Senior Construction Quality Manager – QC Program Lead

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

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program in the United States. You own the site quality management system, the audit program, the relationship with the owner's quality organization, and the development of every QC person on the program.

You supervise Quality Managers I-III and inspectors on major projects. Pay ranges from $130,000 to $160,000, with long days around placements and phase starts.

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 and review performance.
• Lead internal audits and host owner, agency, and third-party audits; own the corrective-action program.
• Report quality metrics—test pass rates, NCR aging, audit findings—to program leadership monthly.
• Coach the Quality Manager who is about to run their first preparatory meeting.

Skills

Audit leadership

Quality program management

Staff development

Stakeholder coordination

Education

USACE CQM-C

ICC Special Inspector

NICET Level IV

ASQ CQA/CMQ-OE

ISO 9001/NQA-1 experience

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program in the United States. You own the site quality management system, the audit program, the relationship with the owner's quality organization, and the development of every QC person on the program.

You supervise Quality Managers I-III and inspectors on major projects. Pay ranges from $130,000 to $160,000, with long days around placements and phase starts.