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JOB TITLE: Director of Global Quality Management

LOCATION: Sharjah, UAE

REPORTS TO: VP of Quality

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The Director of Global Quality Management and Compliance leads global quality management and is responsible for its compliance through planning and leading companywide internal and external audits. The role is also responsible for analysis of Customer Satisfaction Insights and defining improvement actions based on the inputs received from customers.

The role supports quality Function for some other assigned activities explained below.

This individual must be able to work collaboratively across the organisation with people from diverse backgrounds, engaging with multiple Functions, Business units and corporate team.

The candidate must be a proven business leader with the desire and experience to drive strategic change and operational execution with high level of analytics, communication, and collaboration skills. The candidate will be skilled in how to work with diverse teams.

KEY DUTIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Process Compliance and Audits

Design and lead Annual Internal Audit program (for on high-risk processes/projects), drive and monitor it\xe2\x80\x99s effectiveness through closure of the audit findings.

Optimize the quality audit program across the group and enhance the efficiency of the quality audits in line with the group and Improve audit finding closure cycle team.

Maintain a competent pool of auditors, lead and assign them for the scheduled audits and ensure resource utilisation.

Ensure a robust and digital mechanism and process for recording the audit plan and audit finding.

Conduct periodic review of audit results, analyse, suggest process improvements. Escalate overdue audit findings to relevant stakeholders for necessary intervention

Provide process improvement recommendations from audit results

ISO 9001:2015 QMS

Implement ISO 9001:2015 and maintain the compliance with the certificate

Ensure the organizational structure, procedures, processes and resources for the Quality Management System and implementation of quality management are adequate to meet the needs of the business and conform to all applicable regulatory requirements.

Maintain Service Agreement with Certification body (Lloyds Register) for ISO 9001:2015 Certification, Recertification, and periodic surveillance visit and act as the main point of contact. Manage external quality audits as per ISO 9001:2015 and Petrofac requirements considering contractual requirements

Manage QMS umbrella certification across E&C & AS business lines and provide guidance to other offices (operating centres) for managing the QMS certification requirements

Lead quality MRM(Quality Management Review Meetings) & external Audits Calendar for Petrofac service lines (E&C & AS)

Lead QMS council across the various quality departments.

Drive the harmonization and standardization of Quality level 2 documents across the company (as part of the Global Management System initiative).

Support delivery of the Quality Induction for new joiners and drive compliance.

Customer Feedback Analysis

Act as a customer survey focal point from Quality.

Drive and facilitate stakeholder discussion and actions post survey, agree on actions with accountability on ownership and closure.

Identify improvements from customer survey results

Project/Contract Quality Requirement & Quality Recourses

Review Quality requirements at pre-award phase and support on technical bid evaluations.

Represent quality function in customer meetings on the pre-award and evaluation phase.

Support quality function on the recruiting, selecting, and interviewing quality personnel, including discipline inspectors and coordinators.

Support putting in place a resource evaluation mechanism.

General

Measure and report agreed KPIs related to the above areas and present the performance results of audits, customer survey, MRM actions, etc., in the monthly quality review meetings.

Work closely with GMS(BMS) system leader who maintains the management system platform.

Work closely with Director of Continuous Improvement and identify improvement opportunities from different sources, i.e. Audits, Lessons Learnt, business and Customer feedback

Support coaching and mentoring quality employees and empowering them to drive change within their own areas of responsibility.

KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor\'s/Master\xe2\x80\x99s Degree preferred in Engineering or similar.

Must hold ISO 9001:2015 QMS Auditor certification and IRCA registered.

Preferably Certifications in Project Management

A minimum of 3 years in a senior quality management role.

Oil and Gas and EPC industry process knowledge

Must have experience in executing and managing the audits.

Knowledge on Customer Satisfaction survey process and relevant improvements.

Able to manage external audits and maintain ISO 9001:2015 QMS umbrella certification.

SKILL:

Project management experience.

Proven track record leading large scale operational and strategic projects.

Ability to lead through change and inspire agility/flexibility amongst team

Change management capability.

Strong oral and written communication skills.

Able to build collaborative relationships.

Strong digital acumen, ability to leverage technology to create competitive advantage and increase productivity and efficiency

Strong leadership skills through direct and matrixed organisation.

Ability to effectively communicate current processes and future solution recommendations.

EXPERIENCE:

Experience of the Management Systems and ISO9001-2015

15-20 years of experience in a relevant environment, with a minimum of 10 years in oil and gas sector.

5+ years of experience in Energy sector

Excellent coaching capabilities.

Experience managing teams.

Demonstrated ability to lead complex problem-solving efforts to achieve business objectives

Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and confidently defend informed recommendations.

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