Quality assurance professional experienced in developing organization's quality strategy, procedures, and processes. Monitor quality performance from supply chain and throughout product development life cycle. Develop and sustain Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001 and other applicable standards and business requirements. Manage quality audit program to identify and resolve non-conformities and embed culture of continuous improvement.
Hi, I’m
Wilfred Kojo
Warri
Summary
Overview
15
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Oilserv Ltd
Quality Assurance Coordinator
02.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Within Oilserv Project(s), ensures the effective implementation of the company’s quality managementsystems, applying professional Quality tools, principles, to achieve quality objectives
- Ensures alignment of the company Quality Plan and Systems with Project contractual requirements
- Supportsthe project managerand projectteam in implementing the requirements of the businessmanagement system and ensuring contractual compliance throughout the project lifecycle i.e., (engineering, Procurement, construction, and Installations phases
- Responsible for the preparation and delivery of the Project Quality Plan and associated Quality
- Documentations
- Supervises, co-ordinate and monitor Quality performance on the project
- Management of nonconformity through Oilserv Non-conformity Management Process and NCR
- Register
- Tracks project performance against company global Quality metrics and projectspecific Key
- Performance Indicators KPIs as applicable
- Assist the Project Management Team in defining its QC resource requirements
- Schedules and conducts internal and external audits, surveillance visits and process reviews
- Assist when necessary to liaise with the client on all project Quality related matters including matters relating to the Independent Verific atio n Body as applicable
- Responsible for ensuring, where appropriate, all engineering and procurement documents are adequately endorsed with Quality requirements
- Closely monitors business areas where there are known costs of Loss, ensuring corrective actions are effectively implemented and verified
- Provides Quality support to ‘Supply Chain Management in respect of supplier and subcontractor approval, bid assessment, pre-award evaluationand vendor risk or post award performance management monitoring
- Monitorsproduct and service Quality at supplier and sub-contractor facilities
- Ensures supplier and sub-contractor inspectionand test plans are reviewed and endorsed with
- Quality requirements
- Drives and supports Knowledge management within the Project
- Interfacing with other projectQuality Assurance and Control Coordinators as required
- Supports continuousimprovement of the BusinessManagement Processes through identification of process ineffectiveness, trending, and selection of best practices within the project environment.
Oilserv Ltd
Procurement Quality Engineer
08.2022 - 02.2023
Job overview
- Ensures the implementation of Group Quality Management System (QMS)to project
- Review work packages, MYOs, YOQs, PLs, UIPs, speciation, and data sheets for completeness and accuracy within each PO
- Coordinate with all disciplines to ensure that quality requirements are enforced
- Implement Project Quality Plan base on Contract Requirement and QMS
- Review vendors’ and subcontractors’ project Quality plans, procedures, and documentation
- Liaising with Engineering, Procurement, and support teams for the approval of Quality plans, procedures, and documents
- Ensure projectQuality requirements are defined and documented in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) and PurchaseOrder (PO) and ‘Subcontracts
- Performs audit of subcontractors and vendors
- Identify project Quality requirements for any activities (Engineering, Procurement, Welding, Testing
- Reporting, Documentation, etc.) during the project execution, and provide guidance and/or procedures to project personnel to implement them
- Review vendor documentation to ensure that all Quality requirements are included
- Review of vendor reports, certificates, IPU inspection reports, MYEs, release notes, and all :nal documentation related to procured items and services
- Review of vendor reports, certificates, TPI inspection reports, MRBs, release notes, and all final documentation related to procured items and services
- Issue, follow-up and closeout of non-conformance and delivery of non-conformance reports
- Conduct or participate in PMT/PMC’s audit and reporting
- Participate in project meetings (bid review, KOM, PPM, production meetings, clarification meetings….)
- Communicate and coordinate directly with Vendors’ and Subcontractors’ quality department
- Manage and coordinate vendor inspection programme on assigned packages including TPI activities, ITP intervention activities, personnel qualification, qualification testing
- Review and approve inspection reports
- Support risk assessments related to Quality aspects
- Propose and follow up measures to reduce the identified risks
- Initiate preventive and corrective actions where potential risk to Quality is identified
- Organize quality verification activities on- and offshore
- Ensuring that Vendors’ QC personnel is adequately skilled, experienced, trained, educated, and qualified.
Vauxoil Nig. Ltd
Consulting Quality Manager
03.2021 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Coordinate the development of the management system for ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certifications
- Coordinate with process owners and management for effective implementation of the management system
- Within a Vauxoil Project(s) ensures the effective implementation of the company’s systems, professional
- Quality tools, principles, and objectives
- Ensures alignment of the Company Quality Plan and Systems with Project Contractual requirements
- Supports the project manager and project team in implementing the requirements of the management system, ensuring contractual compliance throughout the project life-cycle Engineering, Procurement
- Construction, and Installation phases
- Responsible for the preparation and delivery of the Project Quality Plan(s) and associated Quality
- Documentation
- Supervise, co-ordinate and monitor quality performance on the project
- Management of nonconformity through Vauxoil nonconformity Processes
- Tracks project performance against company quality metrics and project specific Key Performance
- Indicators (KPI’s) as applicable
- Assist the Project Management Team in defining its QC resource requirements
- Identification and Management of worksite deployed QC personnel
- Develops and manages QC Inspection Budget-projecting overspend, rework costs, tracking spend vs estimate etc
- Schedules and conducts internal and external audits, surveillance visits and process reviews
- Liaises with the Client on all project quality related matters including matters relating to the Independent
- Verification Body (IVB) as applicable
- Responsible for ensuring where appropriate, all engineering and procurement documents are adequately endorsed with quality requirements
- Closely monitors business areas where there are known Costs of Loss, ensuring corrective actions are effectively implemented and verified
- Provides quality support to Supply Chain Management in respect of supplier and subcontractor approval, bid assessment, pre-award evaluation and vendor risk/performance management post award
- Monitor product and service quality at supplier and sub-contractor facilities
- Ensures supplier and sub-contractor inspection and test plans are reviewed and endorsed with Quality requirements
- Drives and supports Knowledge management within the Project
- Supervising and mentoring other project quality assurance and control advisors as required
- Supports continuous improvement of the Management System through identification of process ineffectiveness, trending, and identification of best practices within the project environment.
Saipem-KOA
Senior Material and Welding Engineer
09.2020 - 02.2021
Job overview
- Conduct vendors assessment to ensure that potential vendors have capacities and capabilities to execute work scope in accordance with project specifications
- Review engineering specifications to identify materials needed for fabrication of structural items
- Supervise vendors during scope execution to ensure that work activities are carried out according to project requirements
- Communicate with vendors regularly to address any concerns and foster an environment that facilitates continual improvement in working relationships
- Provide technical guidance and advice to suppliers and to decision-makers within their organizations
- This guidance can range from advice on process enhancement to suggestions to overhaul production and fabrication elements to reduce defect rates
- Reviewing incoming supplies and products from vendors to check for defects and ensure quality
- Supervise the activities of the production staff and provide technical support and advice if they face a setback
- Keep track of project report and investigate into matters that may cause a delay in the project
- Review welding documents (WPS/PQR) issued by Manufacturer/Vendor
- Define and witness welding trial test for special material
- Manage technical meetings with Client/End User and involved manufacturers to solve metallurgical issues
- Manage failure analysis investigations
- Review WPS/PQR and heat treatment procedure for piping/pipeline, tank, sphere and special (golden joint) construction welds issued by sub-contractor
- Aid site activities and to the Welding Quality Control Supervisor/Inspectors
- Prepare purchase requisition of welding consumables for Special material.
Nigerstar7
QA-QC Engineer
06.2018 - 03.2020
Job overview
- Liaised with the Client on all project quality related matters including relating to the Independent
- Verification Body as applicable
- Responsible for ensuring, where appropriate, all engineering and procurement documents are adequate endorsed with quality requirements
- Monitored product and service quality at supplier and subcontractor facilities
- Participated in meetings with Project Team to support Project Manager/Package Led to assess risk of the quality and services being provided to the Client
- Ensured that third party inspectors are utilized and managed in accordance with supply chain and approved processes to ensure adequate levels of inspection resources are identified for current and up and coming work scopes
- Raised Request for Inspection forms (RFI) and Cost Time Resources sheets (CTR) for inspection work scopes
- Selected and appointed suitably qualified third-party inspectors and coordinated inspection activities to supplier sites to ensure key requirements are communicated and understood
- Worked with suppliers and Project Team, set external and internal control of work requirements for
- Client review, and implemented agreed inspection and test plan (ITP) for project specific products and services as required
- Worked closely with the Project Manager and Construction Manager to continually review project master document register and associated documents for accuracy, efficiency, and effectiveness
- Continually reviewed updated the Project Quality Plan, and supplier and subcontractor requirements in line with Contract
- Conducted internal and external audits and verifications in compliance with Company and Contractor requirements
- Reported Company quality management performance and key performance indicators to the Client in accordance with the Contract
- Provided QA support to supply chain management in respect of supplier and subcontractor assessment, and performance monitoring
- Utilized the company Synergy HSEQ Reporting System to report, review and improve business practices and procedures and minimize cost of loss to the business.
Marine Platform Ltd
Project Quality Manager
11.2017 - 05.2018
Job overview
- Developed & Controlled Quality documents such as Project Quality Plan, Project Specific Procedures
- Method Statements etc
- And subsequent approval from Client
- Supervising and mentoring other project quality assurance and control advisors as required
- Carried out the project specific quality control and assurance activities as detailed in the Project Quality
- Plan
- Reported promptly to the QHSE Manager and Project Manager all matters related to Project QMS performance including monitoring and collating ‘Quality Issues’ with the respective Project Leads
- Reviewed and approved Supplier/Subcontractor Inspection Test Plans (ITPs) and Procedures and expediting of the supplies
- Interfaced with Project Engineers, Project Quality Engineers, and Suppliers Quality Engineers to ensure surveillance activities are conducted as per the approved Suppliers/Sub-contractors ITPs
- Provided support to Project Engineers, Project Quality Engineers with verification and inspection release processes to ensure compliance
- Attended kick-off meetings with Client/Supplier/Subcontractor as required
- Monitored close out of Supplier/Subcontractor non-conformance in conjunction with Project Engineer and Project Quality Engineers
- Administrated and measured Completion Dossier progress, punch list issuance and follow up until closure
- Trained QA Team on Project Specifics quality execution requirements (Nonconformance system specific and reporting, Audit reporting specifics and reporting, quality documentation creation specifics and reporting, etc.)
- Developed audit scope in conjunction with Project Manager
- Assisted in the undertaking of both internal and external audit activities as required
- Participated (as necessary) in customer visits/audits at Suppliers/Subcontractors.
Nigerstar7
Installation QA-QC Engineer
05.2016 - 10.2016
Job overview
- Ensured that every aspect of fabrication is in accordance with the design and client’s requirements
- Ensured that safety remained the main priority on the construction Yard/Site always by regularly attending the toolbox meetings, raised safety observation, and intervened whenever necessary
- Ensured that all Welding activities related to Nigerstar7 scope are performed safely and efficiently in line with Subsea7 and its clients’ objectives by regularly monitoring all welding activities from issuance of drawing, cutting to the end of fabrication activities
- Overseen the activities of all site teams within my discipline to ensure that all technical, contractual, and cost information is properly recorded, collated and available for inspection/reference as required by company policy
- Managed construction interfaces within my discipline with others (engineering, other sub-projects) resolved
- Issues between different disciplines with intent of achieving overall good of the project
- Review subsea spool installation procedure to ensure that all relevant concern is addressed
- Monitor installation activities to ensure conformance with procedure and client specification.
Globestar Engineering
QA-QC Coordinator
10.2011 - 06.2015
Job overview
- Monitor the quality of work performed by site contractors and assist Construction Manager (CM) in managing the quality of work performed by the contractors
- Oversee directly or indirectly the activities of contractors to ensure the performed work by the contractors meets the requirements set in drawings, specifications, and contract documents through inspection and test plans (ITP)
- Responsible for reviewing construction contractor's quality management plan at the start of construction to verify compliance with project and regulatory code quality requirements
- Responsible for maintaining QA/QC records of the project and/or contracts
- Monitor the contractor's quality control program and its associated records (e.g., inspection request packages; pressure test packages; welders, NDT Technicians, and other trades qualifications records; calibration records for tools and instruments used for inspections; progression of As-built redline drawings) throughout construction
- Reports deficiencies to construction manager
- Review, amend and approve ITPs provided by contractors
- Review and monitor contractors’ regulatory activities, such as permits from TSSA and/or ESA or inspections by the Authorized inspectors, pertaining the project scope
- Ensures qualified personnel witness tests and/or attend inspections as called for in the ITP before acceptance of the contractor’s work
- Verifies through daily inspections and review of test results that proper record keeping has been implemented by the contractors as part of their contractual obligations
- Raises construction related non-conformance in accordance with project procedure and ensures they are tracked and reported
- Ensures construction punches and/or deficiencies are tracked, reported, and actively managed throughout construction and commissioning
- Ensure closure of all non-conformance and deficiencies for the contracts and/or project
- Ensures submitter packages, including construction turnover packages and As-Built redline drawings, submitted by contractors are complete and accurate
- Coordinates construction turnover to Commissioning.
Earlybird Nig. Ltd
Mechanical Technician
09.2009 - 10.2011
Job overview
- Successfully implemented visual inspection to complete correct installation and verification to confirm conformance of materials to applicable project specifications verification of all nameplate data
- I executed internal inspection of tanks and vessels before final closeout
- Accomplished inspection of piping system, cold alignment of pipe work, cold alignment of motors and pumps, bolt tensioning, leak testing and re-statement after leak testing
- Supported commissioning team during start-up and signing of B&C check sheets (Pre-Commissioning and
- Commissioning check sheets)
Education
Petroleum Training InstituteWarri, Delta, Nigeria
Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering
07.2004
University Overview
Skills
- Championed the development, implementation, and certification of Vauxoil HSEQ Management System
- Championed the development the development, implementation, and maintenance of Vauxoil IMS Procedures
- Actively supported the maintenance of Subsea7 (Nigerstar7) IMS Procedures
- Actively participated and supported the delivery of HSEQ plans in different organizations as listed in my experience
- Championed continuous improvement of different management systems to achieve organizational objectives
- Supported management of change, identification of, analysis, and reporting of change
- Promoted quality culture by educating staff on different quality management principles such as cost of non-quality training and involving staff in identification of quality issue, analyzing, and implementing solutions to resolve issues
- Liaised with different stakeholders in development of HSEQ performance metrics and monitoring of same
- I have extensive working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, 45001:2018 and others
Certification
- Certified ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Lead Auditor
- CMQ - Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence
- Certified Welding Engineer (CWEng) by American Welding Society (AWS)
- Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) by American Welding Society (AWS)
Personaldata
Personaldata
Warri, NigeriaTraining
Training
- Trained by Project Management Institute, USA on ''Built Environment Performance and Materials Management''
- Trained by Project Management Institute, USA on ''Built Environment Technology and Innovation''
- Trained by Project Management Institute, USA on ''Execution Planning in Built Environment''
- Trained by Project Management Institute, USA on ''Scope, and Change Order Management in Built Environment''
- Trained by Project Management Institute, USA on ''Interface Management in the Built Environment''
- Trained by Project Management Institute, USA on ''Contract and Risk Management in the Built Environment.
- Trained by 3-FOLD, Dubai on ''ISO 9001:2015 QMS Lead Auditor''
Timeline
Quality Assurance Coordinator
Oilserv Ltd
02.2023 - Current
Procurement Quality Engineer
Oilserv Ltd
08.2022 - 02.2023
Consulting Quality Manager
Vauxoil Nig. Ltd
03.2021 - 08.2022
Senior Material and Welding Engineer
Saipem-KOA
09.2020 - 02.2021
QA-QC Engineer
Nigerstar7
06.2018 - 03.2020
Project Quality Manager
Marine Platform Ltd
11.2017 - 05.2018
Installation QA-QC Engineer
Nigerstar7
05.2016 - 10.2016
QA-QC Coordinator
Globestar Engineering
10.2011 - 06.2015
Mechanical Technician
Earlybird Nig. Ltd
09.2009 - 10.2011
Petroleum Training Institute
Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering
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