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
