Position Title: Quality Control Manager (QCM) Department: Construction Reports To: Project Manager/Chief Operating Officer Location: Varies FLSA Status: Exempt Pay Rate or Salary: DOE Work Schedule: 40 hours per week and occasional overtime as required to maintain operations
Summary
The Quality Control Manager is a dual-role position responsible for ensuring that all construction activities meet both quality and safety requirements as outlined by contract documents, EM 385-1-1, OSHA, and applicable federal guidelines. This role oversees project-specific quality control documentation and inspections and simultaneously ensures that health and safety regulations are upheld on-site. This individual plays a critical role in maintaining construction integrity and ensuring a hazard-free working environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage and perform daily QC duties ensuring construction and removal activities meet established minimum standards and project specifications.
- Oversee and coordinate all aspects of quality control for the Remnant Removal Project, including inspection of steel removal activities, verification of equipment use, and assurance of compliance with SC/SS preservation requirements.
- Create, update, and maintain project submittal logs, daily QC reports, and NQA-1 documentation.
- Review shop drawings, work packages, and submittals for technical and specification compliance.
- Chair and document weekly QC meetings and coordinate with project stakeholders on non-conformance issues and resolutions.
- Conduct preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections for each definable feature of work, including remnant removal and base metal repairs as needed.
- Document and track code inspections, ensuring prompt correction of non-conformances.
- Verify that materials received match approved submittals and that they are stored and handled properly.
- Monitor and document testing, commissioning, punch lists, and project closeout procedures.
- Maintain accurate "as-built" drawings and ensure thorough project closeout documentation is compiled and submitted.
- Stop work if safety or quality is compromised, especially during operations where SC/SS components could be at risk.
- Provide technical direction, task prioritization, mentoring, and quality-related oversight to assigned Environmental Field Engineers; coordinate personnel assignments and performance feedback with the Project Manager and company management.
- Review and verify Field Engineer technical deliverables, including field measurements, layout verification, inspection records, RFIs, work-package inputs, shop drawing reviews, redlines, as-built records, and turnover packages for accuracy and compliance.
- Assign, coordinate, and verify Field Engineer support for preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections; maintain QCM authority and accountability for quality-control acceptance, inspection records, and release of hold points as required by approved procedures.
- Oversee applicable ACI concrete and rebar inspection requirements, NQA-1 quality documentation and traceability, safety-class/safety-significant (SC/SS) preservation, and identification and disposition of nonconforming work in coordination with authorized engineering and customer representatives.
- Direct Field Engineers to document deficiencies and proposed corrective actions; verify closure and escalate unresolved technical issues without independently approving design changes outside delegated authority.
- Coordinate technical field support with the Project Manager, engineering leads, subcontractors, and craft personnel while maintaining separation between quality-control acceptance authority and project production, cost, and schedule management.
- Ensure Field Engineers understand applicable contract drawings, specifications, codes, inspection and test plans, work packages, permits, and site-specific quality and safety requirements before work begins.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management, or 10 years of construction experience.
- Minimum 5 years' experience as QCM on USACE or DOE construction projects.
- USACE "Construction Quality Management for Contractors" Certification required.
- OSHA 30-Hour, First Aid, CPR, and AED certified.
- Preferred: Fall Protection Competent Person Certification per EM 385-1-1.
- Must be able to pass DoD security clearance for base access.
- Proficiency in RMS, Microsoft Office Suite.
- Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
Special Skills
- Deep understanding of civil, architectural, mechanical, and electrical work.
- Strong familiarity with steel removal and structural steel preservation practices.
- Working knowledge of NQA-1 compliance, especially regarding base metal repairs and documentation.
- Knowledge of construction sequencing, change order impacts, and project scheduling.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining documentation and field oversight.
- Demonstrated accuracy, attention to detail, and mature professional judgment.
- Flexibility to travel and adjust hours to meet project requirements.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Provides technical supervision and quality-related direction to assigned Environmental Field Engineers and other designated QC support personnel, as assigned. Formal personnel-management authority is subject to CSS organizational assignments.
Physical Demands
- Frequent sitting, computer use, walking job sites, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
- Visual acuity for inspections and documentation.
- Reasonable accommodation provided under applicable laws.
Work Environment
- Office and construction site environments with exposure to a wide range of personnel, conditions, and hazards.
- Drug-free workplace. Equal opportunity employer. Participates in E-Verify.
Prepared By: Human Resources Preparation Date: 10.28.26