DPR Construction

National Quality Leader

DPR Construction$220K — $295K *
Real Estate & Construction
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field preferred.
  • 15+ years of diverse construction experience across all project phases required.
  • Proven ability to build and scale quality systems and performance metrics successfully.
  • Experience in design, early planning, and quality management preferred.
  • Strong communication and coaching skills with diverse teams preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Establishes and evolves DPR's company-wide quality vision aligned with strategic goals.
  • Embeds quality expectations into daily project planning and execution across all units.
  • Develops and governs systems, processes, and performance metrics for consistent quality execution.
  • Collaborates with operational and field leadership to integrate quality practices in project delivery.
  • Provides direction to regional quality directors to ensure scalable quality practices.
  • Engages coachingly with project teams to reinforce quality behaviors and risk assessment.
  • Analyzes enterprise quality performance data for continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Various wellness benefits to maintain health.
  • Eligibility for benefits programs designed for skilled workers and professionals.
  • Strong emphasis on employee health and wellness initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The National Quality Leader serves as DPR's core construction champion, responsible for ensuring work is built correctly the first time and that every project delivers predictable, durable outcomes. Provides enterprise leadership for quality across the company to ensure consistent execution, predictable outcomes, and long-term operational excellence. Establishes and evolves the company-wide vision, governance, and systems, embedding quality expectations into planning, execution and learning across all regions and business units. Partners with executive and functional leadership to integrate quality as a core component of how work is delivered. Informs and partners with technology leadership to support the quality, vision, and process and ensure effective systems and tools are in place.

Key Responsibilities
  • Establishes, leads, and continuously evolves DPR's enterprise-wide quality vision, ensuring alignment with company goals and construction best practices
  • Embeds quality expectations into daily planning, execution, verification, and continuous learning processes across all regions and business units.
  • Develops and governs company-wide quality systems, processes, tools and performance metrics that support consistent execution
  • Partners with operations, field leadership, and functional teams to embed quality practices across all phases of project delivery, ensuring adoption of established processes on projects and continuously refining Best Builder Framework practices.
  • Provides leadership direction to regional quality directors and senior leaders to ensure consistency and scalability
  • Engages directly with project teams, providing real-time coaching and demonstrating how leaders should observe work, assess risk, and reinforce quality behaviors.
  • Reviews enterprise quality performance data to identify trends, address systemic risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives, and establishes new performance measures as needed based on enterprise results.
  • Represents the organization internally and externally on matters related to quality, industry engagement and best practices


Travel 50 -70% to jobsites based on project need and timing

Education and Experience

Education Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field, or equivalent experience preferred.

Work Experience
  • 15+ years of experience across all project phases in construction, including operations, pursuits, leading planning and scheduling practices for large, complex projects at scale required.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling systems, processes, and performance metrics.
  • Experience in design, early planning, and quality management preferred.
  • Strong communication, facilitation, and coaching experience across diverse teams and stakeholder groups preferred.

Certifications and Licenses:
  • Quality certification preferred


Work Environment

Inside - inside environmental conditions or standard office environment
Constantly, 67% - 100%

Outside - outside environmental conditions/no protection from the weather
Frequently, 34% - 66%

Anticipated starting pay range:
$220,000.00- $295,000.00
Nothing is more important than your health and wellness. DPR offers a variety of medical, dental, vision and wellness benefits to keep you healthy. Read more about eligibility and available benefits programs

for skilled craft and labor or experienced professionals and recent graduates.

About DPR Construction

DPR Construction is a commercial general contractor and construction management firm. The company provides preconstruction, construction, and post-construction services for a variety of markets, including healthcare, advanced technology, higher education, and corporate offices. DPR Construction was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. The company has offices throughout the United States and has completed projects in various countries, including Singapore and the Netherlands.
Learn more about DPR Construction
Size
4,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1990

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