Responsible for end-to-end supplier quality assurance of electrical and instrumentation equipment, including motors, VFDs, transformers, PLCs, control panels, and hazardous-area equipment. Conducts supplier and incoming inspections, witnesses testing and FATs, verifies IEC and Ex compliance, reviews quality documentation, maintains traceability, raises and closes NCRs, coordinates corrective actions, audits suppliers, and supports final inspection release and dossier completion.
Position Summary
The E&I Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for end-to-end quality assurance of critical Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) bought-out equipment. The role ensures that supplied equipment meets customer requirements, approved engineering documents, purchase-order specifications, inspection and test plans, applicable standards, and statutory requirements before final release.
Key Responsibilities
- Own quality activities for critical E&I bought-out items, including:
- Electric motors
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
- Motor Monitoring Systems (MMS)
- Transformers
- Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
- Unit Control Panels (UCPs)
- Other electrical, instrumentation, control, and protection panels
- Perform supplier source inspections and incoming inspections in line with:
- Customer specifications
- Approved drawings and datasheets
- Purchase-order requirements
- Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs)
- Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs)
- Applicable IEC, ISO, customer, and project-specific standards
- Review and witness routine tests, type tests, and Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), ensuring:
- Approved test procedures are followed
- Test instruments are calibrated and traceable
- Test results comply with specification and standard requirements
- Test reports are complete, accurate, and approved before release
- Apply IEC 60034 series requirements for electrical rotating machines and motors, including motor performance, efficiency, temperature rise, insulation, vibration, noise, routine testing, and certification requirements.
- Verify compliance of Ex equipment with IEC 60079 series requirements, hazardous-area classifications, Ex marking, protection concepts, equipment certification, and validity of Ex certificates.
- Coordinate supplier inspections, third-party inspection agency (TPI) activities, customer inspections, and internal quality requirements to meet project schedules and inspection hold points.
- Review supplier quality documentation, including:
- Approved drawings and datasheets
- Material and component certificates
- ITPs, QAPs, and manufacturing schedules
- Routine and type test reports
- FAT reports
- Calibration certificates
- Ex certificates and compliance documents
- Final manufacturing and quality dossiers
- Maintain complete traceability of equipment, components, inspection status, test records, deviations, and release documentation throughout the supply cycle.
- Identify nonconformities and raise NCRs where equipment, documents, or test results do not meet requirements.
- Coordinate with suppliers for root-cause analysis (RCA), corrective and preventive action (CAPA), corrective action implementation, and closure verification of NCRs.
- Handle customer quality queries, complaints, deviations, and NCRs associated with E&I bought-out items, providing timely and technically sound responses.
- Conduct supplier quality audits, vendor visits, surveillance inspections, and remote inspections as required by the project or quality plan.
- Support the final inspection team by reviewing E&I quality dossiers, ensuring documentation completeness, closing inspection punch points, and supporting Inspection Release Note (IRN) issuance.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience in supplier quality, quality control, inspection, testing, or project quality for electrical and instrumentation equipment.
- Strong exposure to motors, VFDs, transformers, PLCs, switchgear, control panels, and hazardous-area equipment.
- Strong Knowledge about product certification like ATEX, Compex etc.
- Knowledge of IEC 60034 and IEC 60079 series standards.
- Experience in reviewing engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, datasheets, ITPs, QAPs, test procedures, and supplier documentation.
- Knowledge of FAT, routine testing, type testing, inspection release processes, and quality dossier compilation.
- Strong understanding of NCR, RCA, CAPA, deviation control, and supplier corrective-action follow-up.
- Ability to coordinate effectively with suppliers, customers, TPIs, engineering, procurement, project management, and final inspection teams.
- Strong technical judgment in E&I equipment inspection and compliance verification
- Attention to detail and documentation discipline
- Knowledge of hazardous-area and Ex compliance requirements
- Supplier quality management and problem-solving capability
- Clear communication with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple inspections and project priorities under schedule pressure
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