@jakebrodes From my experience (EPC O&G), QA/QC have been moved under Supply Chain/ Project Management in recent years which wasn’t the case before. It should be independent and operate as a separate vertical.
@BayouBikeyBoi@JRDNLTHMS This exactly. I have worked with PEs (and I am an engineer myself) for O&G industry projects and their job (mostly) is to check if the design is safe or not.