Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer

Tamil Nadu, IND

• ID: R-21961
• Job Category: Quality
• Job Type: Full time

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Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together—creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.

Quality Engineer – TPI Planning and Painting

Department: Quality

Role Summary

The Quality Engineer – TPI Planning and Painting is responsible for leading quality assurance and quality control activities related to t hird-party inspection planning, inspection coordination, inspection readiness, and release management , as well as surface preparation, industrial painting, internal lining, external coating, preservation, and final acceptance of valves, actuators, and accessories. The role provides dedicated painting SME support during the order/offering stage by reviewing customer specifications, responding to technical queries, and ensuring inspection capacity for parallel and unplanned activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review, implementation, and maintenance of painting procedures, ITPs, work instructions, inspection checklists, QA dossiers, TQs, customer comments, and project quality records.

• Review customer purchase orders, specifications, ITPs, QAPs, and documentation requirements to identify TPI hold points, witness points, notification requirements, acceptance criteria, and painting/coating requirements.

• Develop and maintain project-specific TPI plans, inspection notification schedules, inspection matrices, and release plans from order kick-off through dispatch.

• Coordinate inspection offerings, customer photo-submission requirements, internal pre-inspection checks, inspector availability, inspection notifications, rescheduling, and release activities with customers, TPIs, notified bodies, and internal functions.

• Plan and manage inspection resources to support daily inspections, parallel inspections, unplanned inspection requests, and final-delivery inspection peaks; ensure adequate effective inspector hours.

• Coordinate and manage multiple inspectors and agencies simultaneously, including customer inspectors, BV, TÜV, LR, notified bodies, and pre-dispatch inspection representatives.

• Conduct pre-inspection readiness reviews to confirm product completion, document availability, calibrated equipment, material traceability, test records, customer photographs, and compliance with inspection prerequisites.

• Track TPI activities for material receipt, machining, assembly, welding/NDE where applicable, pressure testing, functional testing, painting, preservation, final inspection, packing, and dispatch.

• Manage TPI observations, punch points, NCRs, concessions, re-inspections, and closure actions to ensure timely product release and delivery compliance.

• Maintain a live TPI status tracker covering planned inspections, notification dates, outcomes, open actions, resource loading, release status, and delivery risks.

• Provide dedicated technical review of customer painting specifications, including Saudi Aramco and ADNOC requirements, and recommend suitable coating systems to Applications, Engineering, Production, and Quality teams.

• Ensure stage-wise inspection of incoming coating materials, blasting/surface preparation, masking, environmental conditions, paint application, curing, DFT, holiday testing, adhesion testing, touch-up, preservation, and final inspection.

• Verify protection of critical valve areas including flange faces, RTJ grooves, stems, threads, sealing surfaces, instrument ports, grease nipples, actuator interfaces, and machined surfaces.

• Monitor paint-material traceability, shelf life, batch certificates, mixing ratio, induction time, pot life, recoat interval, blasting media, environmental records, and calibration status of inspection equipment.

• Ensure proper storage, handling, shelf-life control, and preservation of paints, thinners, abrasives, and other coating consumables.

• Lead painting-related NCR, CAPA, customer complaint, defect investigation, root-cause analysis, repair approval, and corrective-action effectiveness verification.

• Coordinate with paint manufacturers, Quality, Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and external inspectors to resolve coating issues and maintain delivery commitments.

• Train inspectors, painters, and production personnel on coating procedures, inspection requirements, defect prevention, safety, and documentation discipline.

• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, API Spec Q1, customer requirements, and company HSE procedures.

• Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferably in Mechanical engineering.

• Should have worked for minimum of 5+ years in relevant QA and TPI

• Req ID : R-21961

• Job Family Group : Quality

• Job Family : QA Quality Assurance

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• Flowserve is a global leader in flow control solutions and aftermarket services. Our people are driven by a shared commitment to building a more sustainable future and making a meaningful impact around the world. With more than 16,000 employees across 50+ countries, we combine global scale with strong local expertise. Our teams bring ingenuity, creativity, and technical excellence to every challenge, delivering innovative products and services that help customers operate more efficiently and reliably. Serving over 10,000 customers worldwide, Flowserve supports industries that provide essential resources such as energy, clean water, pharmaceuticals, and more. Put your talents—and your career—in motion with Flowserve.