E&I Supplier Quality Engineer

E&I Supplier Quality Engineer

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