Senior QC Engineer — Civil & Mechanical Site Inspections

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgewater Technical Associates seeks a QC Engineer/Specialist to support a multi-year construction project at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. The role focuses on verifying quality control activities for civil and mechanical construction, ensuring compliance with QMS, ASME NQA-1, and DOE 414.1D requirements.

The engineer will inspect earthworks, grading, drainage, backfill, and related site infrastructure, review test results, maintain auditable records, and coordinate with Construction,

Qualifications

• Five (5) + years of quality control, construction inspection, or related industrial construction experience.
• Experience with civil/sitework, underground utilities, infrastructure, or similar construction.
• Knowledge of grading, excavation, earthwork, backfill, compaction, drainage, and underground construction.
• Working knowledge of ASME NQA-1 and DOE Order 414.1D.
• Experience working within a formal QA/QC or Quality Management System.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, procedures, work packages, and inspection requirements.
• Experience in performing field inspections and maintaining auditable quality records.
• Knowledge of soil, aggregate, fill, compaction, and field-testing methods.
• Experience with ITPs, hold/witness points, NCRs, corrective actions, and turnover documentation.
• Experience identifying and documenting nonconforming conditions and CAQs.
• Ability to perform field inspections in active construction areas and access uneven terrain.

Responsibilities

• Verify construction activities comply with QMS, ASME NQA-1, DOE 414.1D, and project quality requirements.
• Inspect grading, excavation, subgrade, fill, backfill, compaction, drainage, demolition, and civil work.
• Verify elevations, slopes, excavation limits, bedding, lift thickness, moisture, and compaction.
• Witness field testing for soil density, moisture, compaction, aggregates, and materials.
• Review inspection and test results against approved acceptance criteria.
• Verify materials are approved, identified, and documented before use.
• Inspect storm drainage piping, structures, bedding, and backfill.
• Verify interfaces with utilities, duct banks, piping, structures, and existing facilities.
• Review drawings, specifications, work packages, ITPs, and quality requirements.
• Perform and document hold-point and witness-point inspections.
• Identify and document nonconforming work, CAQs, and quality issues.
• Support NCRs, corrective actions, and resolution of quality issues.
• Maintain accurate, traceable inspection reports, test records, and quality documentation.
• Support walkdowns, punch lists, turnover inspections, surveillances, and audits.
• Coordinate inspections with Construction, Engineering, subcontractors, testing agencies, and Quality.
• Escalate significant quality concerns and SCAQs per project procedures.

Skills

Quality control

Construction inspection

Field inspections

Read drawings & specs

NQA-1 knowledge

CAQs/NCRs handling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Edgewater Technical Associates seeks a QC Engineer/Specialist to support a multi-year construction project at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. The role focuses on verifying quality control activities for civil and mechanical construction, ensuring compliance with QMS, ASME NQA-1, and DOE 414.1D requirements.

The engineer will inspect earthworks, grading, drainage, backfill, and related site infrastructure, review test results, maintain auditable records, and coordinate with Construction,