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Principal Quality Operations Specialist

McDermott

Milano, ITonsitePosted Jun 5, 2026

Skills

excel

About the role

Job Overview:

The Principal Quality Operations Specialist interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices. They may be tasked with solving complex operations-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Quality Operations Specialist may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of operations. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in operations and broad knowledge of the operations discipline within the quality function.

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

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

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

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

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

Essential Qualifications and Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of study preferred

10+ years in a relevant field related to EPC

Lead auditor certification and experience preferred

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

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