This is just a continuation of my previous post about the duties and responsibilities of a QA/QC Engineer. I want to write more 
in order to help new engineers to easily learn these roles and responsibilities of a qaqc engineer and use them with their quality engineering career.
It is important that you should know the quality assurance and quality control engineer roles and responsibilities. These could be your guidelines to follow and you can make as your routine. By following these roles, I don’t think you will be derailed in your quality engineering career.
Here are 7 roles and responsibilities of a QAQC Engineer in a construction project.
1. Review the Material Technical Data Sheet
Every material data sheet of the material to be supplied to the project has to be read by a quality engineer. Especially when the material is about to submit to the Engineer or Consultant, it must have to be reviewed properly because sometimes the properties of the material do not comply with the requirement of the specification, then that would probably be rejected and will cause a waste of time and eventually create delays. It might even better if you will prepare a comparison sheet before you finally submit the material to the Engineer.
2. Preparation of Method Statement (this is one of the important roles and responsibilities of a qaqc engineer)
A QA/QC Engineer shall develop a method statement for the particular work on the site. He will make sure that it is submitted to the Consultant or Engineer and should be approved prior to starting the job on the site. The QA/QC Engineer shall prepare the method statement ahead of schedule for the jobs and consider making a plan for all the method statements preparation and submission.
3. Review Method Statement approval or comments of the Engineer and take action
When you received the approval or comments on the method statement the quality engineer will review it, any corrective action in the comments shall be immediately complied with and eventually revert back for final approval. Do not keep the comments on your hand for a long period of time because the construction team cannot proceed with the works until the method statement is finalized.
4. Submit Inspection Request for Engineers Inspection
Inspection request shall be submitted to the Engineer for approval of a certain job before you can proceed with the succeeding work. You shall make sure that the job to be inspected is completed so that there will be no revisions or rejection of the inspection. The job will be inspected after 24 hours the Inspection Request is submitted so, always be reminded of that matter because the Engineer will not accept any outright request for inspection.
You shall make sure that the Inspection and Test Plan is approved before raising an inspection request. And remember that this is also one of the important roles and responsibilities of a qaqc engineer. You should prioritize this role.
Related: How to Prepare a good Inspection and Test Plan Part – 1
5. Issue Internal NCR or Site Observation
You can issue an internal nonconformance report and site observation to the subcontractors and site construction team. Before issuing an NCR to the concerned trades make sure you issue first the site observation report, give them at least 72 hours to take action, but before that, they should submit the corrective action and if after 72 hours there is no action then you may issue an NCR.
If you do not want to feel like you are cruel to them you may give verbal instruction or advice and if they will not take urgent action from your advice then you may proceed to issue site observation.
6. Conduct regular Site Surveillance
As a quality engineer make a routine to conduct site surveillance, you may schedule it for your own like every day or every other day. You might ask why “site surveillance?” This is to check if the works on site are moving as per drawing, as per material approved, as per method statement and as per quality control procedure. And the safety of people doing the work, you have a right to stop them from doing unsafe work, though it is Safety Officers in-charge to do it.
This number 6 roles and responsibilities of a qaqc engineer is a task that you can never be neglected as you will find this role interesting because you will discover what is going on on site.
7. Prepare QA/QC Reports
The quality engineer shall prepare a QA/QC weekly report. You shall state all the activities that you performed in the past week and the critical issues that you have noticed. The documents submitted and to be submitted shall also be included in your report.
A monthly report shall be prepared by a quality engineer but, this is just a project case basis. If you are to be involved in a huge project like a billion worth of project, then it’s not you will prepare the monthly report.
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very usefull and helpfull
Nice Blog, Thank for sharing .
Thanks for stopping by.
Sir
I am a quality inspector for composite structures for 14 years. Any placement? Please inform me
thanks and kind regards.
Hi, my name is Naveen working in gas regulator manufacturing company as a quality control engineer. Sir, I want to know what is my role and duty, please mention step-by-step.
Thank You Engineer Mades, May Allah Bless And Guide You For Sharing Your Great Idea With Us Allah Will Reward You
Welcome Abu Bakarr,
Allah will bless and guide you too.
Thanks a lot.
Thank You Very Much Engineer Mades,may Allah Bless And Guide You For Sharing Your Idea With Us, Allah Will Reward You.
I have worked as a consultancy design engineer for 2 years and I am now getting a job as a QA/QC engineer for steel fabrication company. I am quite nervous, but reading your blog has given me some confidence. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Please send me all the useful guide method statement for QAQC to my email.
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Hello Sir… as u know that civil and construction is a vast field… I just got a position of QA/QC in a company but i m new to this position so there will be some problems i will face may be… sir i saw you blog via Google… sir please share some important guidelines for freshers like us… thank you so much… or sir if we can a make platform on a social network ie whats app group so that we can share share our problems and the seniors can share information with us… thank u sir Noel Mades
Hi Mohib,
This blog contains more than hundred blog posts, it serves already as guidelines for Quality Inspector and QAQC Engineers as well as Civil Engineers. What you wanna do is to read all the pages here several times so that you will absorb it.
Thanks for coming across my blog. Welcome to the club 🙂
Sir am a quality engineer. I need a job abroad. How hard to be in abroad is not a problem. Can you please refer me?
you have a Saudi Aramco notes
The blog is quite informative.
I want to know to whom we serve internal non conformance report?
Thank you.
You can serve that to the construction team and subcontractor.
Again, thank you please keep commenting.
Construction team means to site engineer or project engineer or the construction manageror mep manager
Yes, correct.
Hi Sir Noel,
Its my first time to work as QC/QA site engineer here in UAE its a Glass aluminum contractor. I don’t have an idea on what are the works and responsibilities of my position.
I see your blogs and it helps me a lot.
How I wish that you can help me and guide me so that I have an advance idea when I start.
Thank you and very much appreciated.
Hello Ron,
Firstly, thanks for coming across my blog. Welcome to the club 🙂 I am preparing a course now entitled “Quality Engineers Guide Mastery” it’s a full pack online course for quality engineers that will be published soon. I know it will help a lot.
Thanks for your comment. Please keep commenting.
Regards,
Sir, Many thanks for the information u provided, I had 2.5 yrs of experience in quality of piping and want to pursue a Qa Qc course on it, from where should I start the basic i.e. from which institute
Thank you for all these clarifications, it is a great generosity to share your personal experience with others.
It is my pleasure. Thanks.
It’s really a good one sir,
Thank you.
It is great to go through your blog. where you have given nicely narrate your experience as a Quality engineer.
I want to know that are you having any forms which you prepare and follow to avoid the accidents or failures and do you have any data where we can observe the difference in accident / failure before quality control actions and after quality control actions?
please share me these for academic use.
Regards,
Dr. V M Patel
Hi Dr.,
If you are talking about “Accident” that is related to Safety and it will be addressed by a Safety Officer. Our forms here are related to Quality.
Thank you for your nice words Doctor.
Regards,
Noel
Dear today is my interview with contractor company in Dubai as a QC Engineer …. Can you guide me about this?
Hi Dilawar,
You can search here some interview questions post. Just type in “Interview” in the search tab here and this website will reveal it for you. Good luck.
Hi.. sir,
I am Tufail khan. I have done b.tech in Electronics and communications so that can I apply this field? Is it suitable for me?
Preparation of method statement is carried out by the safety department..the construction department and the quality department..each has its own role in the completion of same..the quality department prepares the ITP.. The construction department for the methodology and the sequence of the work..and the safety department to ensure that the risks associated has been identified and mitigations are in place in the HEMP..
Please is QAQC more valuable than a corrosion engineer?
Yes.
Hi Collins..to simplify QAQC is like your sword and the Engineer or in this case the Corrosion Engineer is the warrior..
How do I get certification on this field QAQC I have Bsc industrial chemistry and am in Nigeria
Hi Kingsley,
There are related certifications for QAQC like ISO 9001:2015, CQE, and many more.
Hi Noel. Nice job. Can someone who hasn’t done such related job pick up a QA/QC job, mere reading up from your post?
Many thanks for the information your share with me about the role of QA/QC in civil works. I am a Liberian and an Associate Civil Engineer.
Welcome and thanks for being here.
I appreciate this
Great .
I appreciate you.;
Great information, but could you please indicate the responsibilities for QAQC but consultant side 🙂
Thanks
I highly appreciate your sharing. The writing is very exciting and describe rightly all of issues we are doing. Thanks for your awesome sharing.
You’re welcome and thanks for being here.
Sir… Does steel structural erection belongs to civil or mechanical discipline? Thank you.
Civil because structural is a sub-category.
Wow sir I really appreciate your efforts.
Thank you…
Hi sir, I’m a newbie QA/QC Engineer. Thank you for all the articles you have shared here, very helpful and informative. From the Philippines too. Are your books available in the market? Thanks
Hello Roselle,
Welcome to the club and you’re welcome for the awesome comments :)… I am here to help our fellow quality and civil engineers. My books are so far available only on my website.
Sir…you are like an angel for civil engineer related to QA/QC field.
Thanks for the blog.
Thank you very much Sunny.. You are always welcome.
The blog is quite really informative and I admired the honesty in the way how it is written with details.
Thank you so much.
Than you for the awesome comment.
You are always welcome..