QA/QC Engineer

Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula:

Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.

Role Overview

We are seeking a driven and detail-oriented QA/QC Engineer to support quality assurance and quality control activities for major mission-critical and data center projects in KSA.

The role will be responsible for conducting site inspections, monitoring contractor compliance, reviewing Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs), supporting NCR management, maintaining quality records, and ensuring construction activities comply with approved drawings, specifications, procedures, contractual requirements, and applicable quality standards.

The ideal candidate has hands-on QA/QC experience on large-scale construction, infrastructure, EPC, PMC, or mission-critical projects and a practical understanding of ISO 9001, inspection processes, NCRs, quality documentation, and construction quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Conduct QA/QC inspections and surveillance activities across assigned construction works.

• Verify that construction activities comply with approved drawings, project specifications, contractual requirements, method statements, procedures, and applicable quality standards.

• Perform FOK, installation, PUE, and other required project quality inspections.

• Review and monitor contractor Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs), checklists, inspection requests, and supporting quality records.

• Witness inspections and testing activities in accordance with approved ITPs.

• Identify non-conforming work and support the preparation and issuance of Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs).

• Monitor NCRs through corrective action and closure and escalate unresolved or recurring quality issues to the QA/QC Manager.

• Support root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

• Monitor workmanship, materials, installations, and construction activities for compliance with project requirements.

• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, vendors, discipline engineers, and project teams to resolve quality-related issues.

• Review material inspection requests, work inspection requests, test records, certificates, and related quality documentation.

• Maintain accurate inspection records, quality reports, NCR logs, punch lists, and supporting evidence.

• Support internal and external quality audits and surveillance activities.

• Identify recurring quality issues, trends, and areas of concern and report them to the QA/QC Manager.

• Assist in preparing quality KPIs, reports, dashboards, and project quality statistics.

• Support testing, commissioning, punch-list closeout, handover, and final quality documentation.

• Verify completion and availability of quality records required for system and project handover.

• Promote compliance with the Project Quality Management Plan and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

• Support implementation of the Project Quality Management System across assigned work packages.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

• Relevant QA/QC engineering experience on construction, infrastructure, EPC, PMC, or major capital projects.

• Hands-on experience with site inspections, ITPs, inspection requests, quality documentation, and NCR management.

• Good understanding of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.

• Experience reviewing construction activities against approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and project quality requirements.

• Experience identifying non-conformances and following corrective actions through closure.

• Knowledge of root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action processes.

• Strong documentation, reporting, and record-management skills.

• Ability to coordinate effectively with contractors, consultants, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.

• Strong communication, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on hyperscale data center or mission-critical projects.

• Previous experience within a PMC, consultant, EPC, or major contractor environment.

• ISO 9001 Internal Auditor, Lead Auditor, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), or equivalent quality certification.

• Familiarity with electronic Quality Management Systems and document control platforms.

• Experience supporting commissioning quality activities and handover documentation.

• Knowledge of international construction quality standards and best practices.

• Familiarity with FIDIC contracts and associated QA/QC requirements.

• Experience preparing quality reports, dashboards, NCR statistics, and quality performance metrics.

Position Details

• Position: QA/QC Engineer

• Department: Quality Assurance & Quality Control

• Location: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Work Setting: Onsite

• Employment Type: Full-time

Productivity Tools

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Electronic Quality Management Systems

• Document Control Platforms

• Quality Reporting and Dashboard Tools

Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status or characteristic protected by applicable law.

Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.