Senior Construction Quality Manager — Program Lead

Construction Material Testing; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Construction Material Testing is seeking a Construction Quality Manager III to oversee quality across a major program, directing Quality Managers and inspectors. You own the site quality management system, audit program, and the relationship with the owner's quality organization, shaping every QC person on the program.

Responsibilities include establishing the QMS, leading audits, approving QC plans, and reporting quality metrics to program leadership monthly.

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 management leadership

Auditing

Staff development

ISO 9001 knowledge

CQM-C certification

Special inspector credentials

Quality program building

Job description

Construction Material Testing is seeking a Construction Quality Manager III to oversee quality across a major program, directing Quality Managers and inspectors. You own the site quality management system, audit program, and the relationship with the owner's quality organization, shaping every QC person on the program.

Responsibilities include establishing the QMS, leading audits, approving QC plans, and reporting quality metrics to program leadership monthly.