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Job description
Blackfield Associates are currently partnered with a global pharmaceutical manufacturer to support their search for a Piping Quality Lead to join their project based in Indiana on an initial 12-month contract.
Key Responsibilities
Lead all piping quality activities throughout fabrication, installation, testing, commissioning, and turnover phases of the project.
Provide field-based oversight of piping fabrication, welding, and installation activities to ensure compliance with project specifications, approved drawings, owner requirements, and applicable piping codes and standards.
Perform and oversee weld quality inspections, reviewing welding procedures, welder qualifications, and non-destructive testing results to ensure compliance with quality requirements.
Conduct routine inspections, audits, and field walkdowns to verify workmanship, material compliance, and installation quality.
Oversee flushing, passivation, pressure testing, hydrotesting, and mechanical integrity verification activities for process and utility piping systems.
Ensure proper installation and integration of process, utility, hygienic, and high-purity piping systems throughout the facility.
Review and implement project quality plans, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), quality procedures, and turnover requirements.
Manage quality issues from identification through closure, including non-conformance reports (NCRs), corrective actions, root cause investigations, and verification of corrective measures.
Maintain accurate quality documentation, including inspection reports, testing records, turnover packages, quality metrics, and deficiency logs.
Coordinate closely with construction, engineering, commissioning, CQV, and contractor teams to drive quality performance and timely issue resolution.
Support system turnover and handover activities by ensuring piping systems meet quality, documentation, and regulatory requirements.
Promote a culture of quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and safe execution across all project stakeholders.
Experience Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent industry experience considered.
Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification required.
NDT certification and strong experience reviewing radiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, and dye penetrant inspection results.
Sufficient experience supporting piping, mechanical, and utility installations on large capital projects.
Proven experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, semiconductor, or other GMP-regulated manufacturing environments.
Strong knowledge of ASME B31.3, ASME welding standards, ANSI codes, and associated mechanical and piping regulations.
Experience supporting hygienic, high-purity, utility, and process piping systems in regulated facilities.
Demonstrated experience managing quality management systems, NCRs, corrective actions, turnover documentation, and inspection programs.
Familiarity with commissioning, qualification, and turnover requirements for critical process and utility systems.
Experience reviewing engineering drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, commissioning documentation, and turnover records.
Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive quality performance in a fast-paced construction environment.
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Worksite address
indiana, PA, 15705, US
Who can apply
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