Senior Construction Quality Manager – Program Lead

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

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program, owning the site quality system and audit program while developing QC staff across projects. You report on quality metrics, authorize QC plans, and drive the corrective-action process.

With 10+ years in construction quality and senior certifications, you lead audits with owners and agencies, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, NQA-1, and DOT frameworks, shaping the program’s

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 QA 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 and develop staff.
• Lead internal audits and host owner, agency, and third-party audits.
• Own the corrective-action program; approve QC plans, ITPs, and subcontractor qualifications.
• Report quality metrics — test pass rates, NCR aging, audit findings — to program leadership monthly.

Skills

Quality management

Leadership

Audit coordination

Regulatory compliance

Education

ICC special inspector (multiple categories)

NICET Level IV

ASQ CQA/CMQ-OE

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program, owning the site quality system and audit program while developing QC staff across projects. You report on quality metrics, authorize QC plans, and drive the corrective-action process.

With 10+ years in construction quality and senior certifications, you lead audits with owners and agencies, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, NQA-1, and DOT frameworks, shaping the program’s