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QA Strategy & Scoping
Independent review of contract, code and client quality requirements, translated into a scoped QA plan with clear deliverables, standards and evidence model.
Specialist PracticeIndependent
Independent Quality Assurance Consulting
Independent quality assurance consulting for owners, EPCMs and operators on high-consequence projects — bringing lead auditors, inspectors and QMS practitioners onto your programme to design, verify and defend the quality that contract, code and regulator all demand.
Overview
What is independent quality assurance consulting?
Independent QA consulting means bringing an outside, discipline-qualified team onto your project or organisation to design the quality system, verify that work actually conforms, and produce evidence that stands up to owner, regulator and certification-body scrutiny — without the conflicts of interest a contractor's own QA carries.
Jags Assurance is an independent QA consultancy for capital projects and regulated operations — energy, infrastructure, data centres, aviation and manufacturing. We are not a software-testing firm and we are not FDA-only. We work owner-side and EPCM-side to build project and corporate quality management systems, prepare and approve Inspection and Test Plans, run third-party inspection and audits, close out non-conformances, and hand over defensible quality records. Engagements range from a two-week ITP and vendor-surveillance sprint to multi-year, multi-site QMS and audit programmes across North America, the Middle East, India and the UK.
Delivered against ISO 9001 for management-system requirements, ISO 19011 for audit methodology and ISO/IEC 17020 for inspection-body competence, supplemented by client, contract and sector-specific criteria — the standard is the floor, not the full scope.
What’s included
Scope you can rely on.
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QMS Design & ISO 9001 Readiness
Design or refresh of project and corporate quality management systems, gap analysis and certification-audit readiness against ISO 9001 and sector standards.
Element · 03
ITP Preparation & Approval
Inspection and Test Plans developed, reviewed and approved against contract, code and client requirements before fabrication, construction or commissioning begins.
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Third-Party Inspection & Surveillance
Independent source, site and vendor surveillance by CWI, NACE, ASNT and discipline specialists — witness and hold-point inspections with defensible records.
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Internal & Supplier Audits
ISO 19011 audits of your own operations and your supply chain, led by independent lead auditors with classified findings and verified closure.
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NCR & CAPA Management
Root-cause analysis, non-conformance control and corrective/preventive action programmes that actually close — not just paperwork.
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Owner's QA Representative
Embedded QA leadership sitting alongside your project or operations team — independent oversight of contractors, vendors and internal quality functions.
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Handover & Data-Book Assurance
Certified Manufacturing Record Books, turnover packages and quality evidence libraries ready for owner acceptance, regulator and audit.
Engagement flow
From scoping call to defensible quality record.
Every consulting engagement follows the same discipline: fix the evidence model up front, execute with qualified practitioners, and close every finding with proof.
- STEP 01Scope & assess
Independent review of your contract, standards and current quality posture; scoped engagement plan with deliverables and evidence model agreed before work begins.
- STEP 02Mobilise
Deploy qualified consultants, lead auditors and inspectors — matched to the discipline, standard and region — on your project or into your organisation.
- STEP 03Execute & verify
Design or refresh the QMS, run inspections and audits, raise and track non-conformances, and produce defensible written evidence at every step.
- STEP 04Close & hand over
Verify closure of every finding, compile the quality dossier and hand over records that stand up to owner, regulator and certification-body scrutiny.
Business outcomes
Where the value lands.
- Independent, defensible QA evidence — not contractor self-reporting.
- ISO 9001 and sector-standard readiness without surprises at certification audit.
- Non-conformances caught early, closed with root cause, and prevented from recurring.
- Owner-, regulator- and audit-ready quality documentation at every project milestone.
What you receive
Deliverables
- 01Scoped QA plan with standards, deliverables and evidence model
- 02QMS documentation and ISO 9001 readiness pack
- 03Approved Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs)
- 04Independent inspection, audit and surveillance reports
- 05Classified findings, NCR and CAPA logs with closure evidence
- 06Certified Manufacturing Record Books and handover dossiers
Aligned to
ISO 9001ISO 19011ISO/IEC 17020ASMEAPIAS9100IATF 16949
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Delivered across North America, with India and the UAE coming soon.
What does an independent quality assurance consultant actually do?
An independent QA consultant works outside the contractor or supplier being assessed — designing the quality system, preparing and approving Inspection and Test Plans, running third-party inspection and audits, and producing defensible evidence that work conforms to contract, code and applicable standards. The independence is what makes the evidence usable by owners, regulators and certification bodies.
When should we bring in an independent QA consultant?
Common triggers include a new capital project where the owner cannot rely on contractor self-reporting, preparation for ISO 9001 certification or a customer audit, a pattern of recurring non-conformances that internal teams have not been able to close, or a regulatory or client requirement for independent verification of quality on a specific scope.
How is Jags Assurance different from software-QA or FDA-only consultancies?
Jags Assurance is an engineering and project quality consultancy for high-consequence physical work — energy, infrastructure, data centres, aviation, manufacturing. We are not a software-testing firm and our scope is not limited to FDA or medical-device work. Where those specialist consultancies fit their niche, our team fits capital projects, regulated operations and multi-site industrial QMS.
What industries and standards do you cover?
We work across oil and gas, power and utilities, construction, data centres, aviation and airports, healthcare manufacturing and general manufacturing — against ISO 9001, ISO 19011, ISO/IEC 17020, ASME, API, AWS D1.1, NACE/AMPP, AS9100 and IATF 16949, supplemented by client and contract-specific criteria.
Do you deliver as advisory only, or embed with our team?
Both. Some engagements are scoped advisory work — a gap analysis, an ITP package, a certification-readiness sprint. Others are embedded, where our lead auditors, inspectors or QA managers sit alongside your project or operations team for the duration of a project or programme.
Which regions do you support?
We deliver across North America from our Mississauga (Ontario) and Austin (Texas) offices, with active coverage in the Middle East, India and the UK for source inspection, site oversight and multi-country audit programmes.
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