QA/QC CSA Specialist

Job Title: QAQC CSA Specialist

Location: Snyder, TX (U.S.)

Department: Commissioning / Construction Quality Management

Reports To: Director of Mission Critical Operations

Job Type: Full-Time, W-2 Salaried, Exempt

Compensation: $130,000 - $160,000 annual base salary, dependent on experience and location

Job Summary

The QA/QC CSA Specialist serves as the Owner’s independent quality representative for civil, structural, and architectural (CSA) work on mission-critical data center projects, and for modular data center units from factory acceptance testing through delivery and set. The role inspects, documents, and escalates, verifying that work conforms to the issued-for-construction (IFC) drawings, specifications, and approved quality plans without directing contractor or manufacturer means and methods.

The Specialist times site and factory visits to schedule hold points so that inspection coverage lands where the schedule concentrates risk: foundation pours, equipment sets, factory acceptance testing, and unit delivery and set. Between trips, the role works remotely on records review, non-conformance follow-up, reporting, and coordination with the Owner’s quality team, the general contractor, and the manufacturer.

Key Responsibilities

Site CSA Inspection

• Perform pre-pour inspections of formwork, reinforcing steel, embeds, conduit sleeves, and anchor bolts against the IFC drawings.
• Witness concrete placement and the testing laboratory’s slump, air, temperature, and cylinder sampling, and review break results.
• Verify concrete curing, finish, and protection after each placement.
• Observe pile installation, trenching, bedding, backfill, compaction testing, and site surfacing work, and review installation logs and test reports.
• Verify anchor bolt surveys and pad elevations before each equipment set, and verify anchorage after each set, including generators, medium-voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS modules, and low-voltage switchboards.
• Inspect fencing installation, including post foundations, alignment, grounding tie-ins, and gate hardware.

Factory and Modular Unit Oversight

• Witness factory acceptance tests (FATs) and review factory inspection and test records for all units.
• Verify close-out of post-production modifications before each unit is released.
• Perform pre-ship release inspections, witness loading, and issue a release-to-ship report for each unit.
• Document the basis for a records-based release when a FAT or release falls outside a scheduled factory visit.

Delivery, Receiving and Set

• Coordinate shipment release with the factory and confirm the arrival sequence with the site team.
• Perform a receiving inspection on arrival of each unit and document any transit damage.
• Witness crane and rigging offload of each unit.
• Verify set, level, and anchorage of each unit against the foundation survey, and issue a receiving and set report.

Records, Non-Conformances and Reporting

• Review and comment on contractor civil and structural QA/QC plans, inspection and test plans (ITPs), submittals, and the manufacturer’s factory quality plan at the start of each assignment.
• Complete a records review of work placed and units completed before mobilization, and identify gaps for Owner action.
• Identify, document, and manage non-conformance reports (NCRs) in the Owner’s quality software, and track corrective action to closure.
• Complete pre-pour, placement, and post-pour checklists and anchorage verification records on the day of each inspection.
• Issue daily inspection reports, trip reports, weekly QA/QC reports, and per-unit reports, with photos.
• Assemble the inspection close-out package at the end of each assignment.

Coordination and Communication

• Enforce inspection notification at least 24 hours before each pre-pour or hold point, and coordinate hold points with the contractor’s QC team.
• Lead a weekly QA/QC meeting with the Owner’s quality team, the general contractor, and the manufacturer on open issues, hold points, release status, and NCRs.
• Confirm each site and factory trip with the Owner’s quality team one week ahead against the current look-ahead schedule.
• Escalate safety concerns, stop-work conditions, and significant non-conformances to the Owner and Vertex the same day.
• Route design changes, deviations, and schedule changes to Vertex management and the Owner rather than approving them in the field.
• Refer commercial requests, including scope, rates, and additional trips, to Vertex management.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or construction engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent field experience.
• Preferred certifications: ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician – Grade I, ICC Reinforced Concrete Special Inspector, and OSHA 30.

Experience

• 7+ years of field construction experience with a strong QA/QC background.
• Civil and structural inspection experience with reinforced concrete, deep foundations, soils compaction, and anchor bolt survey verification.
• Experience witnessing factory acceptance tests and preparing release documentation.
• Working knowledge of ITPs, inspection checklists, and NCR processes from identification through closure.
• Familiarity with ACI concrete construction standards and ASTM field testing methods.

Skills

• Ability to read civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and controls drawings.
• Working proficiency with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, CxAlloy, Bluebeam, or similar platforms.
• Clear, consistent documentation of findings through daily reports, photos, and the NCR process.
• Professional judgment to inspect, document, and escalate without directing contractor means and methods.
• Ability to plan and adjust travel around a moving construction and fabrication schedule.

Working Conditions

• Frequent travel to data center project sites and modular fabrication facilities, timed to schedule hold points, with remote work between trips.
• Minimum 50-hour work week including travel, with up to six 10-hour days per week during site and factory visits as construction and fabrication schedules require.
• Extended hours during concrete placements, equipment sets, and unit delivery and set sequences.
• Essential physical functions of this position. Field work is performed at active data center construction sites and modular fabrication facilities.
• Work in construction, fabrication, and industrial environments, including outdoor and unconditioned interior exposure to extreme heat and cold, high winds, dust, vibration, and high noise levels, and work near crane and rigging operations, energized electrical systems, and rotating machinery.
• Remain on foot and mobile for the majority of the day, walking extended distances across large construction sites, including uneven and unfinished terrain.
• Climb ladders, stairs, and fixed access points; access roofs, mezzanines, catwalks, and elevated equipment platforms; work from lifts and scaffolding with fall protection.
• Enter and work in confined and restricted spaces, including electrical rooms, equipment enclosures, pits, and mechanical chases, and self-extract from a confined space in an emergency.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, twist, and reach overhead to inspect formwork, reinforcing steel, embeds, anchor bolts, and equipment anchorage.
• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds occasionally and up to 25 pounds frequently and carry inspection equipment and documentation throughout the shift.
• Maintain vision, hearing, and situational awareness sufficient to read drawings and instrument displays, receive radio and verbal communication and audible alarms in high-noise conditions, and respond rapidly to changing site conditions and emergencies.

Compensation & Benefits

• $130,000 - $160,000 annual base salary, dependent on experience and location
• Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD/STD, Life-AD&D
• Retirement: 401(k), discretionary Pension & Profit sharing, subject to Plan documents
• 15 days paid time off (prorated based on start date) and 8 holidays
• Company credit card for qualified travel expenses
• NFPA 70E Arc Flash training provided
• Professional development and certification reimbursement opportunities

Pre-Employment Requirements

• Successful completion of a background check.
• Successful completion of drug testing.
• Active US driver's license (this position requires regular driving as an essential job function)
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer, on an ongoing basis, without employer sponsorship. We do not sponsor, transfer, or extend employment visas, and we do not participate in training-plan or work-authorization programs that require employer certification, now or in the future.

About Vertex

Vertex Innovations has supported mission-critical and data center deployments nationwide for more than two decades. Our teams provide construction oversight, QA/QC, commissioning support, and technical program management for hyperscale, enterprise, and telecom clients. We deliver quality, reliability, and trusted partnership on every project.

Vertex Core Values

• Integrity – To move through the world with honesty and truth empowering our employees, clients and communities through our words and actions.
• Accountability – To take full ownership and responsibility in our roles as we serve our company, clients and communities.
• Commitment – To stand behind our word and our promises
• Respect – To embrace and honor the individuals, clients, and companies in their contribution to the work that we create together through our interactions, conversations and our way of being.
• Performance – To allow ourselves to be measured by our commitments and be accountable for every action to our employees, clients, and communities.
• Urgency - We understand that acting quickly to our clients and employees’ needs is our competitive advantage. It builds trust and serves our community.

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