Outage QA/QC Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by 1770971971
£35 Per hour
Undetermined
Undetermined
West Yorkshire
Summary: Astute’s Power team is seeking to hire four QA/QC Pressure Parts Engineers for a four-week outage in West Yorkshire, starting in April 2026. The positions include two day shifts and two night shifts, with a competitive hourly rate. The role requires extensive experience in QA/QC engineering, particularly in large industrial plants, with a focus on pressure parts. Candidates will be responsible for inspections, monitoring fabrication activities, and ensuring compliance with quality standards.
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.
- 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.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in QA/QC engineering, particularly in outages or shutdowns on large industrial plants.
- Strong understanding of pressure part manufacturing and installation practices.
- Ability to perform inspections and verify compliance with quality standards.
- Experience with welding activities and NDE processes.
- Proficient in documentation and reporting related to QA/QC processes.
- Strong communication skills for liaising with contractors and client representatives.
Salary (Rate): £35 per 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
Astute People are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
