QC Field Manager

Audubon Companies; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Audubon Companies is seeking a QC Field Manager to lead field quality activities in Houston's Energy Corridor. You will oversee QC teams, coordinate audits, and ensure documentation meets contract requirements and project specs.

The role involves coaching staff, aligning with project management, and driving readiness for testing and turnover. The ideal candidate has extensive QA/QC leadership experience in oil and gas fabrication/installation, strong communication skills, and familiarity with

Qualifications

• Multi-discipline experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
• 10+ years in construction or related environments with 5+ years of management.
• 8+ years in quality leadership for fabrication and installation in oil and gas.
• Experience auditing, managing nonconformances, and implementing corrective actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication; public speaking a plus.
• AWS welding inspector certification preferred; familiarity with API, AWS, ASME, ANSI codes.
• MS Office and project document systems; BlueBeam and NavisWorks proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Oversee field quality activities across projects to ensure compliance with contracts and specs.
• Coordinate quality plans, inspections, and audits; prepare readiness for testing and turnover.
• Provide guidance to Project QC leads/technicians and coaching to field staff.
• Verify material traceability, welding qualifications, NDE records, and coating reports.
• Manage field records, calibrations, signatures, and turnover documentation.
• Escalate unresolved quality concerns affecting compliance, testing, schedule, or turnover.
• Lead project quality meetings and act as field quality liaison among teams.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Project leadership

Field management

Auditing

Documentation management

Communication

Tools

BlueBeam

NavisWorks

Job description

Audubon is currently seeking a QC Field Manager to join our team in our Houston-Energy Corridor Office. The QC Field Manger oversees field quality activities across assigned projects, ensuring construction and required documentation comply with contract requirements, project specifications, approved procedures, and applicable codes. This position provides oversight and support to Project QC Leads and Project Quality Technicians, coordinates onsite quality audits, and confirms project readiness for testing and final turnover.

The QC Field Manager helps project teams identify deficiencies early, implement corrective actions, and maintain complete, accurate records throughout construction.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implementation of Audubon Construction Solutions Quality Management System and overall quality performance
• Oversee implementation of approved Project Quality Plans and Inspection and Test Plans.
• Conduct site visits and surveillance to verify work comply with current approved drawings, specifications, and procedures.
• Coordinate quality coverage with project and construction management based on planned activities and project requirements.
• Verify subcontractor quality activities and documentation meet contractual requirements.
• Provide direction, coaching, and support to the Project QC team.
• Establish clear responsibilities, reporting expectations and procedures for field quality personnel.
• Provide onboarding and project-specific training before personnel begin field assignments.
• Evaluate staffing needs and communicate resource requirements to the Director of Quality and Compliance.
• Plan, coordinate and conduct scheduled onsite quality audits.
• Assist in tracking findings through closure on biweekly documentation audits.
• Verify corrective actions address identified deficiencies and help prevent recurrence.
• Escalate unresolved quality concerns that could affect compliance, testing, schedule or turnover.
• Report recurring findings, performance trends, and improvement opportunities to the Director of Quality and Compliance
• Oversee quality verification applicable disciplines, including civil, structural, welding, piping/mechanical, coating, electrical and instrumentation.
• Verify required material traceability, welding qualifications, NDE records, coating reports, and bolt up documentation are being maintained.
• Confirm measuring and test equipment have current calibration records and are suitable for their intended use.
• Verify required quality records and outstanding deficiencies are addressed before testing or release of affected work.
• Verify field personnel use current approved drawings, procedures, and forms.
• Oversee progressive completion of project records throughout execution.
• Confirm documentation accurately reflects completed work and includes required reviews and signatures.
• Verify turnover packages are audited and completed before being validated by the auditor or Director of Quality and Compliance.
• Keep documentation requirements aligned with the contract and approved project requirements.
• Serve as the field quality point of coordination between the Director of Quality and Compliance, project management, construction management, and onsite quality personnel.
• Participate in project kickoff meetings, quality meetings, and construction planning discussions.
• Ensure verbal client direction affecting quality requirements is documented and routed for written confirmation.
• Coordinate with project management to route changes, deviations, and additional requirements through the established RFI, variance, or change management process.
• Provide regular updates on quality status, significant findings, correctives actions, and turnover readiness.

Health, Safety, and Environmental Responsibilities

• All employees are responsible for supporting Audubon Companies’ Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) policies and procedures. This includes:
• Performing duties in a manner that protects personal and team health and safety
• Participating in required HSE training, meetings, and reporting activities
• Identifying and reporting hazards, near misses, and unsafe conditions
• Following safe work practices and complying with applicable regulatory requirements

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Multi discipline experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control
• 10+ years’ experience in construction company or related environment including 5 years’ management experience.
• Minimum of eight (8) years previous experience in a similar quality leadership role for project fabrication and installation of piping, structural, vessels, tanks, skids, equipment etc. in oil and gas related industries.
• Experience conducting audits, managing nonconformance, and verifying corrective action effectiveness.
• Excellent speaking, writing, communication, and organizational skills; public speaking a plus.
• AWS (Certified Welding Inspector) preferred
• Strong communication, organization, leadership, and document management skills.
• Extensive knowledge of API, AWS, ASME and ANSI Codes
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project document management systems.
• Computer literate in BlueBeam and NavisWorks

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Working at Audubon

The Audubon Family of Companies provides professional consulting solutions to the energy industry. For over 25 years, our proven reputation for operational excellence and dedication to client satisfaction has helped us become a leading service provider to some of the biggest names in oil and gas. Our team of over 1,000 of the country's top professionals can deliver a full range of consulting services, from EPCM to field solutions and operational support.

At Audubon we are always growing, though we never lose sight of our commitment to excellence. Our focus on flexibility and our demand for unsurpassed quality control over continue to guide our growth as they have since our inception. We realize that service goes beyond plugging in a professional skill set. Service means flexibility. Service means understanding and solving project challenges in dynamic environments. Service means communication. We pride ourselves on providing the service of the quality which allows us to implement efficient solutions that deliver immediate value and long-term returns.

Our dedication to people requires an equal dedication to safety. Our rigorous safety program helps us maintain a safe and incident-free work environment from the desktop to the pipeline trench. Our people drive the quality and efficiency that have established Audubon as a leader in the oil and gas industry - their growth and safety are at the core of our business.

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