Quality Control Director - Federal

Gilbane Federal; Concord (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilbane Building is seeking a Quality Control Director to lead the quality assurance strategy across all field operations for Gilbane Building. The Director develops strategies that integrate quality with safety, productivity, and profitability.

You will build high performing teams, oversee QC staffing and training, and coordinate with government entities on QA/QC practices while traveling to projects up to 50%.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality control in construction projects.
• Ability to develop QA strategy across field operations.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Quality Control program for Federal projects.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements and Federal standards.
• Lead QC staffing, audits, and training of Quality Control Managers.
• Interface with Business Unit and Operations Management on QC needs.
• Travel to construction sites up to 50%.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Quality assurance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

Do you consider yourself to be a highly technical, strong communicator with the desire to work in a team environment on complex projects? Gilbane is seeking a Quality Control Director to lead and manage the quality assurance strategy across all field operations for Gilbane Building. The Director develops strategies that integrate quality with safety, productivity, and profitability.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane's business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.

Your core values match Gilbane's: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What's in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Responsibilities

• The Federal Quality Control Director provides strategic leadership and oversight of Gilbane's Quality Control program across its portfolio of Federal projects, ensuring consistent compliance with contract requirements, Federal agency standards, and Gilbane's enterprise quality practices. Serving as the functional leader for Federal QC personnel, this role oversees QC staffing and qualifications, project-specific QC plans, audits, corrective actions, performance metrics, and the development and training of Quality Control Managers supporting projects globally.
• Maintain and update, as needed, the Federal Division QC program to maintain compliance with industry and Federal government QC requirements
• Serve as point of contact with the Division for the Government entities on QA/QC practices, questions, topics and issues
• Serve as Functional leader of QC personnel in a matrix organization serving projects globally, assigning only qualified individuals to each project; including vetting proposed QCM personnel assignments to assure contract qualifications are met, and to issue appointment letters
• Manage and maintain a robust Quality Audit program for Federal projects; including working with projects when non-compliance reports are received to assure cogent and appropriate responses are crafted
• Provide streamlined project-specific QC plan templates for prime IDIQ contracts that comply with contract requirements
• Review and approve project-specific QC Plans; including establishing QC Program early start-up and close-out processes and monitoring metrics
• Interface with Business Unit and Operations Management on QC needs and program implementation
• Coordinate and work with Enterprise Global QC Director to achieve integrated programs to the extent possible
• Coordinate and conduct onboarding and training for project Quality Control Managers.
• Create training material to incorporate Enterprise's operational procedures and software tools to the existing quality program.
• Travel to construction projects to perform assessments as required
• Infill as project Quality Control Manager as needed
• Up to 50% travel

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION:

A graduate of a four-year accredited colleg