Quality and Project Assistance Specialist

Application deadline

02 November 2025

Recruitment type

Full-Time, Permanent

Country

India

Locations

Chennai, Gurgaon

Req. ID

60035

Do you have a passion for excellence and continuous improvement? Are you skilled in managing quality initiatives and ensuring adherence to project standards within Infrastructure and Renewable Energy projects? Do you want to contribute to shaping a sustainable and liveable world? Then join us to build quality into everything we do.

Join our Project Management Office in Chennai/Gurgaon

We are a renowned engineering consulting firm, focused on delivering high-quality results in project execution through effective project and contracts management, quality assurance, document control, risk assessment, and project controlling. In this position, you will be part of our global team of experts and work closely with project managers in delivering multidisciplinary engineering projects. Your tasks will include effective implementation of Project and Quality Management procedures according to COWI's Quality Management systems. You will support project managers of projects anchored across COWI globally including India. This role reports to the Head of PMO in India.

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Support PMs in the implementation of quality management plans of COWI across projects.
• Ensure full adherence to quality plans through regular monitoring and compliance checks.
• Support and oversee document quality assurance activities, including folder structure, checklists, and process compliance.
• Act as a key interface between Quality Assurance and other project management support functions.
• Support Project Managers in Project start up activities, including project handover, project management plan, preparation of project check lists, time schedule, document control plan, risk log, etc.
• Support Project Managers in regular project monitoring activities including update of resource forecasts, budget control, risk logs, time schedule, etc.
• Assist in preparing presentations, status summary, progress reporting, change logs and inputs for variation orders.

Your Skills, Our Team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are keen to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

You have a Bachelors/Master's degree in civil/electrical/mechanical engineering or a related discipline with at least 6+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Management roles with Consulting/EPC Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Buildings or Renewable Energy projects.

Moreover, you have:

• Skills to set up and lead project quality management systems.
• Experience with quality compliance frameworks, document QA workflows, and audit processes.
• Proficient organizational and communication skills to engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Exposure to Project management principles, including scheduling, budget control, time schedules, document control, contract management, etc.
• A detail-oriented mindset and a focus on continuous improvement.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have one hundred per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, Poland, Southeast Asia and India, we are currently 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and the environment into play.

We also offer:

• Well-being programs
• Technical Networks and knowledge sharing group
• Green, Tech, and Tool Communities
• COWI Academy
• New ways of working (Hybrid)

Got more questions?

Get to know us even better at our website, , where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.