ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CIVIL QA QC ENGINEER AT SITE
WHAT ARE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CIVIL QA QC ENGINEER AND INSPECTOR AT THE SITE?
A QA QC Engineer plays a very important role at the site. A competent QA QC Inspector/ Engineer at the site can prevent the rectification work and can prevent the big loss of the company. What are the detailed duties for Civil QA QC Engineer at the site and what should you write in your CV if you want to join an organization as a QA QC Engineer?
Duties of a QA QC engineer
A Step by step duty for a Quality engineer.
Table of Contents
PREPARING AN ITP
Qa Qc Engineer
is responsible to prepare Inspection Test Plan. ITP shall be prepared for each activity like earth work, concrete works, and etc. It shall include Controlling Documents, Acceptance Criteria, Nature/Extent of Inspection, Responsible Personnel, Verification Document, and Inspection Stage.
QA QC Engineer shall know about these inspection stages.
H refers to Hold – A stage during construction, Which is necessary to take approval from the responsible personnel. The execution team shall wait for the responsible person before starting the next activity until the previous activity is not approved by the consultant or QA QC.
W refers to Witness – A stage during construction where QA QC or Consultant may witness the work, but the execution team does not have to wait for acceptance and for the start next activity.
RM refers to Random Witness – A stage during construction when QA QC or Consultant may random witness the work, but the contractor does not have to wait for acceptance and for the start next activity.
R refers to Review of documents – A stage during construction activity where the only review of document will be done by QA QC or Consultant.
R/A refers to Review and Approval – A Stage during construction activity where the approval of work is done by review of documents.
S stands for Surveillance – A stage during construction where surveillance will be carried out during site visits.
PREPARING METHOD STATEMENT / JOB PROCEDURE
QA QC is responsible to prepare a method statement for activity and work. Before
starting a new activity, a method statement shall be prepared and shall be sent to the client or consultant for approval. Work shall be executed with the approved method statement only. Method statement shall be procedure shall be prepared with reference of the project specification, standards, complying with the material-technical datasheet.
Method statements shall be available at the site during construction activity.
1. Scope of work
2. Responsibilities of respective staff involved in work.
3. Materials details (If any)
4. Methodology or procedure
5. Format shall be attached with method statement like RFI, ITP, Inspection Report, Pour Card
6. Approved Risk assessment (RA), Job hazard analysis (JHA)
MATERIAL APPROVALS
Material approval
sheet shall be prepared by QA QC Engineer and shall be submitted to the client for approval.
A Qa Qc Engineer shall monitor without prior approval any material shall not be used, failing in this can lead to non-conformity and demolition of the work.
Qa QC Engineer shall regular follow up for the approval of material to prevent any delay in work progress. Qa Qc Engineer shall review material technical data sheet reference and vendor list with project specification requirement before submitting MAS.
Material approval shall cover the following details
1. BOQ reference shall be available
2. Specification Reference
3. Compliance statement for the material ref with specifications
4. Vendor List approval if any available
4. Technical Data Sheet and MSDS for the material if available
5. Test reports
6. Company Profile for the material
7. Company ISO Certificates and government approval
8. Previous approval from other projects.
SITE INSPECTION AND MATERIAL INSPECTION
SITE INSPECTION
QA QC inspector is responsible for site inspection. when a site engineer or sub-contractor raises/issues an RFI (Request for Inspection) to a Qa QC Engineer. A QA QC is responsible for reviewing the drawing before attending the inspection. QA QC Shall review the RFI that includes all the ITP Checkpoints and descriptions for the work.
QA QC Engineer shall give official notification to the client or consultant for the inspection before 24 hours.
QA QC Shall inspect first before given notification to the client to avoid any delay in the inspection. QA QC Shall be available at the time of inspection at the site with the latest approved drawing, survey report, RFI, and test report if any required for inspection like FDT, 7 days cube test reports, DFT, and etc.
Site Inspection
MATERIAL INSPECTION
QA QC is responsible for the material inspection report. A notification shall be raised to the consultant and client as soon as possible after material receiving.
Responsible QA QC Shall inspect the material first with the material approval sheet. Received material shall be approved and in good condition. Material shall be store as per manufacture recommendation.
It is very important that material test reports and invoices co-relates with the received material batch number.
ISSUING NCR AND SITE OBSERVATION
Respective QA QC is responsible to raise NCR and Site observation for his site. A QA QC is also responsible to monitor and surveillance of the site without RFI.
Any deviation to the specification and drawing shall be noted and notify to the respective site engineer and sub-contractor.
Site observation is issued to the execution team and sub-contractor during ongoing work and can rectify easily without any demolition work. Observation can be given in any minor deviation to the specification.
Non-conformity shall be an issue in any major deviation to the specification and drawing to the sub-contractor and execution engineer.
TRAIN TO THE SUPERVISORS, FOREMEN, AND OTHERS
QA QC Engineer is responsible for providing training related to work to the workers and staff. Any new work at the site shall not be started before the method statement is approved.
All workers and supervisors shall be trained by QA QC, training shall be recorded and shall get signed by each attendee. Photographs during training shall be recorded.
QA QC Engineers are responsible to conduct Quality Tool Box Training at the site regularly to improve the work competency of the workers.
Trained workers at the site reflect the quality work of the company.
MANAGING SITE LABORATORY AND LAB EQUIPMENT
QA QC Engineer is responsible for laboratory tests at the site for raw material as well as fresh and hardened concrete tests at the pouring location.
QA QC shall ensure all the laboratory equipment calibrations are updated.
Uncalibrated and equipment that having calibration after the due date shall be removed from the laboratory and shall not be used for tests.
DOCUMENTATION
QA QC
Engineer is responsible for the documentation of
the project
.
QA QC shall ensure all the documents are updated and attached with all required supportive documents.
some tips for super documentation work at the site.
Below areat the site.
1. Document shall be scanned as soon as possible after acknowledgment.
2. All dispatched documents like correspondence letters, MAS, RFI, shall be scanned before submission to the client.
3. All submitted and approved documents shall be updated in an online system for emergency backup.
4. Master file system sheet shall be developed for tracking the documents.
5. Log and register shall be prepared for the documents for easy access and a scanned copy hyperlink shall be attached for each file.
6. RFI log, FDT Log, Cube Log, Correspondence Log, Daily and Weekly report, NCR Log, Site observation Log, MAS Log, and other regular documents shall be maintained by preparing an excel log to access and track easily.
SOME OTHER DUTIES FOR QA QC AT SITE
QA QC Inspector and Engineer shall do some following activities to perform his duty well and to satisfy the client by his work.
1. QA QC Inspector/Engineer is responsible to visit the concrete batching plant regularly for raw material inspection and other activities at batching plant.
2. QA QC Inspector/Engineer is responsible to visit raw material resource plants to avoid any deviated material at the site. Raw material like Backfilling material, aggregate, and others.
3. QA QC Inspector/ Engineer shall visit the third-party laboratory to witness the test.
4. QA QC Shall review the test reports and other documents.
5. QA QC Shall arrange for the mock-up works for a new activity or for new materials.
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