Requisition ID: 182244
Job Level: Mid Level
Home District/Group: Eastern Canada District
Department: Quality
Market: Transportation
Employment Type: Full Time
Position OverviewAs a Quality Manager, you will lead the Quality team and program on a project in your assigned location.
District OverviewEastern Canada District's projects include highways, bridges, mass transit, mine site development & open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind-power plants, dams & industrial. We serve the construction and mining industries and operate in Eastern Canada.
LocationThis role will begin in Toronto
Responsibilities- Manage Quality for the civil construction
- Generate project quality plans, inspection & test plans, and procedures
- Work closely with Construction Supervisors, Schedulers, Planners regarding development and implementation of the project quality system ensuring thorough understanding of the project scope and schedule
- Produce quality work, meeting requirements of plans, specifications and industry standards
- Have a thorough knowledge of the Projects Quality Management System, work instructions and procedures
- Ensure work is performed to established technical requirements defined by project documentation including drawings, specifications, procedures, inspection & test plans and work instructions
- Align quality control objectives with construction procedures to achieve product reliability and minimize cost
- Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems
- Confer with vendors, subcontractors, staff, and management personnel regarding purchases, procedures, product specifications, manufacturing capabilities, and project status
- Generate quality reports and metrics
- Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards
- Issue notice of non-conformances and stop-work orders, conferring with clients, and quality personnel to document incidents, contract requirements, and recommend corrective actions
- Read worker logs, as-builts, quality checklist, test reports and specification sheets, to verify that records adhere to contract specifications
- Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees
- Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties
- Execute personnel quality training
- Analyze operations to evaluate performance of a company and its staff in meeting objectives, and to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change
- Recommend modifications to existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality
- Assist other projects and regions as needed in the implementation of The Company's Quality Program
Qualifications- Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related degree
- 5 + years of experience in Quality Management in civil construction
- Proven background as a QA/QC Inspector, Coordinator, Leader in large scope projects, with preference on experience related to Kiewit projects: complex infrastructure projects, P3-type, in mass transit, transportation - highways and bridges, power generation and dams, heavy industrial and mining
- Significant years of experience managing a team of several quality inspectors
- Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative
- Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time
- Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity
- Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives
- Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail
- Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environment
Other Requirements:
- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary
- Openings are to fill both existing vacancies and newly created positions
Base Compensation: $130,000/yr - $160,000/yr
(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
