Senior Construction Quality Manager — Program & Audit Lead

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

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to lead quality across a major program. You own the site quality management system, the audit program, and the interface with the owner's quality organization.

You will coach Quality Managers and inspectors, direct audits, approve QC plans, and report metrics to program leadership monthly while driving continuous improvement on multi-year projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in construction quality, with 5+ years managing quality programs and staff.
• USACE CQM-C plus a senior certification: ICC special inspector (multiple categories), NICET Level IV, or ASQ CQA/CMQ-OE.
• Experience with owner quality programs under ISO 9001, NQA-1, or DOT quality assurance frameworks.
• Proven ability to build a QC organization on a new program and hold it to the plan.

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 leadership

USACE CQM-C

ICC Special Inspector

NICET Level IV

ASQ CQA/CMQ-OE

ISO 9001 experience

NQA-1

DOT QA frameworks

Construction quality

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to lead quality across a major program. You own the site quality management system, the audit program, and the interface with the owner's quality organization.

You will coach Quality Managers and inspectors, direct audits, approve QC plans, and report metrics to program leadership monthly while driving continuous improvement on multi-year projects.