Construction QC Manager

Kokosing (www.kokosing.biz) is one of America's 60 largest General Contractors and services a broad spectrum of clients in both the private and public business sectors. Kokosing's services include heavy civil/industrial construction such as highways, bridges, underground utilities, water/wastewater facilities, and marine construction. For 70 years, Kokosing has successfully attracted the most qualified technical personnel in the construction industry by offering visible challenges, superior quality, and attractive rewards. With over $1.5 billion in annual sales and a commitment to its workforce, Kokosing is the winning team.

Job Description

The Quality Control Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating and developing the project-specific Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Plan that incorporates the policies and procedures necessary to deliver the project fully compliant with the contract documents. Manage, supervise, and administer the implementation of the project-specific QA/QC Plan and QA/QC staff.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage the development and implementation of the project-specific QA/QC Plan in coordination with the project team, the owner/architect team and the contract documents.
• Assure that sufficient, qualified specialized staff is assigned to provide the required knowledge and experience to execute the plan.
• Maintain a collaborative working relationship with owners, architects, consultants, subcontractors and vendors to ensure that the project-specific QA/QC Plan delivers a fully compliant project.
• Lead, supervise and develop all Kokosing QA/QC staff, including providing input on or completing performance appraisals.
• Ensure strict adherence to ethics and compliance requirements at all times.
• Develop a comprehensive working knowledge and understanding of the contract documents (including Kokosing's contract, plans, specifications and applicable codes).
• Develop engineering procedures, including document control, submissions management, creation and tracking of Requests For Information (RFIs), material samples, documentation and tracking of potential cost changes, documentation and tracking of approved change orders within budgetary requirements.
• Implement project-specific QA/QC Plan in coordination with the project safety plan.
• Understand the project execution plan and coordinate QA/QC procedures at appropriate stages of the work, in line with the project schedule.
• Continually improve strategies and tools to efficiently and effectively document, track and record compliance with the contract documents.
• Execute the project-specific QA/QC Plan in a manner that engages all project staff, subcontractors, vendors and consultants.
• Execute the project-specific QA/QC Plan in a manner that engage all project staff, subcontractors, vendors and consultants.
• Conduct testing and inspections and arrange for third-party testing and inspections. Analyze and report the results.
• Expand the development of the plan as the project progresses as appropriate to expand the project by continually improving procedures.
• Direct removal and replacement of, and document all non-compliant materials and/or workmanship. Document compliance after corrective work is completed prior to starting any subsequent work.
• Research and apply additional QA/QC and Lean procedures to enhance the quality of project delivery.
• Oversight of project close-out and quality reports.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management a strong plus
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a similar role
• PE Credentialing is a strong plus
• Experience on USACE, NAVFAC, or GSA projects is a plus.
• Experience with federal contract administration and related software such as RMS, eCMS, and Maximo is preferred.
• Ability to learn/utilize project management software such as Autodesk Construction Cloud and Procore
• Experience administering extensive data management programs for large projects.
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply industry standard specifications and details (ACI, ASTM, NEC, AWS, ASME, NFP, etc.)
• Experience with Design Build Projects a strong plus
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (equivalent Documentation tracking)
• Strong engineering analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Must possess ability to write engineering reports and engineering procedure manuals
• Organizational ability – able to plan, prioritize, organize and monitor activities and projects. Able to work well in a group environment and foster a team approach
  
  

Kokosing is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action federal and state contractor. The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.