Survey QA/QC & Reporting Specialist (Qatar) Doha

Requirements

Candidates must hold a diploma or higher in Surveying, Engineering, or Geomatics with at least 8 years of experience in survey reporting and QA. Proficiency in industry-standard software such as GIS, AutoCAD, and various hydrographic processing tools is mandatory, along with offshore experience in the Middle East.

Job Summary

Internal Communication: Senior Marine Geophysicist, Senior Hydrographic Data
Processor, QHSE Operations, Projects, Document Control.

Purpose: To coordinate with Survey, ROV, Diving, Projects, QHSE and Document
Control teams to verify technical data, resolve reporting discrepancies, manage
comments and revisions, ensure compliance with project requirements, and support
timely submission of accurate survey deliverables.

External communication: Clients, Survey/Data processing subcontractors, software
vendors.

Purpose: To coordinate with clients, survey subcontractors, data processing
subcontractors and software vendors to clarify technical requirements, resolve
reporting comments, obtain missing information, ensure deliverable compliance,
and support timely submission of accurate and approved survey reports.

Accountability: Uphold Milaha Offshore & marine HSE and quality management
requirements in all reporting and coordination activities.

Responsibility: Ensure documentation processes support safe operations, report
hazards and contribute to HSE awareness.

Authority: Escalate non-compliance issues and invoke stop work authority when
unsafe practices are evident.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Operations:

Field data integrity: Verify completeness, tractability and consistency of raw
survey data, processed data, logs, metadata, calibration records, navigation
files, positioning records and field reports before reporting acceptance.

Geophysical interpretation QAQC: Review interpretation of SSS, MBES, SBP,
magnetometer, pipeline & structure inspection and ROV-support datasets to
confirm that freespans, scours, debris, crossings, exposures and anomalies are
correctly classified and reported.

ROV vs survey cross-checking: Cross-check geophysical findings against ROV
inspection records, video logs, stills, eventing sheets and as-built/client data
to identify mismatches before final report submission.

Tender/project support: Review tender assumptions, survey methodology, reporting
requirements, deliverables matrix and client specifications to ensure QAQC needs
are built into the project from the start.

 

Reports validation:

Deliverable acceptance: Establish formal report acceptance criteria/checklists
for each survey scope, including minimum content, drawings, charts, mosaics,
event lists, anomaly registers and supporting appendices.

Subcontractor control: Review and monitor subcontractor survey
processing/reporting outputs, including competence, software used, deliverable
quality, revision control, and responsiveness to comments.

 

Compliance and Safety:

NCR and technical query management: Raise, track and close technical NCRs,
observations, comments and client queries related to survey deliverables.

Lessons learned: Maintain a survey reporting lessons learned register and ensure
recurring reporting errors are addressed through template updates, checklists or
additional verification steps.

Accountable for ensuring that survey reporting and technical deliverables do not
introduce operational risk through inaccurate seabed, pipeline, debris,
obstruction, crossing, exposure, scour or freespan information.

Responsible for escalating survey data discrepancies that may affect diving,
ROV, lifting, trenching, pipelay, vessel positioning, SIMOPS or subsea
construction activities.

 

Optimization:

Identify key areas for improvement in procedure and processes relating to data
processing, develop required procedures and oversee the implementation of the
procedure and process.

KPI monitoring: Track survey/reporting quality KPIs such as report rejection
rate, number of client comments, NCRs, rework hours, late deliverables and
repeat findings.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Professional Qualification: Diploma or higher in Surveying,
Engineering, Geomatics or related field

Professional Experience: 8+ years survey reporting / QA.

Geographic Experience: Offshore Middle East experience.

Computer and Language Skills: MS Office, GIS, Adobe, SonarWiz, EIVA
NaviEdit/NaviModel, AutoCAD/Civil 3D, GIS platforms, Qinsy/Qimera, Fledermaus

Market / Industry / Functional Knowledge: Strong understanding of hydrographic,
geophysical and pipeline inspection survey workflows and document control,
revision management, NCR/CAPA and quality assurance

Related Professional Training, Certification, or Membership:

Mandatory: Strong technical survey writing and QA mindset

Preferred: Experence in survey and pipeline route surveyance in site seabed deb

Why Join Milaha?

By continuously challenging the status quo, Milaha today is a large, diversified
holding company with core interests in maritime transport, logistics, port
management, and offshore marine services.
Milaha is a genuinely diverse company in respect of its offering portfolio and,
most importantly, our dedicated colleagues. Although we come from different
backgrounds and cultures, our values are what we have in common and keep us
connected.

Responsibilities

The specialist will coordinate with internal and external teams to verify technical survey data, resolve reporting discrepancies, and ensure compliance with project requirements. They are responsible for maintaining quality assurance standards, managing subcontractor outputs, and escalating any operational risks identified during data analysis.

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