Sr Ld Quality Specialist

DPR GP; Texas; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction seeks a senior leader in quality assurance and control to guide complex programs and portfolios. You will apply expertise in quality planning, audits, and issue resolution to advance DPR’s quality framework and mentor teams.

Requires a Bachelor’s in construction management or engineering, 8–10 years in QA/QC or project management, and ASQ CCQM certification (Six Sigma preferred). This on-site Texas role offers growth in a collaborative, high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or related field.
• 8–10 years’ experience in QA/QC or project management.
• ASQ CCQM certification is required; Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads quality assurance and quality control execution across multiple complex or high-risk projects to ensure alignment with DPR standards and client requirements.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for quality planning, documentation, and audits, supporting resolution of complex or systemic quality issues.
• Provides guidance and support to project teams and investigates and resolves quality non-conformance issues across within and across projects.
• Analyzes quality performance data and trends to identify root causes and recommend preventive and corrective actions within projects and across multiple projects and accounts.
• Mentors and guides quality specialists and coordinators, providing technical coaching and supporting professional development.
• Analyzes project and portfolio quality data and metrics to evaluate performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform decision-making.
• Partners with project leadership, design teams, and trade contractors to align quality expectations and execution strategies.
• Contributes to development and refinement of company-wide quality tools, templates, and training resources.

Skills

Quality assurance

Quality control

Project management

Mentorship

Data analysis

Audit

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or engineering

Job description

Job Description At DPR, roles and responsibilities are more than describing a job title—they are a commitment to building great things together. The job description(s) below defines core responsibilities and the scope of the role and is a starting point. Every employee is expected to lead from where they are, take ownership of outcomes, and always act in the best interest of the team, customer, project and organization. As a purpose-driven organization on a journey to be most admired, we rely on trust, shared leadership, open communication, disciplined action and a deep respect for the individual to drive exceptional performance. Success is not just about what we build, but who we build and how we build it: with integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness and an ever-forward mindset.

Job Summary

Provides senior-level technical leadership for quality assurance and control activities across complex programs or portfolios of projects. Applies deep expertise in quality planning, auditing, and issue resolution to ensure consistent execution of DPR’s quality frameworks. Influences quality specialists and coordinators, strengthening capability, and advancing continuous improvement across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads quality assurance and quality control execution across multiple complex or high-risk projects to ensure alignment with DPR standards and client requirements.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for quality planning, documentation, and audits, supporting resolution of complex or systemic quality issues.
• Provides guidance and support to project teams and investigates and resolves quality non-conformance issues across within and across projects.
• Analyzes quality performance data and trends to identify root causes and recommend preventive and corrective actions within projects and across multiple projects and accounts.
• Mentors and guides quality specialists and coordinators, providing technical coaching and supporting professional development.
• Analyzes project and portfolio quality data and metrics to evaluate performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform decision-making.
• Partners with project leadership, design teams, and trade contractors to align quality expectations and execution strategies.
• Contributes to development and refinement of company-wide quality tools, templates, and training resources.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

Work Experience

Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring in a project or functional capacity required. 8-10 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, project management, or a related field required.

Certifications and Licenses

American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Construction Quality Manager (CCQM) certification required. Six Sigma certification preferred.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you\'ll have the chance to try new things, explore paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen.

We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

The DPR family of companies is closing the gap between design and construction with an integrated collection of products and services to build smarter, move faster and achieve strong results.

Our approximately 11,000 employees share a commitment to growth, innovation and building great things—great teams, great careers and great projects that change the world.

DPR is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at DPR are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical or mental disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, medical history or genetic information, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. DPR will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application or any step in the process: In the US, call Human Resources at 650-474-1450 In Europe, email [e-mail]