Senior Construction Quality Program Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Travel per diem

Competitive pay

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program, owning the site quality management system and leading audits with inspectors reporting through you. You will develop every QC person on the program and ensure the owner's quality organization is aligned with the project.

You will spend your week directing quality managers, overseeing audits, and coaching staff, with travel and per diem as needed on a multi-site program.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in construction quality with 5+ years managing quality programs and staff.
• Senior certification: USACE CQM-C plus 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 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 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 corrective-action program.
• Approve quality control plans, ITPs, and laboratory/subcontractor qualifications.
• Report quality metrics—test pass rates, NCR aging, audit findings—to program leadership monthly.

Education

USACE CQM-C

ICC special inspector (multiple categories)

NICET Level IV

ASQ CQA/CMQ-OE

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a Construction Quality Manager III to direct quality across a major program, owning the site quality management system and leading audits with inspectors reporting through you. You will develop every QC person on the program and ensure the owner's quality organization is aligned with the project.

You will spend your week directing quality managers, overseeing audits, and coaching staff, with travel and per diem as needed on a multi-site program.