Construction Quality Supervisor

SST Direct; Orangeville (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SST Direct in Orangeville, Utah, is seeking a Construction Quality Supervisor to lead field execution of the construction quality organization supporting reactor deployment and related infrastructure.

You will coordinate inspections, hold points, traceability, turnover documentation, and controlled work execution while guiding diverse trades—from geotechnical to industrial construction—and ensuring rigorous, auditable quality across all activities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical degree or engineering-related education preferred.
• 10+ years of experience supporting quality execution within industrial construction, nuclear construction, power generation, heavy industrial, aerospace, semiconductor, defense, or similarly demanding technical environments.
• 5+ years of experience leading field quality personnel, inspection teams, or construction quality execution activities.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, construction work packages, technical procedures, inspection requirements, and controlled documentation.
• Familiarity with construction verification activities, inspection methods, material traceability systems, turnover documentation, and regulated quality systems.
• Comfortable working in active construction environments, including outdoor conditions, elevated structures, confined spaces, industrial noise, dust, vibration, and changing environmental conditions while following all required safety protocols.
• Flexible and willing to support demanding project schedules, including extended hours, weekends, and rapid-response field problem-solving when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day field execution activities for the construction quality organization supporting reactor construction, infrastructure installation, fabrication, assembly, testing, and controlled field execution activities.
• Supervise Construction Quality Technicians and Inspectors, reinforcing disciplined execution, procedural compliance, technical rigor, and traceability integrity.
• Coordinate inspection activities, witness points, hold points, turnover documentation, and verification workflows across multiple subcontractor trades and construction disciplines.
• Provide quality oversight of subcontracted construction activities, including geotechnical, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and industrial construction.
• Ensure construction records, material traceability, inspection documentation, as-built conditions, turnover packages, and controlled execution documentation remain accurate, complete, retrievable, and audit-ready.
• Support the investigation and resolution of nonconformances, construction discrepancies, contractor quality concerns, field execution issues, procedural deviations, and technical documentation gaps.
• Work directly with construction management, engineering, supplier quality, craft labor, subcontractors, and operational leadership to develop technically defensible and operationally executable quality solutions.
• Identify emerging execution risks, traceability gaps, contractor performance concerns, and operational weaknesses before they become significant project impacts.
• Mentor and develop field quality personnel while helping establish scalable construction quality execution standards and verification discipline.
• Participate in and conduct subcontractor quality system audits.

Skills

Leadership

Quality assurance

Field experience

Safety compliance

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma

Engineering-related education preferred

Job description

Location: Orangeville, UT
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $120k/yr. - $150k/yr.

As a Construction Quality Supervisor, you will lead field execution of the construction quality organization supporting HTGR reactor deployment and associated infrastructure projects in Orangeville, Utah.

This role works directly within active construction operations and is responsible for ensuring disciplined, traceable, and technically defensible construction execution across multiple subcontracted trades, including geotechnical, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and industrial construction activities.

This is a highly operational and hands-on role. You will coordinate inspections, verification activities, hold points, traceability systems, turnover documentation, and controlled work execution while helping maintain project momentum under aggressive schedules and evolving technical conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day field execution activities for the construction quality organization supporting reactor construction, infrastructure installation, fabrication, assembly, testing, and controlled field execution activities.
• Supervise Construction Quality Technicians and Inspectors, reinforcing disciplined execution, procedural compliance, technical rigor, and traceability integrity.
• Coordinate inspection activities, witness points, hold points, turnover documentation, and verification workflows across multiple subcontractor trades and construction disciplines.
• Provide quality oversight of subcontracted construction activities, including:
  • Geotechnical
  • Civil
  • Structural
  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • Instrumentation
  • Industrial construction
• Ensure construction records, material traceability, inspection documentation, as-built conditions, turnover packages, and controlled execution documentation remain accurate, complete, retrievable, and audit-ready.
• Support the investigation and resolution of nonconformances, construction discrepancies, contractor quality concerns, field execution issues, procedural deviations, and technical documentation gaps.
• Work directly with construction management, engineering, supplier quality, craft labor, subcontractors, and operational leadership to develop technically defensible and operationally executable quality solutions.
• Identify emerging execution risks, traceability gaps, contractor performance concerns, and operational weaknesses before they become significant project impacts.
• Mentor and develop field quality personnel while helping establish scalable construction quality execution standards and verification discipline.
• Participate in and conduct subcontractor quality system audits.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical degree or engineering-related education preferred.
• 10+ years of experience supporting quality execution within industrial construction, nuclear construction, power generation, heavy industrial, aerospace, semiconductor, defense, or similarly demanding technical environments.
• 5+ years of experience leading field quality personnel, inspection teams, or construction quality execution activities.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, construction work packages, technical procedures, inspection requirements, and controlled documentation.
• Familiarity with construction verification activities, inspection methods, material traceability systems, turnover documentation, and regulated quality systems.
• Comfortable working in active construction environments, including outdoor conditions, elevated structures, confined spaces, industrial noise, dust, vibration, and changing environmental conditions while following all required safety protocols.
• Flexible and willing to support demanding project schedules, including extended hours, weekends, and rapid-response field problem-solving when necessary.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Prior experience supporting nuclear construction projects, NQA-1 environments, DOE projects, ASME-related construction activities, or similarly regulated technical programs.
• Multidisciplinary construction quality experience spanning civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, welding, piping, fabrication, and industrial installation activities.
• Experience coordinating quality execution across multiple subcontractors and construction interfaces within a general contractor environment.
• Familiarity with nonconformance systems, turnover packages, traceability systems, controlled work execution, and field verification methodologies.
• Experience supporting root cause investigations, corrective actions, and operational quality problem-solving within complex construction projects.
• Working familiarity with dimensional inspection methods, field measurement systems, construction hold points, and technical verification workflows.
• Strong operational judgment with the ability to make technically defensible decisions under ambiguity and schedule pressure.
• Experience conducting or supporting subcontractor quality audits.

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