Brijesh Makwana

Toronto-based quality professional with 10+ years leading project quality execution, site surveillance, and supplier/manufacturing quality within the nuclear and power equipment sector — most recently as Lead Project Quality Manager inside the EDF Group / Arabelle Solutions (formerly GE Vernova) nuclear turbine-island business. Experienced in developing inspection, verification, and test processes; dispositioning field non-conformances; and driving corrective action to keep site work activities compliant with engineering drawings, specifications, and customer quality requirements. ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor with a Metallurgical/Welding Engineering background (B.E. + M.E.) and hands-on NDT and weld-qualification experience — skilled at structuring and auditing quality assurance programs against nuclear-grade codes, with the underlying discipline directly transferable to the CSA N285/N299/N286 framework. Canadian PR holder, based in Toronto, available immediately with no relocation or sponsorship required.

• Attention to detail
• Data analysis
• Leadership
• Microsoft Excel
• Power BI
• Problem solving
• Project management
• Quality assurance
• Tableau
• Time management

1. Lead Project Quality Manager

   Arabelle Solutions (EDF Group, formerly GE Vernova)

   Oct 2024 to Jul 2026

   Ahmedabad, India

   • Led project quality execution for nuclear turbine-island equipment projects, ensuring site and manufacturing work activities met contractual, regulatory, and customer quality requirements. • Defined and implemented inspection, verification, and test processes with engineering, procurement, and site project partners to assure work met specification before release. • Reviewed and approved QAP, ITP, manufacturing procedures, and technical quality documentation; provided technical guidance to project partners on compliance with engineering drawings and specifications. • Owned NCR management end-to-end — disposition of non-conformances, root cause analysis, and CAPA implementation — reducing cost of poor quality (CoPQ) across active projects. • Executed supplier and factory quality surveillance programs, including audits and witness inspections, functioning as the on-the-ground equivalent of site quality surveillance for manufacturing partners. • Led customer quality meetings, kick-off meetings, and pre-inspection meetings; prepared End of Manufacture/Repair Reports (EoMR/RFR/RFF) and final manufacturing dossiers for regulated nuclear-grade equipment.

2. Quality Engineer / Welding Engineer

   Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

   Jul 2015 to Aug 2024

   Surat, India

   • Executed project and site quality control for heavy fabrication and EPC projects, verifying work activities against engineering drawings, codes, and customer specifications. • Developed QAP, ITP, PDI checklists, and CTQ sheets defining inspection and test requirements for critical equipment ahead of manufacture and site turnover. • Managed third-party inspection (TPI) agencies and conducted incoming, in-process, and final inspections across supplier and site locations. • Prepared and qualified WPS, PQR, weld maps, and welding procedures; performed weld inspections and planned heat treatment activities supporting fabrication quality. • Performed root cause analysis and implemented corrective actions (CAPA) on field and shop non-conformances; conducted internal quality audits and compliance reviews against ISO 9001.

1. The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

   Master of Engineering, Welding Technology

   Vadodara, India

   2013 to 2015

   First Class with Distinction

2. The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

   Bachelor of Engineering, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

   Vadodara, India

   2009 to 2013

   First Class

• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor

  CQI IRCA

• Basic Inspection Methods

  CWB Education

• Introduction to Welding Processes

  CWB Education