Inspection Manager

Inspection Manager

Salary: $95,000 - $115,000/annually

Remote and must be able to travel approximately 1 week a month to facilities.

At the Vander Weele Group, we are a leading provider of grant monitoring and federal oversight solutions. We leverage deep domain expertise to streamline compliance management processes, mitigate risks, and enhance transparency across critical nationwide programs.

We are seeking an agile, sharp Inspection Managers to direct high-priority compliance inspection teams evaluating federal facilities. This role is designed for an operationally minded compliance professional who loves fieldwork, excels at directing small teams, and understands how to build a rock-solid investigative record. Based anywhere in the United States, you will oversee unannounced site visits and ensure our teams strictly adhere to the Quality Standards for Inspection and Evaluation (CIGIE Blue Book) and GAGAS requirements.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means managing a seamless, high-velocity inspection machine from initial deployment to final publication. Within the first 12 months, you will:

• Apply a Legal-Minded Lens: Ensure every inspection report and finding is structured like an investigative record, perfectly documented, heavily sourced, and built to withstand intense external or legal challenges.
• Manage flawless Field Inspections: Successfully direct a dedicated team of Senior Inspectors, Auditors, and Medical Subject Matter Experts through 3-to-4-day site walkthroughs, capturing rock-solid, fact-based evidence.
• Maintain 100% Evidentiary Integrity: Establish an airtight internal quality-control process so that every deficiency, photograph, interview memorandum, and data-analysis workpaper is thoroughly cross-referenced and defensible.
• Crush Tight Reporting Windows: Drive a streamlined drafting workflow to submit comprehensive, site-specific draft reports to the Client within deadlines.

You'll Own

• Act as the primary on-site Manager for inspection teams (4–7 personnel), coordinating logistics, assigning areas of responsibility, and ensuring the absolute safety and professionalism of your team during unannounced facility visits.
• Seamlessly blend specialized findings from medical subject matter experts and legal specialists on your team into cohesive, narrative-driven evaluation reports.
• Address and resolve complex technical issues or edits raised by agency leadership, providing definitive guidance on compliance thresholds and facility-specific recommendations.
• Synthesize inspection workpapers into larger pattern assessments, providing leadership with actionable data to plan future monitoring hierarchies and focus areas.

Requirements

• You have legal compliance skills and bring 7 years of experience in corporate compliance, regulatory affairs, administrative law, and government investigations, along with a background in GAGAS or CIGIE Blue Book standards.
• You have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; A Juris Doctor (J.D.) or an advanced degree/certification in regulatory compliance is preferred.
• You have successfully managed a team of compliance professionals, ideally with frequent travel requirements.
• You have prior experience or an exceptional baseline understanding of federal facility inspections (NDS, PBNDS, or FPBDS standards).
• U.S. Citizenship is required, and you are able to pass a Tier 2/public trust background investigation, which will include a credit check and a detailed investigation into your background, possibly including a review of medical records and drug use.