Site Quality Assurance (QA) Manager

Site Quality Assurance (QA) Manager

You must be able to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. No C2C or 3rd parties, please.

We're seeking an experienced Site Quality Assurance (QA) Manager to lead all quality assurance and quality control activities for a major energy infrastructure construction project. This is a high-impact opportunity to play a critical role in ensuring construction quality, regulatory compliance, and project success from construction through commissioning and turnover.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain the project QA/QC program.
• Ensure compliance with project specifications, quality standards, codes, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead site quality personnel, inspectors, and third-party quality representatives.
• Coordinate quality activities with engineering, construction, commissioning, and client teams.
• Oversee inspection and test plans (ITPs), quality audits, surveillance activities, and quality reporting.
• Review and approve quality documentation, procedures, and inspection records.
• Manage non-conformance reports (NCRs), corrective actions, and root cause investigations.
• Ensure subcontractors and vendors comply with project quality requirements.
• Monitor construction quality across civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines.
• Support turnover, commissioning, startup, and final project closeout activities.
• Champion a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the project site.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of quality assurance and quality management experience supporting industrial construction, power generation, EPC, or energy infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience implementing and managing site quality programs on large capital projects.
• Experience supporting power generation or utility-scale energy projects.
• Strong knowledge of construction quality standards, inspection processes, and quality management systems.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary quality teams and managing third-party inspectors.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, codes, and standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) certification preferred.
• ASQ certifications highly desirable.
• Previous experience supporting combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) projects preferred.
• Prior experience working on Kiewit projects is a strong plus.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, and turnover phases of major projects.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems.

Work Environment:

• Active construction site environment.
• Occasional extended work hours may be required to support critical project milestones and outage schedules.

If you're a quality-focused leader with a strong background in power generation, industrial construction, or EPC projects and are looking to make an impact on a major energy project, we'd love to connect. Interested candidates may send their resumes directly to Brandon at View email address on click.appcast.io.