Design Quality Leader | Drive Excellence & Risk Reduction

Arup; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arup is seeking a Design Quality Manager in Los Angeles to lead design quality across projects, ensuring deliverables meet client requirements and standards. The role blends design leadership with project quality management to drive technical excellence, risk reduction, and compliance throughout the design lifecycle.

We value individuals who can promote quality culture within project teams, support Design Managers, and ensure processes are planned, implemented, and monitored from concept through

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of design delivery experience, including experience as a Design Lead, Design Manager, Technical Lead, or similar role.
• 5+ years of quality management experience as a Project Quality Manager, Design Quality Manager, or equivalent on engineering, infrastructure, or multidisciplinary design projects.
• Strong understanding of design management, technical assurance, design governance, and quality management systems.
• Demonstrated experience in multidisciplinary design delivery, design coordination, and design review processes.

Responsibilities

• Design Quality Leadership: Promote a culture of quality and technical excellence within project teams.
• Support Design Managers, Discipline Leads, and Project Managers in achieving project quality objectives.
• Ensure design processes are planned, implemented, and monitored throughout project delivery.
• Facilitate collaboration between disciplines to improve design integration and constructability.
• Technical Assurance and Review: Establish and oversee design review, checking, verification, and approval processes.
• Ensure interdisciplinary reviews (IDRs), technical checks, and independent reviews are completed per project requirements.
• Monitor the resolution of review comments and design issues.
• Verify that design deliverables comply with contractual, regulatory, code, and client requirements.
• Quality Management: Develop and implement project-specific Design Quality Management Plans (DQMPs).
• Monitor compliance with the Quality Management System and project procedures.
• Identify quality risks and opportunities and implement controls.
• Support internal and external audits and management reviews.
• Design Leadership Support: Apply design lead experience to guide teams on effective project delivery practices.
• Provide advice on design planning, coordination, resource management, and deliverable development.
• Assist teams in addressing technical challenges, interfaces, and quality concerns.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze quality performance trends, NCRs, audits, and lessons learned.
• Identify recurring issues and drive corrective and preventive actions.

Skills

Design leadership

Quality management

Multidisciplinary design

Project quality management

Interdisciplinary coordination

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Arup is seeking a Design Quality Manager in Los Angeles to lead design quality across projects, ensuring deliverables meet client requirements and standards. The role blends design leadership with project quality management to drive technical excellence, risk reduction, and compliance throughout the design lifecycle.

We value individuals who can promote quality culture within project teams, support Design Managers, and ensure processes are planned, implemented, and monitored from concept through