Quality Assurance Manager
Permanent or Freelance | Superyacht Refit
Are you an experienced Quality Manager, Marine Surveyor, Technical Superintendent, or Refit Project Manager with a strong background in superyacht refit?
This is an opportunity to join a leading superyacht refit shipyard in the South of France , taking responsibility for quality standards across multiple complex refit projects and ensuring work is ready for final presentation and acceptance by the Owner’s Team.
You will work closely with project, technical, interior, coating, and production teams to identify issues early, improve quality processes, and drive outstanding work through to final closure.
What you will work on
You will support major superyacht refit and repair projects , overseeing the quality of complex works from project start-up through to vessel redelivery.
The role will involve inspecting completed works, identifying deficiencies, managing corrective actions, supporting project teams, and ensuring work meets the expected yachting standard before being presented to the Owner’s Team.
What you will do
- Define the required checks, hold points, and intermediate validation stages for complex works
- Inspect completed works alongside project teams before presentation to the Owner’s Team
- Identify quality issues, defects, unsuitable working methods, and poor protection of finished areas
- Agree corrective actions with project teams and contractors and follow them through to completion
- Manage snag lists, open points, and outstanding works ahead of vessel redelivery
- Ensure inspections, checks, validations, and approvals are correctly documented
- Present completed works to the Owner’s Team for formal validation
- Participate in final redelivery and snagging meetings
- Work closely with technical, interior, coating, project, and production departments
- Help improve quality standards and processes across the shipyard
The projects
You will be working across high-value superyacht refit projects , covering a wide range of technical, interior, exterior, coating, and outfitting works.
Projects can involve multiple contractors, specialist trades, project teams, and Owner’s Representatives, so the ability to identify issues early and maintain a consistently high finishing standard will be key.
What we offer
- Opportunity to join a leading superyacht refit environment in the South of France
- Choice between permanent employment or freelance engagement
- Highly technical and international shipyard environment
- Strong level of autonomy and responsibility
- Opportunity to play a key role in improving quality standards across the yard
What we expect from you
- Previous experience within superyacht refit, yachtbuilding, marine surveying, technical management, or project management
- Strong understanding of quality control, inspections, snagging, and project redelivery
- Experience assessing completed works against specifications and expected quality standards
- Confidence challenging project teams and contractors where work does not meet the required standard
- Strong technical understanding across yacht refit activities
- Ability to manage corrective actions, open points, and final acceptance
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong communication skills when working with project teams, contractors, captains, and Owner’s Representatives
- Comfortable working independently within a busy shipyard environment
- Ability to work on site in the South of France
About the organization
You will join a major superyacht refit shipyard in the South of France , working on some of the most complex yacht repair and refit projects in the Mediterranean.
The organization brings together specialist technical, interior, coating, production, and project teams, with a strong focus on delivering vessels to the highest possible quality standard.
- Interested in taking ownership of quality across major superyacht refit projects and helping deliver vessels to the highest possible standard? Get in touch to learn more.