Construction Quality Manager

About This Role

This opportunity is for a Construction Quality Manager to oversee quality compliance in construction projects, ensuring adherence to project manuals, contracts, and quality standards. The role involves developing and implementing project-specific quality management manuals and conducting audits to maintain high standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee overall construction quality compliance identified in the Project Implementation Manual, Construction Contracts, Quality Management Plan(s), and Quality Management Standards
• Develop and implement a project-specific Quality Management Manual, for both on-site and off-site work, to document that the work and materials conform with the contract plans, specifications, applicable standards, codes, laws, and regulations
• Ensure project quality plans are prepared and approved and are being implemented in all aspects of the project delivery from design (on design-build projects) through construction and deployment
• Maintain adequate records/documentation throughout the project
• Oversee and audit ongoing contracts to measure overall contract quality health through contract metrics
• Assist in the development of new quality control processes where needed, in collaboration with the project team
• Evaluate and oversee the contractor’s/D-B procedures (and their subcontractors) for the management, inspection, testing, certification, record keeping, and auditing of the project
• Conduct regular quality compliance audits of contractors, design-builders, Project Management Consultants, and clients to assure the team's compliance with the implementation and efficacy of the Quality Management Manual and to verify that quality activities align with the quality plan and all contractual obligations
• Conduct regular field visits of contractors or design-builder’s construction sites
• Conduct and manage oversight and resolution of contractor/equipment deficiencies observed for active contracts
• Document any deficiencies or non-conformances through non-conformance reports (NCR), which will outline necessary corrective actions
• Prepare project status reports to monitor and document ongoing progress and record how adequate progress is being made within the assigned task durations
• Attend and document factory and field testing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 10 years of experience in management positions in a production, manufacturing, or construction environment performing QA/QC auditing
• Ability to oversee Contractor Quality Management procedures and practices
• Demonstrated Quality Assurance experience on rail transit projects
• Knowledge of ISO 9000 quality standards and its application to planning, design, and construction