Manufacturing Quality Control Engineer

ob Title: Quality Assurance Engineer / Quality Engineer

Industry: Metals, Steel, Fasteners & Pipe Fittings

Job Summary:
Responsible for ensuring that incoming raw materials, manufacturing processes, and finished products meet defined quality standards, customer specifications, applicable national/international standards, and company requirements. The role involves inspection, testing, documentation, supplier quality management, non-conformance handling, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect and verify incoming raw materials such as steel, stainless steel, alloy steel, carbon steel, and other metals.

• Perform dimensional, visual, mechanical, chemical, and material inspections as applicable.

• Inspect fasteners, bolts, nuts, washers, threaded components, flanges, elbows, tees, reducers, couplings, nipples, and other pipe fittings.

• Verify product specifications against drawings, purchase orders, inspection plans, and customer requirements.

• Check dimensions using instruments such as vernier calipers, micrometers, gauges, thread gauges, height gauges, and measuring equipment.

• Review and verify Material Test Certificates (MTC/MTR), heat numbers, traceability records, and test reports.

• Ensure compliance with applicable standards such as ASTM, ASME, API, ISO, DIN, EN, ANSI, BS, and IS, depending on product and customer requirements.

• Monitor manufacturing and inspection processes to identify defects and deviations.

• Raise and control Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and coordinate corrective/preventive actions.

• Conduct root-cause analysis using tools such as 5 Why, Fishbone, and 8D.

• Coordinate with production, purchase, engineering, stores, and suppliers to resolve quality issues.

• Conduct supplier inspections and evaluate supplier quality performance.

• Prepare inspection reports, quality records, test certificates, and customer documentation.

• Support customer inspections, third-party inspections, and pre-dispatch inspections.

• Ensure proper identification, segregation, and traceability of accepted, rejected, and reworked materials.

• Monitor calibration status of measuring and testing equipment.

• Participate in internal and external quality audits.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement, defect reduction, and customer satisfaction.

• Ensure adherence to the company's Quality Management System (QMS) and relevant ISO requirements.

Required Skills & Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of steel, metals, fasteners, and pipe fittings.

• Understanding of material grades, specifications, heat treatment, surface treatment/coating, and product identification.

• Knowledge of dimensional inspection and measuring instruments.

• Familiarity with MTC/MTR review and material traceability.

• Knowledge of applicable ASTM/ASME/API/ISO/DIN/EN/ANSI/IS standards.

• Understanding of welding, NDT, hardness testing, tensile testing, PMI, and other inspection methods is an advantage.

• Knowledge of NCR, CAPA, root-cause analysis, 8D, and quality improvement techniques.

• Good documentation and report-writing skills.

• Ability to read engineering drawings and technical specifications.

• Good communication and coordination skills.

Qualifications

• Diploma / Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Production Engineering, or a related field.

• Relevant experience in QA/QC within steel, metal products, fasteners, pipe fittings, valves, fabrication, or engineering manufacturing is preferred.

• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality-management practices is desirable.

• It is a Full Time Manufacturing job for candidates with 1 - 5 years of experience.