Project Quality Assurance Engineer

Project Quality Assurance Engineer – Deepwater Oil & Gas
Location: Paris La Défense or Pau, France
Start Date: 1 September 2026
Duration: 12 months

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Project Quality Assurance Engineer to support the H3SEQ Manager on a major deepwater oil & gas development in Namibia.

This is a high-profile, technically complex project involving the development of offshore facilities in approximately 3,000m water depth, with a CAPEX exceeding $10 billion. The development includes 38 wells and major SURF, SPS, FPSO, Drilling & Wells, O&M and Offloading packages.

The successful candidate will play a key transverse role in implementing and maintaining the Project Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring quality performance across the project and its contractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Project Quality Assurance activities through the development, implementation and maintenance of a robust Quality Management System (QMS).
• Develop and maintain quality procedures, dashboards, reporting tools and performance indicators in coordination with Project Managers and Package Quality Leads.
• Coordinate transverse QA/QC processes and tools, including Non-Conformity Reports (NCRs) and Third-Party Inspections (TPI).
• Coordinate quality activities across multiple project packages, including SURF, SPS, FPSO, O&M, Drilling & Wells and Offloading.
• Ensure quality issues are identified, recorded, progressed and closed out in accordance with Company specifications and project requirements.
• Organise regular quality review and issue-identification meetings with project packages and contractors.
• Monitor quality-related actions and ensure timely, appropriate and risk-based responses.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment of quality requirements between project teams, package teams and contractor counterparts.
• Support audits and ensure effective follow-up and close-out of findings and actions.
• Map quality processes, identify inefficiencies and implement continuous improvement and LEAN initiatives.
• Develop and monitor KPIs to drive quality and project performance.
• Promote a strong performance culture and integrated "one-team" approach across the various project packages.
• Contribute to project close-out reporting and capture relevant lessons learned.
• Ensure HSE requirements are systematically integrated into the Quality Management process.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a senior Quality professional with significant experience in major oil & gas projects, ideally within offshore, deepwater, FPSO or large-scale EPC developments.

You should have:

• Extensive experience in Project Quality Assurance / Quality Management within the oil & gas industry.
• Strong knowledge of QMS, QA/QC processes, NCR management, TPI and audits.
• Experience coordinating quality activities across multiple project packages, contractors and locations.
• Experience working within complex, multi-disciplinary and international project environments.
• Strong understanding of project performance management, KPIs and continuous improvement.
• Experience with major EPC/EPCI contractors and/or operator-side project organisations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to work transversely across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operations teams.
• A strong understanding of HSE requirements and their integration into project quality processes.
• Previous experience on FPSO, subsea, SURF, SPS or deepwater projects would be highly advantageous.

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