Quality Assurance Quality Control Inspector

• Aug 2021 - Present

Quality Assurance Quality Control Inspector

• Nov 2017 - Jul 2021

• Management representative on ISO9001 & ISO3834Generating Quality Control Plans for each project/job and ensuring they are approved by client/ 3rd party. • Review all parts material certification to ensure they are the required material and in the correct condition chemically and mechanically as specified by client, drawing or specification.• Reviewing contracts, customer requirements, specifications and quotes on each job/ project to ensure we comply with contract terms in regards to work that has to be performed.• Ensuring the raw material is the correct sizes for machining.• Witness setup on milling and CNC machines.• Reviewing welding documentation and signing off on weld cards.• Dimensional inspection on all machined parts and signing off on dimensional sheets.• Dimensional inspection on all fabricated parts and assemblies.• Issuing NCRS’s and maintaining NCR register• Investigating, following up on all NCR’s and completing cost sheets.• Co-ordinating all NDT projects and maintaining register for all parts tested.• Co-ordinating PMI Tests (Material identification tests)• Doing hardness tests to confirm material is as specified.• Ensuring all relevant mechanical and chemical testing is done as required by client, if not sending samples to be tested as per the specified procedure and reviewing documentation.• Interpreting metallurgical laboratory results.• internal ISO 9001 & ISO 3834 Auditing.• Facilitating external audits from TUV Rheinland, SAIW & various clients.• Ensuring proper procedure, material & sufficient material is used for weld build ups to be able to clean during machining phase.• Signing off at all processes of the QCP.• Facilitating 3rd party and or client inspections.• Completing dimensional reports on each part of every job and filing them.• Failure reports and dimensional reports for reverse engineering and or recondition jobs.• Attending management meetings. • Compiling data packs/ Books for every project/ job.

Quality Assurance Quality Control Inspector

• Sep 2015 - Nov 2017

• Generating Quality Control Plans on all projects at Renlyn Engineering. Completed projects for: Gold Fields South Deep, Sibanye Gold, Obaro, Neptek, MineArc, Draeger, Northam, Infigro, Anglo American, Watercare Mining, Wesizwe Bakubung Platinum, Overlooked Colliery, G4 EPS, Worley Parsons, Petra Diamonds.• Signing off on all QCPs at each activity.• Compiling Data Books on all projects.• Responsible for all Quality at Renlyn Engineering Manufacturing, Welding, Coating and machining.• Inspections of manufactured parts dimensional checks and signing off on tack welded assemblies for welding.• Inspection of machined parts from suppliers.• Visual Inspections after welding.• Inspections on coatings• Representative for Quality at all management and kick off meetings.• Ensuring welders & welding is qualified on the relevant WPS, PQR & WQC• Ensuring all products are made to specifications• Responsible for issuing and following up on NCRs for any non-conforming situation at Renlyn Engineering• Writing standard operating procedures.• Ensuring procedures are followed when workshop is working.• Ensuring all defects are repaired.• Liaising with Renlyn and customer Engineers when concession request is required.• Controlling of suppliers.• Reporting on all Inspections at hold points.• Liaising with customer Inspectors.• Liaising with external auditors and facilitating audits.• Health & Safety Representative.• Updating Health & Safety File.• Incident investigation.• Safety awareness in workshop.• Conducting toolbox talks• Ensuring time sheets of all workshop staff is filled in before signing off on parts.

QC Technician/ Supervisor

• Sep 2014 - Sep 2015

• Checking on quality of all pipes. Spark testing, wet sponge testing, checking coating and lining thicknesses.• Issueing job cards for repairs.• Managing repair crew ,signing off on over time sheets and planning working hours.• Calculating losses on bituguard plant. (Saving the company R200 000 per week by proactively finding and monitoring root causes to act on abnormalities in production process and bring the losses down) • Created a sheet on which anyone can calculate bituguard losses.• Assisted in writing procedures on lining and coating plants.• Reporting on all reworks in management meetings.• Creating work schedules for repairers, and estimating time each repair will take.• Ordering stock for coating & lining plant and internal & external blasters in the absence of the Team Leader.• Finding solutions to stop defects if we have a large amount of pipes with defects coming from production.• Continuesly finding ways to speed up production, by means of time trial and checking where we are wasting to much time.• Compiling lists of all pipes with defects on them on all contracts.• Monitoring usages per pipe if required (when losses go up)• Developing strategies to get repairs done more efficiently to create space in the yard with the resources available.

Service Advisor Lead

• 2013 - 2014

• Finding ways of continuously improving our product by means of a Non-Conformance report. If a product does not comply with standards it is identified, rectified and recorded for continues improvement so that it does not occur again.• Ensuring that relevant processes are followed at all times.• Reporting all problems in workshop.• Managing workshop staff. • Ensuring that 62 point checklist is done and signed by the relevant technician.• Completing of job cards.• Creating quotations.• Finding of suppliers• Ordering and controlling stock• Created a system to control stock by means of designating areas and labelling them. • Responsible for selling of all parts of on any vehicles, windshields, batteries and tools.• Building relationships with clients (especially in transport industry).• Building a customer base and maintaining customers.• Creating brochures for marketing.• Promotional work for example, golf days and shows.• Identifying potential clients approaching them.• Following up on existing clients and continuously improving on service.• Created a quality system to comply with ISO 9001:2008 standards.