Senior Project Quality Specialist - QA and QC

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 246,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation invites a Senior Project Quality Specialist to lead QA/QC activities across major construction, airport, and infrastructure programs in Riyadh. The role ensures compliance with approved requirements, audits performance, and manages non-conformances through corrective actions and preventive measures.

You will develop quality dashboards, monitor KPIs, and support audits with clients and suppliers, driving first-time quality and timely handover of assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline with at least 10 years of project quality experience.
• Experience in major construction, airport, airfield or multidisciplinary programs.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and QA/QC auditing; ISO 9001 Lead Auditor preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and continuous improvement of the Project Quality Management System.
• Audit contractor performance and manage non-conformances.
• Review ITPs, Method Statements, and quality documentation.
• Develop quality dashboards and KPIs for project leadership.
• Coordinate quality assurance across design, procurement, construction and commissioning.

Skills

Project Quality Management

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

ISO 9001

Audit

NCR management

Root cause analysis

Quality dashboards

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Senior Project Quality Specialist - QA and QC Role: Senior Project Quality Specialist - QA and QC Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: QA Quality Control Function: Quality Assurance Experience: Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview Senior Project Quality Specialist - QA and QC in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is an experienced QA Quality Control opportunity with Parsons Corporation focused on quality assurance across major construction, airport, airfield, infrastructure, engineering, and multidisciplinary project activities. The role supports hiring demand for a quality professional capable of strengthening the Project Quality Management System, auditing contractor performance, managing non-conformances, monitoring inspection and testing processes, and using quality data to prevent recurring defects throughout design, construction, commissioning, and handover.

Job Details Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: QA Quality Control Function: Quality Assurance Salary: 22000-32000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

The Senior Project Quality Specialist provides independent assurance that engineering deliverables, construction works, materials, inspections, testing activities, and project records meet approved requirements before progressing through critical delivery stages. The position works across design offices, construction areas, contractor organizations, specialist suppliers, commissioning activities, and management systems. Its impact extends beyond detecting defects by identifying systemic weaknesses early, improving first-time quality, reducing rework, and creating a reliable quality record for final asset handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Support implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Project Quality Management System and Project Quality Plan.
• Monitor compliance with approved procedures, specifications, contractual obligations, engineering standards, inspection requirements, and project quality controls.
• Provide specialist quality assurance support across Engineering, Design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Project Management functions.
• Review Inspection and Test Plans, Method Statements, checklists, inspection procedures, testing requirements, and supporting quality documentation.
• Confirm that quality requirements are incorporated into construction work packages, project execution strategies, technical submissions, and inspection processes.
• Conduct planned quality surveillance, field inspections, compliance assessments, process audits, and system audits across project activities.
• Evaluate Contractor, Subcontractor, Consultant, Supplier, and specialist vendor compliance with approved Quality Management Systems and project requirements.
• Review inspection records, test results, material approvals, certificates, quality reports, and traceability documentation for completeness and compliance.
• Identify emerging quality risks, recurring deficiencies, adverse trends, rejected work, and potential non-conformances before they create wider project impacts.
• Manage the review and monitoring of NCRs, quality observations, deficiencies, corrective actions, and preventive measures.
• Support structured root cause analysis for major defects, repeat failures, and systemic quality problems.
• Verify that corrective actions address underlying causes and demonstrate effectiveness before formal closure.
• Prepare audit plans, audit checklists, findings, reports, corrective action trackers, and supporting evidence.
• Support Client, Consultant, internal, and external quality audits and monitor findings through timely resolution.
• Review Contractor and Subcontractor quality plans, QA and QC arrangements, procedures, and project-specific controls.
• Monitor quality KPIs including first-time pass rates, NCR trends, audit findings, rejected inspections, test failures, rework, material rejection, recurring defects, and corrective action closure.
• Develop weekly and monthly dashboards, quality reports, performance summaries, trend analyses, and early-warning information for project leadership.
• Review engineering drawings, calculations, specifications, technical submissions, and other design deliverables against approved quality requirements.
• Monitor design checking, verification, review, approval, revision, and change-control processes.
• Support audits of Lead Design Consultants and specialist design organizations and track resulting observations through closure.
• Conduct surveillance of critical and high-risk construction operations and confirm required inspections and tests are completed before subsequent activities proceed.
• Review WIRs, MIRs, test reports, inspection records, material documentation, and construction quality evidence.
• Monitor material approval, delivery, inspection, storage, traceability, testing, and acceptance processes.
• Analyze NCRs, test failures, rejected inspections, rework, and construction defects to identify recurring causes and required preventive measures.
• Support quality assurance across airport terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, roads, utilities, MEP systems, district cooling, airside works, landside works, and external infrastructure.
• Monitor specialist airport and airfield requirements throughout phased construction and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Support quality management during testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, closeout, and handover.
• Verify that final quality dossiers, inspection records, certificates, test documentation, and supporting evidence are complete and compliant.
• Promote prevention-focused quality management through training, workshops, awareness initiatives, lessons learned, and cross-disciplinary knowledge sharing.
• Support adoption of digital quality management, inspection, analytics, and reporting tools where appropriate.

Ideal Profile

A Bachelor 's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline is required, together with at least 10 years of relevant experience in project quality management, quality assurance, QA and QC, or quality control. The preferred background includes substantial involvement in major construction, infrastructure, airport, airfield, or multidisciplinary programs where quality must be controlled across engineering, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover. Candidates should demonstrate practical experience implementing Project Quality Management Systems, conducting audits and inspections, managing NCRs, performing root cause analysis, monitoring corrective actions, and evaluating Contractor and Consultant quality performance. Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 is essential, along with experience reviewing ITPs, Method Statements, inspection procedures, test documentation, material records, and quality dossiers. Airport or airfield project exposure is highly desirable. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification or an equivalent auditing credential is preferred. Professional engineering or recognized quality certification would provide an additional advantage.

Skills Set

• Project Quality Management
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• QA and QC
• ISO 9001
• Quality Management Systems
• Project Quality Plans
• Quality auditing
• Quality surveillance
• Construction quality
• Engineering and design quality
• Inspection and Test Plans
• Method Statements
• Work Inspection Requests
• Material Inspection Requests
• NCR management
• Corrective and preventive actions
• Root cause analysis
• Quality risk management
• Contractor quality management
• Consultant quality management
• Supplier quality assessment
• Material traceability
• Inspection and testing
• Quality documentation
• Quality dossiers
• First-time pass rate monitoring
• Defect and rework analysis
• Quality KPIs
• Quality dashboards
• Trend analysis
• Airport quality assurance
• Airfield construction quality
• Runway and taxiway quality
• MEP quality assurance
• Infrastructure quality
• Testing and commissioning quality
• Integrated systems testing
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
• Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

Riyadh 's expanding portfolio of aviation, infrastructure, and complex construction programs is increasing demand for senior professionals who can move project quality from reactive inspection toward measurable prevention and assurance. This role provides broad exposure across engineering, construction, airport infrastructure, commissioning, contractors, and management systems, creating an opportunity to influence quality performance at project scale while developing deeper expertise in complex multidisciplinary delivery.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, construction management, infrastructure, and program management services for complex developments in Saudi Arabia and international markets. Its multidisciplinary project teams apply structured quality systems and technical assurance throughout design, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover to support safe, compliant, and dependable project outcomes.