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Job Summary

Job Title:
Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist
Employer:
McDermott
Location:
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Administrative jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

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About the Organisation

Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist job at McDermott | Apply Now

Bulisa, Uganda

McDermott International Ltd is a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) services for the energy industry. With a history spanning over a century, McDermott has built a reputation for delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for complex offshore and onshore projects. The company's expertise covers a wide range of services, including oil and gas exploration, refining, petrochemical production, and renewable energy projects.

McDermott operates with a commitment to safety, quality, and environmental stewardship, ensuring that all projects meet the highest standards. The company leverages advanced technologies and a highly skilled workforce to execute projects efficiently and effectively. McDermott's global presence, with operations in key energy markets around the world, enables it to support clients with localized expertise and resources.

Through strategic partnerships and a focus on continuous improvement, McDermott drives value for its clients while contributing to the advancement of the energy sector. The company's robust portfolio includes numerous landmark projects that showcase its capability to handle large-scale, complex engineering challenges. McDermott's dedication to innovation and excellence positions it as a trusted partner in the evolving landscape of global energy.

Are you looking for Administrative jobs in Uganda 2025 today? then you might be interested in Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist job at McDermott

Full Time

Deadline: 

4 Nov 2025

Job Title

Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist job at McDermott

McDermott

Job Description

Job Title:   Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist

Organisation: McDermott

Duty Station: Buliisa, Uganda

Job Summary: The Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist is tasked with solving unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. They must proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business. They are considered a specialist in the field of Operations, and they offer a broad base of knowledge about the Quality function. They impact the direction and resource allocation of programs and projects in their discipline and work within general functional policies and industry guidelines. The Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist role requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop creative solutions to Operations challenges.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

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How to Apply

  • Liaise daily with the project quality manager to ensure they are informed of any day-to-day issues that may influence the project

  • Coordinate daily with the quality team to ensure adequate resources are available for daily activities. Provide mentoring and coaching to the team as required for each discipline.

  • Review contract scope of work, specification, Project Execution Plan, and accepted qualifications and identify unique requirements or special processes during the project that require control for effective examination & reliability

  • Direct, supervise, and participate in the activities of the Project Management Team to ensure product quality

  • Initiate Quality Planning by consulting the proactive and preventive measures identified and evaluate the effectiveness of the Project Quality Plan/procedures necessary to achieve product quality

  • Initiate Fit for Purpose evaluation for non-conforming items

  • Assure through proper utilization of resources and audit verification of the effective execution of the Project Quality Plan

  • When required, develop a Project Quality Plan to cover all customer requirements to a level of detail necessary to ensure integration within the Project Quality Plan

  • Liaise with the project Personnel and Customers to ensure that Quality problems are addressed and technically resolved

  • Oversee the As-Built Project Certification as it is progressed through work approval packages and monitor the progress/status of mechanical completion

  • Prepare Quality related ‘lessons-learned’ through project Close-out Report

  • Conduct Readiness Review meetings with all QA/QC disciplines

  • Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of Project Quality data

  • Assign source inspectors and provide them with Inspection Assignment Package (specification, ITP, Drawing, Supplier location, etc.) details and coordinate inspection and testing activities with the supplier, client, and CA where required

  • Coordinate with TPI agencies to search for a suitable and qualified inspector for the assignment

  • Liaise with Quality Inspector/Engineering/Expeditor to assist in resolving supplier’s query

  • Maintain the project Inspection schedule effectively, as per the plan

  • Prepare weekly MOM, Monthly reports (QMR), Project specific Inspection Assignment documents

  • Plan and arrange for Pre-Inspection Meeting along with the Manager Assurance, Quality Inspectors Expeditor, Package Manager, Supplier, and Client

  • Verify expense reports submitted by inspectors are claimed correctly for the inspection visit days and are attached with bills where required and process for PMT approvals

Senior Principal Quality Ops Specialist job at McDermott

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  • Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of study preferred

  • 15 + years of experience in quality control or relevant field related to EPC

  • Proficient with computers and Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook

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