Surveyor - Mechanical - Railway

Project management including quality surveillance and expediting as a part of third-party inspection of various items for railway projects.

The position performs in line with the Bureau Veritas Quality Assurance System and Indian Railways, RDSO specifications and procedure for inspection, including the BV Code of Ethics and the BV Group policy.

Major Responsibilities:

• Inspection of railway rolling stock components and equipment like shell underframe, side walls, roof, complete shell, water tank, air tank, filters, wheelset, rail switches, seats and berths, paint, etc. from raw material stage to final stage, as per various codes and standards like IS, IRS, RDSO, etc., including document review like QAP, WPS, WPQRs, material identification, applicable testing, stage-wise inspection of welding, final component inspection as per approved inspection schemes, codal guidelines and other technical specifications.
• Inspection of various railway machines and equipment mechanical run test / performance test as per inspection scheme, codal guidelines and other technical specifications.
• Inspection of castings: inspection of critical jobs like shafts and roller assemblies, gears, bogie components with activities like raw material identification, applicable physical and chemical testing and various destructive and non-destructive testing as per inspection schemes and codal guidelines.
• Project coordination and management.
• Preparation and implementation of inspection checklists.
• Project coordination and management for inspection of bought out items and site inspections for various items.
• Project coordination for other fabricated structural parts.

Roles & Responsibilities for HSE:

• Must comply with the BV Cardinal Safety Rules in all situations.
• Comply with company HSE requirements, e.g. policies, procedures, guidelines, etc. and local legal requirements on HSE as applicable.
• Take care of own health and safety as well as colleagues and others.
• Immediately report any shortcomings on HSE, i.e. any incident, unsafe work practices / conditions to immediate line managers.
• Share opportunities for improvement on HSE aspects.

Criteria for Performance Evaluation (KPIs):

• Number of surveys / inspections conducted.
• Inspection completion in the allocated timeframe.
• Time taken for uploading of reports at client's IREPS portal.
• Quality of inspection and reporting of correspondences.
• Responding to client's claims.
• Detention ratio.
• Sharing of information, best practices and knowledge management.
• Additional sales, cross-selling, number of commercial opportunities referred.
• Customer satisfaction.

Qualification and Experience:

• An Engineering Graduate (Mechanical) with ASNT qualifications, minimum 5-6 years of relevant experience (preferred railway QA/QC working experience).
• An Engineering Diploma (Mechanical) with ASNT qualifications, minimum 8-9 years of relevant experience (preferred railway QA/QC working experience).

Skills & Qualities:

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• An intrinsic task master.
• Should have good leadership abilities and skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.