Vera Paiva
MANOSQUE
Summary
Fourteen years of experience as Quality System Manager, QA/QC, Inspection and Welding Coordination.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate for Quality Supervision and NDE assessme
Alierys
Valbonne/France
04.2025 - Current
- Provide support for the following as an NDE (Non-Destructive Examination) expert: NDE definition, assessment, and monitoring.
- NDE training development and delivery.
- Support integration with DAs, contributing to the initiative for knowledge sharing and resource optimization in the field of NDE.
- Perform quality supervision activities, in particular in the field of NDE to support IO assessment of compliance to applicable requirements.
- General also to support QMD teams in performing quality checks, including direct product inspections to check compliance with applicable Quality Requirements.
Quality Officer Support for RJH Project
Systea
Paris, France
07.2024 - 03.2025
- Make the link between Preparation and Production (review of the materials, release of the Isometrics and support welding tickets).
- Ensure the distributed documents are in the last version.
- Action plans follow-up.
- Keep up-to-date the ITPs for the several lines and supports.
- NCR Management.
Quality Assurance Specialist
ESO- European Organisation for Astronomical Resear
Garching -Germany
11.2021 - 12.2023
- Contribute and maintain requirement definitions for the standards of quality and safety for the various ESO projects;
- Preparation and keep updated the Quality Assurance documentation such as: PA/QA Management Process Requirements, Site Product Assurance Plan, Document Requirement Definition Management of change requests, request for deviation, request for waiver and non-conformities.
- Provide feedback on contractor’s QA related documentation (QA Plan, ITP, MDR, etc) in formal revisions in the different milestones;
- Follow-up of partner Institutes and suppliers in terms of quality assurance and safety standards, perform audits and surveillances;
- Perform formal acceptance of deliverables verifying compliance with ESO QA standards;
- Participation in the implementation and monitoring of the ESO-wide quality management;
- Promote the best practices and continuous improvement, ensuring the compliance/ improvement with/of internal procedures;
- Perform internal quality audits.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control Officer – F4E
ISQ - Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
Lisbon - Portugal
04.2016 - 10.2021
- Daily follow-up of workshop activities, focusing ensuring that quality standards are followed and any type of deviation/non conformity is traced.
- Liaise with the line management and provide support in all topics involving Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC).
- Assistance and active support on the implementation of the Annual Quality Audit Plan; Ensure the implementation of the Quality Management System by developing processes, procedures and templates as needed.
- Assist the Project Team Managers and Task Officers by performing quality activities such as monitoring, audits, surveillances, documentation review, conformance processes, inspections, etc.
- Perform the follow‐up of site inspection reports and non‐conformities, including the identification and analysis of good practices and/or root‐causes for repetitive non‐compliances.
- Follow‐up the F4E contracts on outsourced QA/QC activities (i.e. inspection, etc.) and management of F4E site inspectors’ activities.
- Assist the ITER department in the management of the tools for the project as change requests, deviation request and non-conformities;
Quality Control / Quality Assurance Inspector
EQS
Maia, Portugal
01.2016 - 03.2016
- Quality Assurance / Quality Control Non Destructive Testing Supervision;
- Quality Assurance, Quality Control and In-Service Inspection of steel structures, pressure equipment's, pipelines, storage tanks;
- Welders Qualification process coordination Welding Procedure Qualification Record / supervision and management Non-destructive test (NDT) management;
- Anticorrosive treatment supervision;
- Dimensional Control.
Welding coordinator/ Consultant
Freelancer
Portugal
12.2014 - 12.2015
- Implementation of Factory Production Control (FPC) system for the certification EN 1090 execution class 3.
- Welding Coordination: Review of the requirements, products and capability for the fulfilment of the client requirements;
- Assure that Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) are adequate as well the Welding Procedure Qualification Record (WPQR);
- Define the quality level and acceptance criteria for welds;
- Managing of the Welders and Welding Operators qualification;
- Equipment: ensure that the resources suits the project, ensure that the equipment is properly identify verify and validated, define the maintenance plan;
- Inspection and testing Plan definition before, during and after the welding;
- Managing traceability (material and production);
- Support for the Preparation of Quality Final Dossiers.
Quality manager
Motrinde
Aveiro, Portugal
11.2010 - 05.2015
- Develop and manage all aspects of the quality management system (QMS) in accordance with ISO 9001:2008;
- Technical Quality staff Coordination; Inspection and Test Plans, coordination and execution ;
- Welding projects technical assessment/review; Base and filler materials conformity and certificates management; WPS preparation and management;
- Inspection and Quality control of welded construction; Non-Destructive Testing Supervision; Anticorrosive treatment supervision; Dimensional Control;
- Preparation of quality dossiers (Preparation and maintenance of the necessary records including subcontracting activities).
Education
Industrial Enginneer -
IPCB
Castelo Branco,Portugal 11.2001 - 12.2006
International Welding Engineer -
TWI
10.2013 - 10.2015
Lead auditor ISO 9001 -
IRCA
PortugalSkills
- Industial Engineer;
- Welding Engineer;
- Pipping and PED construction;
- QA/QC
- NDT (VT, PT, MT, UT, RT, LT)
- QMS;
- Audits and Surveillances
- Quality staff coodination;
- Nuclear Facilities
Languages
English
Advanced
Portuguese
Native
Spanish
Fluent
French
Upper intermediate (B2)
Timeline
Associate for Quality Supervision and NDE assessme
Alierys
04.2025 - Current
Quality Officer Support for RJH Project
Systea
07.2024 - 03.2025
Quality Assurance Specialist
ESO- European Organisation for Astronomical Resear
11.2021 - 12.2023
Quality Assurance / Quality Control Officer – F4E
ISQ - Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
04.2016 - 10.2021
Quality Control / Quality Assurance Inspector
EQS
01.2016 - 03.2016
Welding coordinator/ Consultant
Freelancer
12.2014 - 12.2015
International Welding Engineer -
TWI
10.2013 - 10.2015
Quality manager
Motrinde
11.2010 - 05.2015
Industrial Enginneer -
IPCB
11.2001 - 12.2006
Lead auditor ISO 9001 -
IRCA
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