Senior Construction Quality Program Leader

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

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to direct project-wide quality systems, audits, and staff development. You will own the QC program, coordinate audits with owners and agencies, and ensure corrective actions and quality controls meet program standards.

The role requires building a compliant quality organization, reporting metrics to leadership, and guiding QA processes across multiple projects with significant travel.

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 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 across projects; set coverage 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

Audits

Leadership

Certifications (ICC NICET ASQ)

Program management

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a senior Construction Quality Manager III to direct project-wide quality systems, audits, and staff development. You will own the QC program, coordinate audits with owners and agencies, and ensure corrective actions and quality controls meet program standards.

The role requires building a compliant quality organization, reporting metrics to leadership, and guiding QA processes across multiple projects with significant travel.