Senior Quality Leader for Major Infrastructure Projects

Mott MacDonald; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company matching

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Mott MacDonald in Houston, TX is seeking a Senior Quality Manager to lead quality initiatives across major transportation, aviation, rail & transit, highways, water, energy, and infrastructure programs in North America.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership for quality across planning through handover, drive continuous improvement, and ensure compliance with client requirements and corporate standards. This role follows a hybrid in-office model with collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of quality management experience supporting major infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing Quality Management Plans, Quality Assurance programs, audit programs, and corrective action processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of Project Quality Management Plans (PQMPs), project quality objectives, KPIs, and reporting frameworks.
• Provide quality leadership and independent oversight across planning, design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Ensure compliance with client, contractual, regulatory, and corporate quality requirements.
• Lead quality audits, surveillance activities, supplier assessments, and assurance reviews across major projects.
• Manage non-conformances, corrective actions, root-cause investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee quality documentation, inspection and test plans (ITPs), quality work plans, and quality control processes.
• Monitor contractor, consultant, and supplier quality performance and identify emerging risks and improvement opportunities.
• Support program assurance, stage-gate reviews, risk management processes, and project governance activities.
• Develop quality dashboards, metrics, and performance reporting for project and executive leadership teams.
• Act as the primary quality representative with clients, regulators, contractors, and delivery partners.
• Deliver quality training, mentoring, and best-practice guidance to project teams.
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement across major projects and programs.

Skills

Quality management

ISO 9001

Project leadership

Audits

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/QM

15+ years infrastructure quality experience

Tools

Quality management systems

Audit programs

PQMPs

Job description

Mott MacDonald in Houston, TX is seeking a Senior Quality Manager to lead quality initiatives across major transportation, aviation, rail & transit, highways, water, energy, and infrastructure programs in North America.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership for quality across planning through handover, drive continuous improvement, and ensure compliance with client requirements and corporate standards. This role follows a hybrid in-office model with collaboration across teams.