Project Quality Director

Genesis Technical Staffing, Inc.; Louisiana (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401K plan

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Genesis Staffing seeks a Project Quality Director to lead quality, compliance, and assurance across a major EPC/IPMT project in Cameron, LA. The role is field-based, embedded with project leadership, and requires influencing diverse teams from engineering to customer stakeholders to ensure governance and excellent delivery.

Key functions include establishing a Quality Management System, KPIs, audits, and continuous improvement while aligning with corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and

Qualifications

• 15+ years in quality, assurance, or compliance on major projects.
• 10+ years in progressive Quality leadership on EPC/EPCM/PMC projects.
• Field-based leadership on EPC/EPCM projects with site presence.
• Ability to influence executives, contractors, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Quality and IPMT quality leadership across the project.
• Develop and deploy Quality and Compliance policies and systems.
• Establish KPIs, audits, and continuous improvement programs.
• Coordinate with HSE, engineering, construction, and client teams.
• Report quality performance to senior project leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Quality leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Field-based leadership

IPMT collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality Management

Job description

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Project Quality Director
Location: Cameron, LA (On-site / Field-based)

Overview: You will play an integral role in ensuring the successful delivery of a major capital projects through the leadership of project-wide quality, compliance, assurance, and continuous improvement programs.

This is a field-based leadership role located in Cameron, Louisiana. The successful candidate will be embedded within the project site and serve as a key member of the Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT), working directly with project leadership, engineering, construction, commissioning, contractors, and customer stakeholders. This is not a corporate or home-office quality position. Success in this role requires a strong site presence, active engagement with project teams, and the ability to influence quality culture and compliance performance across all phases of project execution.

As Project Quality Director, you will provide executive leadership for all Quality and Compliance activities across the project, ensuring that governance, assurance, operational performance, and compliance systems support safe, predictable, and successful project delivery. Your leadership will directly influence project performance, regulatory compliance, delivery certainty, operational readiness, and customer satisfaction.

This highly visible leadership role operates at the center of project delivery, working directly with Project Directors, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, HSE, Contractors, and Customer leadership teams. Your ability to establish robust quality systems, drive a culture of accountability, and provide independent assurance over project execution will directly contribute to successful project outcomes.

Purpose of the role: The Project Quality Director is responsible for establishing, leading, and governing the Quality and Compliance function for a major EPC, PMC, or Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) organization. You will develop and deploy the Quality and Compliance Management System, ensure the effective implementation of project assurance activities, and provide leadership in the development of quality culture, performance management, audit programs, management reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will provide strategic guidance to the Project Directorate while ensuring quality and compliance activities are fully integrated into project delivery processes and aligned with corporate standards, customer expectations, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.

You will be responsible for:

• Serving as the overall Project Quality Director and Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) Quality Director for the project.
• Developing and deploying the Project Quality and Compliance Policy to support project objectives and delivery requirements.
• Establishing and implementing the Project Quality and Compliance Management System using the Worley Management System as the foundational framework.
• Developing project Quality and Compliance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and implementing processes for performance measurement, analysis, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Supporting the Project Directorate on all matters related to Quality, Compliance, Assurance, and organizational performance.
• Aligning with the HSE Director to ensure effective integration and compatibility of Quality, Compliance, and HSE management systems.
• Leading and managing the Project Assurance team, including assurance planning, resource deployment, performance management, and execution oversight.
• Liaising with Client Assurance Leadership regarding project quality, compliance, governance, and assurance performance.
• Reporting Quality and Compliance performance to Project Leadership and corporate Assurance stakeholders.
• Engaging with contractor, supplier, customer, and stakeholder leadership teams to promote alignment on quality and compliance objectives.
• Developing and implementing project-wide Quality and Compliance forums that foster engagement, accountability, and performance improvement.
• Establishing continuous improvement methodologies that support project execution from development through closeout.
• Developing and implementing project quality event management systems aligned with the ClientAssurance System.
• Establishing and executing operational assessment, audit, surveillance, and assurance programs to verify compliance and drive operational excellence.Developing management review processes that provide ongoing executive oversight of project quality and compliance performance.
• Reviewing trends, non-conformances, audit findings, lessons learned, and performance indicators to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Driving a culture of quality, compliance, operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the project organization.
• Supporting project teams in identifying and managing risks related to quality, governance, assurance, and compliance activities.Ensuring project quality and compliance programs support safe execution, operational readiness, customer satisfaction, and successful project delivery.

What you’ll bring to the role

• strong combination of quality leadership, assurance expertise, project delivery experience, and executive-level stakeholder management capability gained through major project environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, Business Management, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Typically 15+ years of experience supporting quality, assurance, compliance, engineering, construction, commissioning, project controls, or project management functions.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive Quality and Compliance leadership experience within major project environments.
• Proven experience within EPC, EPCM, PMC, industrial, energy, chemicals, resources, LNG, or major capital project organizations.
• Demonstrated experience serving in a field-based Quality, Assurance, or Compliance leadership role on a major EPC, EPCM, or PMC project.
• Proven experience leading project quality management systems, assurance programs, compliance frameworks, audit programs, and organizational improvement initiatives.
• Technical competency in general engineering and project delivery practices.
• Demonstrated success developing and implementing integrated management systems and project governance frameworks.
• Experience establishing KPIs, performance reporting systems, audit programs, management review processes, and assurance activities.
• Strong understanding of quality management principles, compliance systems, assurance methodologies, risk management, and continuous improvement practices.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively at senior leadership levels and actively participate in project leadership decision-making.
• Proven ability to influence executives, contractors, customers, and project stakeholders in complex project environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary quality, assurance, and compliance teams.
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively within an Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) environment and influence contractors, project teams, and senior stakeholders from a site-based leadership position.
• Willingness and ability to work a site-based schedule in Cameron, Louisiana throughout major phases of project execution.
• Commitment to operational excellence, quality, compliance, sustainability, and successful project delivery.

Benefits Offered:

• Paid-time off, Holiday pay, and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.

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