QC Manager (Federal Division)

granite; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays & sick leave

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Granite Construction Incorporated seeks a QC Manager II to implement and manage the Quality Control (QC) program on a federal construction project. The role ensures work meets contract requirements and quality standards through inspections, testing, documentation, and coordination.

You will serve as the primary QC liaison with customers and regulatory agencies, lead QC personnel, and ensure compliance with EM 385-1-1, OSHA, MSHA, and FAR 52.246-12.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the project QC system in accordance with contract documents, specifications, federal requirements, and company standards.
• Manage the 3-Phase QC program: Preparatory, Initial, Follow-up.
• Manage QC plan, reviews, inspections, testing, documentation, and corrective actions.
• Lead, train, coach, and evaluate project QC personnel.
• Coordinate staffing and inspection coverage for project activities, disciplines, phases, and shifts.
• Interpret plans, specs, testing standards, and acceptance criteria; escalate as needed.

Skills

Quality control management

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Inspection & testing

Documentation

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management

Tools

Bluebeam

MS Office

RMS/eCMS

Autodesk Forma

Job description

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General Summary

Responsible for implementing and managing the Quality Control (QC) program on a federal construction project. The QC Manager II ensures work meets contract requirements and applicable quality standards through inspections, testing, documentation, and coordination. The role serves as the project’s primary quality liaison with the customer and regulatory agencies and ensures compliance with FAR 52.246-12, Inspection of Construction.

Essential Job Accountabilities

QC Program Management

• Establish and maintainthe project QC systemin accordance withcontract documents, specifications, federal requirements, and company standards.
• Manage the 3-Phase program including; Preparatory, Initial, and Follow-up phases of control, exceptwhereassigned to qualified QC Specialists.
• Manage the QC plan, specification and submittal reviews, inspections, testing, documentation, and corrective actions.

Team Leadership

• Manage, train, coach, and evaluate project QC personnel.
• Direct other QC Managers, QC Engineers, QC Specialists, laboratories, subcontractor quality representatives, and inspection personnel.
• Coordinate staffing and inspection coverage for project activities, disciplines, phases, and shifts.

Project Oversight and Compliance

• Maintainthe onsite presence required by the contract and project needs.
• Lead quality meetings, including Coordination and Mutual Understanding Meetings.
• Interpret plans, specifications, testing standards, and acceptance criteria; elevate matters requiring professional engineering judgment or customer direction.
• Use independent judgment to resolve project quality issues with project leadership, subcontractors, customers, and technical stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with applicable EM 385-1-1, OSHA, MSHA, safety, hazard identification, and sustainability requirements. Maintain current certificates as required.

Technical Support and Issue Resolution

• Provide quality-related technical support during preconstruction, construction, and closeout.
• Oversee inspections, audits, testing, quality records, nonconformance management, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Review mix designs and technical quality documents withinroleauthority. Stamping or sealing may be performed only when properly licensed and authorized.

Customer and Project Support

• Serve as the primary project quality representative with federal customers, agencies, designers, subcontractors, laboratories, and technical stakeholders.
• Lead resolution of complex project quality concerns and supporttimelycustomer decisions and acceptance.
• Manage the project quality budget, forecast, staffing plan, and estimates; provide quality input for planning, risk reviews, change management, claims, turnover, and closeout.

Education and Certification

• High school diplomarequired;bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management required
• Current Construction Quality Management for Contractors (CQM-C) forContractorscertificationrequiredfor federal assignments. If not current at hire, completion isrequiredwithin90 days, subject to contract requirements.
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE), ASQ, ISO, or other relevant quality certification required.
• Working knowledge of FAR 52.246-12, EM 385-1-1, OSHA, MSHA, and requirements applicable to the assigned project.

Work Experience

• Extensive construction quality control experience withdemonstratedsuccess leading the QC program on federal projects.
• Experience managing QC personnel, laboratories, subcontractors, and concurrent construction activities.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex project quality issues and coordinate with federal customers, agencies, and project leadership.
• Experience onprojects with increased technical complexity, customer oversight, quality risk, subcontractor involvement, or schedule demands.
• Level II assignment is based on experience, technicalproficiency, and demonstrated ability to manage larger, more complex, or higher-risk projects.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of construction materials, methods, inspection, testing, documentation, and QC procedures.
• Ability to interpret complex plans, specifications, contracts, codes, standards, and federal quality requirements.
• Strong leadership, prioritization, decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to apply sound judgment when resolving complex project quality challenges.
• Proficiencyin document control, auditing, nonconformance management, root-cause analysis, corrective action, Microsoft Office, Bluebeam, databases, and quality management systems (RMS, eCMS and/or Autodesk Forma).
• Ability to perform effectively under pressure whilemaintainingquality, compliance, and deadlines.

Physical Demands

Regularly required to talk and hear;frequentlyrequiredto stand, walk, sit, and use a computer keyboard; and occasionallyrequiredto reach and lift or move up to 50 pounds. Close vision and the ability to adjust focus arerequired. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This project will be in Christmas Valley, Oregon

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THIS IS A SAFETY-SENSITIVE POSITION SUBJECT TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRE-EMPLOYMENT AND RANDOM TESTING.

Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.

Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.

Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.

Base Salary Range:

$121,754.00 - $182,631.00

Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Notice to Staffing Agencies

Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.