Job Title: Construction Project Engineer / Construction Quality ManagerJob DescriptionThis role oversees construction quality for complex, mission-critical data center projects in Phoenix. The Construction Project Engineer / Construction Quality Manager provides leadership for all field-related activities, ensuring that projects comply with established guidelines, standards, and best practices. Responsibilities
- Monitor implementation of construction quality processes and ensure compliance with all project requirements and data center development standards.
- Execute comprehensive quality audits in the field, identify nonconformances, and oversee corrective actions through verified closure.
- Maintain thorough and accurate quality documentation, including quality records, issue logs, audit reports, and lessons learned, and ensure they are properly organized and accessible.
- Track and analyze quality metrics, identify trends, assess risks, and communicate quality performance to project stakeholders.
- Coordinate with construction, commissioning, design, procurement, and operations teams to resolve quality issues and remove obstacles to the project schedule.
- Identify and drive opportunities to improve quality controls, procedures, and regional consistency across projects.
- Support the implementation and enhancement of digital quality management systems and workflows, including tools such as Bluebeam and other digital platforms.
- Provide QA/QC training, mentoring, and quality awareness initiatives to project teams and subcontractors to strengthen the overall quality culture.
- Promote and enforce safe construction practices on site and ensure adherence to project safety requirements as a core part of project delivery.
- Conduct detailed field inspections and audits of mechanical, electrical, and CSA installations, comparing installed work against drawings, specifications, submittals, and quality standards.
- Own nonconformance reports (NCRs), deficiencies, and corrective actions, ensuring issues are documented, tracked, and closed out effectively.
- Hold contractors accountable for meeting quality requirements and project standards, and collaborate with them to drive continuous improvement.
- Support commissioning and turnover activities by verifying that quality and compliance requirements are met prior to project handover.
- Contribute to effective client relationship management by delivering high-quality project outcomes and supporting efficient cost and schedule management.
Essential Skills
- Strong commitment to quality standards, accountability, compliance, and continuous improvement, demonstrating a quality-first mindset.
- Ability to interpret data, identify trends, assess risks, and make informed decisions based on analytical thinking.
- Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to identify defects, inconsistencies, and deviations from specifications and standards.
- Proven problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and develop effective corrective actions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly to diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated collaboration and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively across disciplines and support shared project objectives.
- Adaptability and agility in managing competing priorities and responding to changing project needs in a fast-paced construction environment.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (preferred), construction management, or a related field.
- 10+ years of construction technical experience with deep knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and/or CSA scopes.
- 5+ years of dedicated construction quality management / QA/QC experience, including ownership of field QA/QC activities such as inspections, inspection and test plans (ITPs), quality management plans (QMPs), nonconformance reports (NCRs), deficiencies, corrective actions, and closeout.
- 5+ years of field quality auditing and compliance experience, including conducting audits, identifying nonconforming work, documenting findings, and driving corrective actions through closure.
- Strong technical depth in MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) and/or CSA disciplines, with the ability to review installed work against design documents and standards.
- Hands-on experience personally performing field inspections and audits.
- Demonstrated experience in contractor accountability, ensuring adherence to quality and compliance requirements.
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Work EnvironmentThis position is based onsite in Phoenix and follows a full-time schedule of approximately 40 hours per week. Job Type & LocationThis is a Contract position based out of Goodyear, AZ. Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $60.00 - $70.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Job Type & LocationThis is a Contract position based out of Goodyear, AZ. Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Nov 20, 2026. Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Goodyear,AZ.About Actalent
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