Outage QA/QC Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Astute People
£35 Per hour
Undetermined
Undetermined
West Yorkshire
Summary: The role of QA/QC Pressure Parts Engineer involves performing inspections and ensuring quality control for boiler pressure parts during a 4-week outage in West Yorkshire starting in April 2026. The position requires expertise in manufacturing surveillance, welding verification, and compliance with industry standards. Candidates must have experience in outages or shutdowns on large industrial plants, particularly in Waste to Energy or Power plants. The role offers both day and night shifts with a competitive hourly rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform inspections of boiler pressure parts including membrane walls, superheaters, economisers, headers, drums, and associated pipework.
- Carry out manufacturing surveillance at vendor workshops, including monitoring fabrication activities against ITPs and project requirements.
- Verify welding activities including fit-up, welding parameters, weld mapping, and compliance with approved WPS/PQRs.
- Confirm welder qualifications and ensure consumables and welding processes meet specification requirements.
- Witness and review NDE activities (UT, RT, MT, PT) and confirm acceptance to relevant standards.
- Verify material traceability including heat numbers, MTRs, and PMI requirements where applicable.
- Witness pressure testing/hydrostatic testing and ensure test preparation and documentation is completed correctly.
- Record inspection results, produce reports, and support compilation of QA/QC documentation and turnover packs.
- Raise quality concerns and NCRs, supporting corrective action implementation and close-out.
- Liaise with contractors, site supervision, and client representatives to ensure quality expectations are met.
Key Skills:
- Experience as a QA/QC engineer in outages or shutdowns on large industrial plants, preferably Waste to Energy and/or Power plants.
- Strong understanding of pressure part manufacturing and installation practices.
- Ability to perform inspections and verify compliance with industry standards.
- Proficient in welding verification and NDE activities.
- Strong communication skills for liaising with contractors and client representatives.
Salary (Rate): £35/hour
City: West Yorkshire
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Astute's Power team are looking to recruit x 4 QA/QC Pressure Parts Engineers on a 4 week outage in West Yorkshire starting in April 2026. There are x 2 positions on days, x 2 positions on nights.
The QA/QC Pressure Parts Engineer roles come with an hourly rate of £30-35.
Key skills required for QA/QC Pressure Parts Engineer role
- Perform inspections of boiler pressure parts including membrane walls, superheaters, economisers, headers, drums, and associated pipework.
- Carry out manufacturing surveillance at vendor workshops, including monitoring fabrication activities against ITPs and project requirements.
- Verify welding activities including fit-up, welding parameters, weld mapping, and compliance with approved WPS/PQRs.
- Confirm welder qualifications and ensure consumables and welding processes meet specification requirements.
- Witness and review NDE activities (UT, RT, MT, PT) and confirm acceptance to relevant standards.
- Verify material traceability including heat numbers, MTRs, and PMI requirements where applicable.
- Witness pressure testing/hydrostatic testing and ensure test preparation and documentation is completed correctly.
- Record inspection results, produce reports, and support compilation of QA/QC documentation and turnover packs.
- Raise quality concerns and NCRs, supporting corrective action implementation and close-out.
- Liaise with contractors, site supervision, and client representatives to ensure quality expectations are met.
Must be an experienced QA/QC engineer outages or shutdowns on large industrial plants, preferably Waste to Energy and/or Power plants.
Must hold strong understanding of pressure part manufacturing and installation practices.
Location, day rate and timeframe of the QA/QC Pressure Parts Engineer role
West Yorkshire
£30/35 per hour
April 2026 - May 2026
Days / Nights
7 days / 12 hrs
INDPOW
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