Construction Quality Manager I: Field QC & Testing Lead

Construction Material Testing; West Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel per diem

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a Quality Manager I to own the project QA program, maintain the ITP, schedule tests, witness field/lab work, and open/close NCRs with the superintendent and engineer of record. You will write daily QC reports and ensure audit-ready files, advancing toward Quality Manager II as you lead field inspectors.

The role involves travel and per diem as assigned, with long days around major placements and phase starts, aligned to the project schedule.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in construction materials testing, special inspection, or contractor QC.
• Able to read specifications and drawings and turn them into a test schedule.
• Direct, organized, and comfortable telling a superintendent that a lift does not pass.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the project inspection and test plan (ITP) and the testing frequency log against the specifications; Schedule and witness field and laboratory tests; verify certifications of the technicians performing them; Write the daily quality control report and the three-phase (preparatory, initial, follow-up) meeting records; Open, track, and close nonconformance reports with the superintendent and the engineer of record; Keep submittal, mix design, and material certification files audit-ready.
• The week starts with the look-ahead: which pours, lifts, and structural work land in the next ten days, what the specification requires for each, and whether the technicians and the laboratory are lined up to cover it.
• When a test fails, you own the paperwork and the conversation: the NCR gets opened the same day, the engineer of record gets the data, and the corrective action gets tracked until the retest passes.
• Quality management here sits inside a documented AASHTO quality system and a licensed radiation safety program, and on federal work inside the USACE three-phase control process.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and consider every applicant without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Skills

3+ years experience

Test scheduling

Reading specs/drawings

Education

ACI Grade I

NICET Level II

ICC special inspector

USACE CQM-C

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a Quality Manager I to own the project QA program, maintain the ITP, schedule tests, witness field/lab work, and open/close NCRs with the superintendent and engineer of record. You will write daily QC reports and ensure audit-ready files, advancing toward Quality Manager II as you lead field inspectors.

The role involves travel and per diem as assigned, with long days around major placements and phase starts, aligned to the project schedule.