Senior Construction Quality Manager: Lead QC Program

Construction Material Testing; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel and per diem

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program. You own the site quality management system, audit program, and relationships with the owner's quality organization, shaping every QC person on the project.

You'll lead audits, approve QC plans, report metrics monthly, and coordinate with Quality Managers and inspectors. This role requires 10+ years in construction quality and senior certifications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in construction quality, with 5+ years managing quality programs and staff.
• Experience with owner quality programs under ISO 9001, NQA-1, or DOT quality assurance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Establish the program quality management system: plans, procedures, forms, and the audit schedule.
• Direct Quality Managers I and II across projects; set coverage, review performance, and develop staff.
• Lead internal audits and host owner, agency, and third-party audits; own the corrective-action program.
• Approve quality control plans, ITPs, and laboratory and inspection subcontractor qualifications.
• Report quality metrics — test pass rates, NCR aging, audit findings — to program leadership monthly.

Skills

Quality program management

Staff development

Auditing

Quality metrics reporting

Education

USACE CQM-C

ICC Special Inspector (multiple categories)

NICET Level IV

ASQ CQA/CMQ-OE

Tools

AASHTO R18 quality system

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program. You own the site quality management system, audit program, and relationships with the owner's quality organization, shaping every QC person on the project.

You'll lead audits, approve QC plans, report metrics monthly, and coordinate with Quality Managers and inspectors. This role requires 10+ years in construction quality and senior certifications.