- Ensure compliance to DQ HS&E policies and procedures.
- Ensure 6S program is maintained in all workshop and storage areas.
- Providing day to day leadership and management of the Fabrication team.
- Participate in, and where necessary, lead LEAN initiatives to improve operational efficiencies to drive operational excellence.
- Monitor all Fabrication operations.
- Review all WPS prior to work starting and highlight any issues to welders and fitters.
- Ensure fabrication work orders are executed per production schedule.
- Select welding procedures, evaluate, and specify welding repairs and stress relief treatments, to ensure compliance with international and customer standards.
- Review technical drawings and ensure that production issues are addressed by the responsible departments.
- Participate in technical audit of 3rd party, sub-contract, fabrication contractors.
- Investigate Fabrication NCR’s and implement corrective and preventative measures to meet agreed quality KPI’s.
- Ensure work undertaken is in accordance with applicable industry standards and Dril-Quip processes, procedures, and work instructions.
- Ensure all Inspection equipment, welding plant, flux ovens, welding rod heaters and quivers are in calibration.
- Review fabrication routing and timing on works orders.
- Control purchasing/inventory of all associated welding consumables.
- Ensure welding consumables are checked and maintained in climate-controlled store.
- Review actual times against routing times after work orders are completed.
- Manage employee overtime and vacation to meet current workload and schedule.