About The Position

AECOM is seeking a Construction Manager (QA/QC – Water Treatment) in Santa Cruz, California. The role oversees and manages water treatment construction projects to ensure they meet quality standards, regulatory requirements, and project timelines. Under general direction, the Construction Manager technically manages quality projects or major phases of significant projects and coordinates technical support staff. The position applies comprehensive knowledge to significant quality assignments and leads quality assurance and quality control support for assigned programs or areas, ensuring projects are designed, procured, and installed in accordance with customer and company quality requirements. It also provides leadership for quality systems, development, proposals, implementation, procedures, and related activities. The role analyzes and plans approaches to complex technical problems, reviews project processes and results, evaluates vendor capabilities, makes decisions using professional independent judgment, conducts complex investigations and tests, and provides technical consultation to engineers, technicians, and inspectors at lower levels. Relocation may be offered. Sponsorship is not offered now or in the future. Newly hired employees must attend in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 8 or more years of relevant experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
  • Valid driver’s license that allows the employee to drive during employment.

Nice To Haves

  • 15 or more years of experience in construction-related QA/QC on water/wastewater projects.

Responsibilities

  • Technically manage quality projects or major phases of significant quality projects and coordinate technical support staff.
  • Lead quality assurance and quality control support for assigned programs or areas, ensuring projects are designed, procured, and installed in accordance with customer and company quality requirements.
  • Provide leadership for quality systems, development, proposals, implementation, procedures, and related quality activities.
  • Analyze, evaluate, and plan approaches and organize means to solve complex technical problems.
  • Review project processes and evaluate results.
  • Evaluate vendors’ capabilities to provide required products or services.
  • Make frequent decisions using professional independent judgment.
  • Conduct complex investigations and tests.
  • Provide technical consultation to lower-level engineers, technicians, and inspectors.
  • Oversee water treatment construction projects to ensure quality standards, regulatory requirements, and project timelines are met.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Life, AD&D, and disability benefits
  • Paid time off and leaves of absence
  • Voluntary benefits and perks
  • Flexible work options
  • Well-being resources and employee assistance program
  • Business travel insurance
  • Service recognition awards
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Relocation may be offered
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