete works such as mass concreting, RCC, and shotcrete.
• Monitor quality checks for underground works including tunneling, surge shafts, and caverns.
• Ensure quality control for dam and water conductor system works.
• Manage inspection of structural steel, reinforcement, and formwork activities.
• Approve material sources and confirm testing for cement, aggregates, steel, and admixtures.
• Ensure testing equipment remains properly calibrated.
• Track field and laboratory testing performed at site and through third-party laboratories.
• Review NDT outcomes and geotechnical investigation findings.

Documentation and reporting

• Maintain a strong document control system for the project.
• Examine and approve inspection reports, test results, material approvals, and quality dossiers.
• Prepare monthly quality reports and management KPI dashboards.
• Ensure all quality records are complete and traceable.

Compliance and risk management

• Ensure the work complies with statutory requirements and environmental and safety norms.
• Identify quality risks early and put mitigation measures in place during project execution.
• Coordinate QA/QC activities with EHS and project planning teams.

Stakeholder coordination

• Serve as the main quality contact for the client, consultants, and third-party inspection agencies.
• Lead quality review meetings and site inspections.
• Work with design and execution teams to close technical quality issues.

Technical focus areas

• Hydropower and pumped storage project civil structures.
• Dam engineering and underground construction.
• Concrete technology, including mass concreting and temperature control.
• ISO 9001 quality systems, QA/QC tools, root cause analysis, and CAPA.
• Leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management.

Education requirement

B.E. or B.Tech in Civil Engineering is mandatory. A preferred higher qualification is M.Tech in Structures, Geotechnical Engineering, or Hydropower. Certifications in Quality Management, ISO Auditing, or NDT will be an added advantage.