Quality Program Manager - Semiconductor Construction

AM Technical Solutions, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AM Technical Solutions seeks a Quality Program Manager to provide strategic leadership for the quality program across complex semiconductor and advanced technology construction projects. You will establish and advance a scalable Quality Management System, driving consistent execution, minimizing risk, and ensuring projects meet client, contractual, regulatory, and industry requirements.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic, collaborative, and commercially minded quality leader who can operate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in construction quality, engineering, project management, or program leadership.
• Experience leading complex, technically demanding construction environments.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise or program-level Quality Management Systems.
• Experience with semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, data center, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or mission-critical facilities preferred.
• Strong understanding of construction quality, commissioning, contract requirements, risk management, and project delivery.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong executive communication, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• ASQ, Six Sigma/Lean, PMP, CCM, or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight to quality execution across major semiconductor construction programs.
• Partner with project executives, construction leaders, engineering, commissioning, and operations to integrate quality into project planning and delivery.
• Ensure project quality plans, inspection and testing strategies, documentation, and turnover requirements align with contractual and client expectations.
• Provide leadership on complex quality issues affecting cost, schedule, commissioning, turnover, or operational readiness.
• Establish quality strategies for semiconductor fabs, advanced manufacturing, and other facilities.
• Oversee quality requirements for critical systems including cleanrooms, process piping, and high-purity utilities.
• Integrate quality requirements with commissioning, startup, equipment installation, and turnover.
• Promote construction practices that protect facility performance and production readiness.
• Establish enterprise processes for nonconformance management, root cause analysis, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
• Lead resolution of significant quality issues and ensure effective corrective actions.
• Oversee internal quality audits and support client, regulatory, supplier, and third-party assessments.
• Monitor quality trends and emerging risks and communicate actions to senior leadership.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Quality Managers and Quality Engineers and project quality teams.
• Establish training and career development strategies for the quality function.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Problem-solving

Negotiation

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Quality Management

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

ASQ

Six Sigma/Lean

PMP/CCM

Job description

Job Description

The Quality Program Manager provides strategic leadership for the company’s quality program across complex semiconductor and advanced technology construction projects. This role is responsible for establishing and advancing a scalable Quality Management System that drives consistent execution, minimizes risk, and ensures projects meet or exceed client, contractual, regulatory, and industry requirements. Working across project delivery, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and executive leadership, the Quality Program Manager establishes quality strategy, governance, performance standards, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization. The successful candidate is a strategic leader who can translate quality requirements into practical project execution strategies while building strong relationships with clients, project teams, subcontractors, and senior leadership.

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate is a strategic, collaborative, and commercially minded quality leader who can operate effectively at both the executive and project levels. They understand that quality is not simply an inspection function—it is a critical component of risk management, operational readiness, client satisfaction, and successful project delivery.

This leader will build a quality organization and program that is scalable, measurable, proactive, and aligned with the company’s long-term growth strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Project Quality

• Provide strategic oversight to quality execution across major semiconductor construction programs.
• Partner with project executives, construction leaders, engineering, commissioning, and operations to integrate quality into project planning and delivery.
• Ensure project quality plans, inspection and testing strategies, documentation, and turnover requirements align with contractual and client expectations.
• Provide leadership on complex quality issues affecting cost, schedule, commissioning, turnover, or operational readiness.

Semiconductor & Mission-Critical Construction

• Establish quality strategies appropriate for semiconductor fabs, advanced manufacturing, and other highly technical facilities.
• Provide oversight of quality requirements for critical systems including cleanrooms, process piping, specialty and bulk gases, high-purity water, HVAC, electrical, controls, and process utilities.
• Integrate quality requirements with commissioning, startup, equipment installation, and facility turnover.
• Promote construction practices that protect facility performance, reliability, and production readiness.

Risk, Compliance & Corrective Action

• Establish enterprise processes for nonconformance management, root cause analysis, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
• Lead resolution of significant or recurring quality issues and ensure effective corrective actions.
• Oversee internal quality audits and support client, regulatory, supplier, and third-party assessments.
• Monitor quality trends and emerging risks and communicate appropriate actions to senior leadership.

Team Development & Organizational Excellence

• Lead, mentor, and develop Quality Managers, Quality Engineers, and project quality teams.
• Establish organizational capability, training, and career development strategies for the quality function.
• Promote knowledge sharing and lessons learned across projects.
• Drive adoption of technology, data analytics, and digital quality tools to improve project performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in construction quality, engineering, project management, or program leadership.
• Proven leadership experience within complex, technically demanding construction environments.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise or program-level Quality Management Systems.
• Demonstrated experience with semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, data center, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or other mission-critical facilities preferred.
• Strong understanding of construction quality, commissioning, contract requirements, risk management, and project delivery.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Strong executive communication, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• ASQ, Six Sigma/Lean, PMP, CCM, or equivalent professional certification preferred.

Company Description

AM Technical Solutions (AM), founded in 1994, is a proven and licensed architect, engineering, and construction firm. Our company delivers the entire scope of work for high-tech construction projects on schedule, on budget, and at the level of quality required by customers. The AM core foundation was built on quality programs that optimized semiconductor facility operations. As the company developed, AM added core competencies on pre-construction, procurement, and construction. Further, through strategic acquisitions, we added design, commissioning, and validation to create a complete end-to-end solution for high-tech construction project delivery. AMTS AE is a licensed Engineering and Architecture, Business Unit of AM Technical Solutions. At AMTS AE, we focus on providing design and consulting services for advanced technology, government, university, and industrial clients, specializing in research, pilot lines, manufacturing, cleanrooms, and advanced laboratories. We also provide start-up consulting, process improvements, industrial engineering, and high-tech operations support.

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