Position: Inspection Coordinator
Location: Paris, France 
Job Title: Inspection Coordinator – Manufacturing Surveillance (EPCI Scope)
Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time / Contract
Industry: Power Transmission, HVDC, Industrial Manufacturing
 
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Inspection Coordinator responsible for overseeing the EPCI scope regarding the manufacturing surveillance of equipment integrated into converter stations. The role involves inspection coordination, documentation review (QC deliverables), contractor compliance, and quality control monitoring during 
manufacturing. The Inspection Coordinator will work closely with technical experts, project management teams, and contractors to ensure quality standards are met.
 
Key Responsibilities
• Define and implement the surveillance strategy for critical equipment inspections.
• Collaborate with technical specialists, product quality management, and work package managers.
• Prepare and update inspection activities documentation (Project Quality Plan, ITPs, etc.).
• Conduct weekly/monthly reporting on manufacturing quality activities.
• Ensure contractors follow inspection and test plans (ITPs).
• Oversee pre-inspection meetings with suppliers and subcontractors.
• Validate equipment quality control points in coordination with technical specialists.
• Supervise the implementation of ITPs during manufacturing.
• Manage the inspection notification process (reviews, witness hold points).
• Oversee inspection agencies and technical inspectors for supplier inspections.
• Monitor non-conformance reports (NCRs) and punch lists, ensuring follow-ups and corrective actions.
• Review contractor inspection documentation (procedures, inspection records, supplier audit reports).
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and prepare reports with technical experts.
• Support the review and closure of End of Manufacturing Reports (EOMR).
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001:2015 and other relevant industrial standards.
• Organize and lead monthly/weekly quality meetings with contractors.
 
Deliverables & Reporting
• Monthly reports on inspection activities and compliance.
• Review and approval of inspection test plans (ITPs) and contractor reports.
• Maintain the inspection register for agencies.
• Track quality indicators, non-conformance records, and supplier reports.
• Document and analyze lessons learned for future quality improvements.
 
Qualifications & Experience
• 8–10 years of experience in quality monitoring of manufacturing activities.
• Strong leadership and coordination skills between internal and external stakeholders.
• Professional proficiency in English and French (preferred).
• Experience in HVDC equipment manufacturing & converter station components (transformers, converters, filters, connectors).
• Background in inspection coordination and manufacturing follow-up.
• Offshore industry experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 and industrial quality standards.

If you are a detail-oriented professional with a passion for quality assurance and manufacturing excellence, apply today to be part of our dynamic team!

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.