Quality Specialist – Advanced Facilities (Construction QA)

Work in Iowa; Iowa City, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

JE Dunn’s Advanced Facilities Group (AFG) is hiring a Quality Specialist to support core QA activities on large Industrial & Manufacturing projects nationwide. The role focuses on safety and quality plan adherence, documentation, and collaboration with suppliers to uphold quality standards.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction management or related field and 0–2 years of construction experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction management or related field
• 0-2 years construction experience and/or summer internship/co-op experience in construction

Responsibilities

• Learns and participates in safety and quality plans and culture, modeling injury-free behavior
• Participates in the project quality plan, water intrusion plan, and status report
• Ensures comprehensive documentation of QA processes, test results and corrective actions
• Collaborates with suppliers to maintain quality standards for incoming materials
• Gains knowledge of design documents to identify quality problems for constructability reviews
• Develops site observations to ensure specifications are met and work is quality-driven
• Develops understanding of compliance with industry standards and company policies
• May provide coordination to the project quality plan
• Attends pre-planning, pre-installation, and progress meetings
• Conducts regular site walk-throughs to ensure contract compliance
• Investigates non-compliant conditions and recommends corrective actions
• Uses QA systems to prepare reports for field teams and subcontractors
• Assists with documentation of quality-related information
• May conduct basic constructability reviews under supervision
• May witness third party compliance inspections and tests
• May coordinate with other JE Dunn teams including VDC, Quality, Safety

Skills

Safety plans

Quality plans

Communication

Deadlines

MS Office

Plans reading

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction management or related field

Tools

Construction M/E tools

Quality management tools

Job description

JE Dunn’s Advanced Facilities Group (AFG) is hiring a Quality Specialist to support core QA activities on large Industrial & Manufacturing projects nationwide. The role focuses on safety and quality plan adherence, documentation, and collaboration with suppliers to uphold quality standards.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction management or related field and 0–2 years of construction experience.