Mission Critical Quality Manager | Lead QA & Turnover

Suffolkconstruction; Turkey (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Suffolk Construction seeks a Quality Manager to lead the Mission Critical Quality Program on project sites, ensuring planning, implementation, and independent verification of quality standards in line with contract requirements and codes.

You will translate documents into clear quality expectations, coordinate inspections, and drive continuous improvement across procurement, construction, and turnover activities. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible construction quality, inspection, testing, MEP construction, or comparable Mission Critical experience; demonstrated leadership of project quality activities.
• Strong technical competence in at least one construction discipline, with working knowledge of interfaces among Mission Critical architectural, structural, civil, electrical, mechanical, and controls systems.
• Experience reviewing drawings, specifications, submittals, inspection and test plans, test reports, manufacturer requirements, and technical documentation; familiarity with IBC, NEC, NFPA, ASHRAE.
• Demonstrated experience managing inspections, testing, deficiencies, nonconformances, corrective actions, root‑cause evaluation, and project closeout.
• OSHA 30 certification or ability to obtain within 90 days; working knowledge of construction‑safety and hazardous‑energy‑control requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the project-specific Quality Plan, inspection and testing controls, reporting requirements, and supporting execution tools in accordance with QA Program standards.
• Translate contract documents, approved submittals, design requirements, codes, and manufacturer requirements into clear project quality expectations and verify responsibilities.
• Integrate quality activities with procurement, construction sequencing, commissioning readiness, and the project master schedule.
• Identify and elevate quality scope gaps, resource constraints, recurring deficiencies, and other conditions affecting performance or turnover.
• Coordinate preparatory activities, benchmarks, mockups, inspections, testing, and completion verification; manage third‑party testing and special inspections.
• Manage quality issues and nonconformances through assignment, containment, root‑cause evaluation, corrective action, reinspection or retesting, and closure.
• Verify inspection, measurement, and test equipment is controlled and calibrated per requirements.
• Implement Quality Program documentation, support audits, and maintain audit-ready quality records.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Documentation

Conflict resolution

Problem solving

Education

OSHA 30 certification

Tools

ISO 9001 quality management systems

Job description

Suffolk Construction seeks a Quality Manager to lead the Mission Critical Quality Program on project sites, ensuring planning, implementation, and independent verification of quality standards in line with contract requirements and codes.

You will translate documents into clear quality expectations, coordinate inspections, and drive continuous improvement across procurement, construction, and turnover activities. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.