Senior Assurance Specialist - QHSES Systems
Posted date [2026-08-04]
(ID: 49053)
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McDermott is a global engineering and construction company delivering advanced solutions for the energy sector. The company focuses on transforming energy resources into essential products through innovative, technology-driven approaches across the full project lifecycle, from concept to decommissioning. With operations in more than 30 countries, McDermott combines a skilled workforce, specialized marine assets, and international fabrication capabilities to support large-scale energy projects. The organization plays a key role in developing efficient, reliable, and sustainable energy infrastructure worldwide.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Assurance Specialist - QHSES SystemsJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Assurance Specialist - QHSES Systems
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Quality Assurance-Safety
Experience: Minimum 8 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
The Senior Assurance Specialist - QHSES Systems role in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, offers an experienced quality professional the opportunity to strengthen assurance practices within the Oil and Energy industry. McDermott International requires a specialist who can establish management systems, improve controlled documentation, lead audits and root-cause investigations, and turn performance data into measurable improvements.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Quality Assurance-Safety
Salary: AED 18000-28000 per month
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Dubai; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
This position supports QHSES Assurance activities affecting operational, project, customer, and service functions.
Working across organizational boundaries, the specialist provides practical expertise, advises less-experienced colleagues, and ensures that quality initiatives remain aligned with internal policies, recognized standards, and business requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Contribute to the creation and implementation of a new organizational management system.
* Coordinate with functional process experts on significant quality-system initiatives.
* Engage Quality Directors when resolving complex issues with cross-functional implications.
* Configure and maintain document attributes needed for reliable quality-system reporting.
* Support the controlled removal of outdated practices and documents from existing systems.
* Train new team members in relevant systems, procedures, and documentation requirements.
* Help establish and enforce standard templates for new and revised company documents.
* Advise process owners on document creation, classification, organization, and management.
* Track execution-plan activities and provide clear progress reports to management.
* Encourage functions to integrate quality-management principles into daily work.
* Draft, structure, edit, and maintain company procedures and engineering documentation.
* Ensure continuity of language, structure, terminology, and presentation across documents.
* Simplify complex content without reducing its technical accuracy.
* Control updates and revisions to technical literature.
* Review documents for clarity, grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and consistency.
* Prepare and assess procedures and work instructions.
* Assist proposal teams with quality-related content for project bids.
* Conduct scheduled internal and external audits and issue timely reports.
* Manage quality KPIs, indicators, and performance-monitoring processes.
* Analyze performance trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
* Support target setting, future planning, benchmarking, and lessons-learned activities.
* Establish action plans and verify that improvement measures achieve compliance.
* Lead root-cause investigations into quality failures and recurring issues.
* Share specialist knowledge with colleagues and support their professional development.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in a relevant field.
* At least 8 years of quality-related experience in EPC construction or fabrication.
* Strong understanding of assurance systems, quality controls, and audit principles.
* Internal Auditor training in ISO 9001, AS9100, AS9110, or another globally recognized system is preferred.
* Sound understanding of Lean and continuous-improvement practices.
* Document-management knowledge is advantageous.
* Able to interpret performance data and identify meaningful trends.
* Capable of making decisions in situations with limited standardization.
* Experienced in producing procedures and explanatory material for varied audiences.
* Able to convert technical concepts into clear written and visual guidance.
* Confident working independently, collaboratively, and as a team leader.
* Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence working practices tactfully.
* Effective written, spoken, and presentation communication.
* Organized, detail-focused, and capable of managing multiple priorities.
Skills Set
* QHSES assurance
* Quality systems
* Management-system implementation
* ISO 9001
* AS9100
* AS9110
* Internal auditing
* External auditing
* Root-cause analysis
* Corrective actions
* Lean methodology
* Continuous improvement
* KPI analysis
* Quality indicators
* Performance trending
* Benchmarking
* Lessons learned
* Technical writing
* Procedure development
* Work instructions
* Document management
* Quality reporting
* Training delivery
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Visio
* Microsoft PowerPoint
* Microsoft Excel
* Stakeholder engagement
Why Join Us
This position provides a platform to influence quality practices across engineering, construction, fabrication, and corporate functions. The successful candidate will help build a modern management system, improve the usefulness of controlled information, guide assurance activities, and create lasting operational improvements through audits, analysis, and knowledge sharing.
About the Company
McDermott International, Ltd is a global engineering and construction company serving the energy industry. For more than 100 years, the company has transformed complex ideas into operational infrastructure, including subsea systems, offshore platforms, offshore wind facilities, and major onshore developments. With more than 30000 professionals across 54 countries, McDermott combines engineering expertise, technology, and project execution capabilities to support reliable energy delivery and the global energy transition.
Key Responsibilities
* Contribute to the creation and implementation of a new organizational management system.
* Coordinate with functional process experts on significant quality-system initiatives.
* Engage Quality Directors when resolving complex issues with cross-functional implications.
* Configure and maintain document attributes needed for reliable quality-system reporting.
* Support the controlled removal of outdated practices and documents from existing systems.
* Train new team members in relevant systems, procedures, and documentation requirements.
* Help establish and enforce standard templates for new and revised company documents.
* Advise process owners on document creation, classification, organization, and management.
* Track execution-plan activities and provide clear progress reports to management.
* Encourage functions to integrate quality-management principles into daily work.
* Draft, structure, edit, and maintain company procedures and engineering documentation.
* Ensure continuity of language, structure, terminology, and presentation across documents.
* Simplify complex content without reducing its technical accuracy.
* Control updates and revisions to technical literature.
* Review documents for clarity, grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and consistency.
* Prepare and assess procedures and work instructions.
* Assist proposal teams with quality-related content for project bids.
* Conduct scheduled internal and external audits and issue timely reports.
* Manage quality KPIs, indicators, and performance-monitoring processes.
* Analyze performance trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
* Support target setting, future planning, benchmarking, and lessons-learned activities.
* Establish action plans and verify that improvement measures achieve compliance.
* Lead root-cause investigations into quality failures and recurring issues.
* Share specialist knowledge with colleagues and support their professional development.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in a relevant field.
* At least 8 years of quality-related experience in EPC construction or fabrication.
* Strong understanding of assurance systems, quality controls, and audit principles.
* Internal Auditor training in ISO 9001, AS9100, AS9110, or another globally recognized system is preferred.
* Sound understanding of Lean and continuous-improvement practices.
* Document-management knowledge is advantageous.
* Able to interpret performance data and identify meaningful trends.
* Capable of making decisions in situations with limited standardization.
* Experienced in producing procedures and explanatory material for varied audiences.
* Able to convert technical concepts into clear written and visual guidance.
* Confident working independently, collaboratively, and as a team leader.
* Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence working practices tactfully.
* Effective written, spoken, and presentation communication.
* Organized, detail-focused, and capable of managing multiple priorities.
Skills Set
* QHSES assurance
* Quality systems
* Management-system implementation
* ISO 9001
* AS9100
* AS9110
* Internal auditing
* External auditing
* Root-cause analysis
* Corrective actions
* Lean methodology
* Continuous improvement
* KPI analysis
* Quality indicators
* Performance trending
* Benchmarking
* Lessons learned
* Technical writing
* Procedure development
* Work instructions
* Document management
* Quality reporting
* Training delivery
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Visio
* Microsoft PowerPoint
* Microsoft Excel
* Stakeholder engagement
Why Join Us
This position provides a platform to influence quality practices across engineering, construction, fabrication, and corporate functions. The successful candidate will help build a modern management system, improve the usefulness of controlled information, guide assurance activities, and create lasting operational improvements through audits, analysis, and knowledge sharing.
About the Company
McDermott International, Ltd is a global engineering and construction company serving the energy industry. For more than 100 years, the company has transformed complex ideas into operational infrastructure, including subsea systems, offshore platforms, offshore wind facilities, and major onshore developments. With more than 30000 professionals across 54 countries, McDermott combines engineering expertise, technology, and project execution capabilities to support reliable energy delivery and the global energy transition.
