An experienced Quality Assurance Engineer is required in Abu Dhabi to implement and monitor Quality Control and Inspection systems across company projects, ensuring strict compliance with contractual requirements and international codes and standards. This role is exclusively suited to professionals with a minimum of 5 years of QA/QC experience in dredging and civil marine projects, a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, and a mandatory ISO 9001-2015 Certification.
About This Dredging & Civil Marine QA/QC Role
Sector: Dredging and civil marine projects — Abu Dhabi’s most specialised QA/QC environment
Mandatory Certification: ISO 9001-2015 — this is a non-negotiable requirement for all applicants
Scope: Implement and monitor QC and inspection systems across the company and its projects
Standards: Strict compliance with contractual requirements and international codes throughout execution
Why This Quality Assurance Role Stands Out
QA Dashboard Ownership: Ensure daily collation and logging of QC data on the QA/QC dashboard
NDT & Welding Procedures: Perform specific tasks in the development of welding and NDT procedures
Non-Conformance Management: Follow up and drive timely resolution of all NCRs and corrective action plans
Progressive Documentation: Ensure QC inspection documentation always reflects current inspection and test status
Position Overview
This Quality Assurance Engineer assists in preparing project-specific QA/QC plans and procedures, coordinates with field inspection and construction teams to apply project quality control systems, ensures collation and logging of daily QC data on the QA/QC dashboard, follows up with the field inspection team on non-conformances and corrective actions, monitors inspection activities, reviews and follows up non-conformance reports, ensures proper progressive documentation of QC inspection activities, performs tasks in the development of welding and NDT procedures, and ensures full compliance with HSE policies and standards.
Why This Role Matters: As Quality Assurance Engineer on dredging and civil marine projects in Abu Dhabi, you protect project quality and contractual compliance across every inspection activity, manage non-conformance reports from identification through corrective action closure, maintain QA/QC dashboards and progressive documentation used by senior leadership, contribute to welding and NDT procedure development, and build a specialist QA career in one of the UAE’s most technically demanding marine civil engineering environments.
Key Responsibilities
QC Plans, Procedures & Standards
- Assist to prepare project-specific QA/QC plans and procedures for senior colleague review and approval in line with project quality requirements
- Ensure that only project quality procedures and applicable standards and specifications are available at the job location
- Coordinate with field inspection and construction teams to ensure project quality control systems and plans are applied
QC Dashboard, Inspection & Non-Conformance Management
- Ensure collation and logging of daily QC data on the QA/QC dashboard
- Follow up with the field inspection team to ensure timely resolution of non-conformities and implementation of corrective action plans
- Monitor inspection activities and ensure daily work is carried out within project timeframes and standards
- Review and follow up non-conformances identified during inspections
Documentation, NDT & HSE Compliance
- Ensure proper progressive documentation of QC inspection activities always reflects current inspection and test status
- Perform specific assigned tasks in the development of welding and NDT procedures
- Ensure full compliance with HSE policies, processes, procedures, and standards throughout project execution
Qualifications & Requirements
Mandatory Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering — Mandatory
- ISO 9001-2015 Certification — Mandatory
- Minimum 5 years of related work experience in dredging and civil marine projects — Mandatory
About This Quality Assurance Opportunity — Abu Dhabi
Join a specialised dredging and civil marine project team in Abu Dhabi as Quality Assurance Engineer — a role central to ensuring all project activities comply with contractual requirements and international quality codes. With mandatory ISO 9001-2015 certification, a Civil Engineering degree, and 5+ years in dredging and civil marine QA/QC, this role places experienced quality professionals at the core of Abu Dhabi’s active marine infrastructure and coastal engineering project environment.
Career Excellence: Lead quality assurance compliance on dredging and civil marine infrastructure projects in Abu Dhabi’s active marine engineering sector.
Who Should Apply?
- Dredging & Marine QA/QC Engineers: With 5+ years of hands-on quality assurance experience in civil marine projects
- ISO 9001-2015 Certified Professionals: Holding valid ISO 9001-2015 certification — mandatory prerequisite
- NCR & Non-Conformance Specialists: Experienced following up and closing non-conformance reports on marine civil projects
- NDT & Welding QA Practitioners: With exposure to welding and NDT procedure development and compliance
- QA Dashboard & Documentation Engineers: Proficient in daily QC data logging and progressive inspection documentation
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