Quality Engineer - Fabrication

Ion Exchange is a leading provider of innovative water treatment, resins and water treatment chemical solutions, committed to operational excellence and strategic transformation. With a robust legacy in delivering sustainable outcomes, the company is poised for significant growth in both domestic and international markets

Position: Quality Engineer

Job Location: Navi Mumbai

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure quality compliance across fabrication, assembly, welding, and manufacturing activities as per approved drawings, specifications, and project requirements.
• Conduct in-process and final inspections of fabricated equipment and assemblies.
• Review and verify material certificates, inspection reports, welding records, and quality documentation.
• Coordinate with fabricators, subcontractors, production, engineering, and project teams to resolve quality issues and ensure timely corrective actions.
• Monitor welding, fabrication, dimensional accuracy, fit-up, surface preparation, painting/coating, and other relevant processes.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality standards, codes, specifications, and statutory requirements.
• Raise and track NCRs, deviations, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and ensure effective closure.
• Support customer/client inspections, third-party inspections, and quality audits as required.
• Maintain quality records, inspection reports, test certificates, and project quality documentation.
• Identify recurring quality issues and drive root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Escalate critical quality concerns to the Quality/Plant Head and relevant Discipline Head for timely resolution and ensure adherence to the company's Quality Management System.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Diploma in Mechanical, Production Engineering, or related discipline, with 6 - 10 years experience in quality inspection/engineering, preferably in fabrication, manufacturing, EPC, or water treatment.
• Hands-on experience in fabrication, welding, piping, structural work, equipment inspection, WPS/PQR, NDT, dimensional inspection, and coating/painting.
• Knowledge of ASME, AWS, ASTM, API, IS/ISO standards, along with experience in NCRs, CAPA, root-cause analysis, audits, and quality documentation will be preferred
• Ability to read engineering drawings/P&IDs and coordinate effectively with fabricators, subcontractors, production, engineering, and project teams. Willingness to work in a fabrication/shop-floor environment and travel to fabricator locations, where required.
• Preferred Certifications: CSWIP / AWS Welding Inspector, NDT Level II (VT, PT, MT, UT), Coating Inspector Certification, and ISO 9001 Internal Auditor.