Senior Quality Specialist

The Haskell Company; Pecos (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

health insurance

retirement plans

professional development opportunities

and more

Job summary

The Haskell Company is seeking a detail‑oriented Quality Assurance Lead to monitor and enforce quality across projects nationwide. You will participate in design reviews, precon meetings, and site inspections, with a focus on documenting and mitigating quality risks throughout design, construction, and closeout phases.

Travel is extensive (over 50%), and you will coordinate with Project Directors, PMs, and A/E designers.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of data center experience.
• 8+ years in Civil, Structural, Architectural or Mechanical, Electrical or Plumbing.
• 2+ years of construction quality/inspection/testing experience.
• Capability to analyze building construction documents and related reports.
• Lead preconstruction meetings to establish quality benchmarks.
• Travel extensively, with over 50% of time at project sites.

Responsibilities

• Initiates QIP on every assigned project.
• Conducts design quality kick-off meetings and reviews.
• Reviews final documents and coordinates with QA team.
• Participates in selection and evaluation of independent testing laboratories.
• Finalizes quality risks with mitigation plans.
• Ensures site observations, inspections, and deficiency tracking.
• Produces concise QA reports for each QIP activity.

Skills

Quality assurance

Construction quality inspections

Design reviews

Preconstruction meetings

Project coordination

MS Office

Travel readiness

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Please note our clients and projects are nationwide - Travel will be required.

In this role, you will monitor all quality activities on a project and ensure compliance with the Quality Implementation Plan (QIP). You will participate in design phase activities and document reviews. You should understand design documents and performs precons, first work in place, and periodic inspections to ensure compliance with the design documents. Promotes the use of materials, finishes, and details with excellent long-term quality performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Initiates QIP on every assigned project
• During the design phase:
  • Conducts design quality kick-off meeting
  • Ensures that design reviews are completed and signed off at 30 and 100%
  • Begins listing quality risks and developing mitigation plans
  • Personally reviews final documents on all assigned projects
  • Ensures that geotechnical, concrete, and envelope reviews are held on all assigned projects. Performs geotechnical report review. Advises Project Director, Project Manager, and A/E Design Principals on critical related information
• During the construction phase:
  • Conducts construction quality kick-off meeting
  • Participation in the selection and evaluation of independent testing laboratories to support the project construction phase. Develops budgets, administers contracts, as well as monitors scheduled activities, such as reports, field activities, tests, and inspections on all agencies contracted. Distributes test results to appropriate design and QA team members
  • Finalizes the remaining quality risks with well-developed mitigation plans
  • In conjunction with the Project Manager and Superintendent ensures all precons required by the QIP are conducted
  • Ensures that all first work in place inspections are scheduled and conducted. Also monitors the progress of all required corrective measures
  • Ensures in cooperation with Design Principal, Project Manager, and Superintendent that all site observations are conducted. Performs all assigned QA inspections, prepares reports, documents deficiencies, and monitors the progress of deficiency correction
• During the closeout phase:
  • Ensures in cooperation with the Project Manager and Superintendent that Haskell completion conference and subcontractor completion conferences are conducted and documented
  • Monitors that AE punch lists are created and completed
  • Performs final QA punch list, documents findings, and verifies/documents completion of those deficiencies
  • Conducts in conjunction with the Project Director, Project Principal, and Project Manager a lessons learned meeting Prepares lessons learned document and distributes to project team and Director of Quality
  • Produces reports which are concise, thorough, logically structured, and well written for each QIP activity for which they are responsible. Distributes reports in a timely manner
  • Communicates to QA Manager or Director of Quality potential inconsistencies, deficiencies, errors, omissions, and conditions that may expose the company to liability expenses. Prepares monthly summary of all assigned QIP's, notes trends, and participates in Monthly delivery group QIP meetings
  • Participates in QIP audits with the QA Manager and/or Director of Quality as requested
  • Attends a minimum of 8 hours of professional development (in or out of house) to improve your knowledge base
  • Performs Quality training as requested on specific subject matter. (Minimum of 1 per year)

To thrive in this role, you will need:

• 0-3 years of data center experience
• 8+ years of experience in Civil, Structural, Architectural or Mechanical, Electrical or Plumbing
• of Mechanical, Electrical or Plumbing experience
• High school diploma
• 2+ years of construction quality/inspection/testing experience
• Capability to analyze and accurately interpret building construction documents and related reports.
• Skill in leading preconstruction meetings to establish quality benchmarks and inspection protocols.
• Competence in evaluating construction progress at designated milestones.
• Adeptness in collaborating with client quality assurance teams and guiding on-site inspectors to uphold compliance with testing and inspection standards.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to foster productive collaboration.
• Effective organizational abilities to manage and prioritize multiple tasks concurrently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication proficiency.
• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to thorough follow-up.
• Expertise in utilizing Microsoft Office programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel extensively, with over 50% of time spent at project sites.
• Capacity to embrace and embody the company’s core values of Team, Excellence, Service, and Trust.

At Haskell, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• health insurance
• retirement plans
• professional development opportunities
• and more.

Join us and be part of a team where your contributions make a difference.

Environmental Factors and/or Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, and arm, hand and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The associate frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessities. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace.