Manager Sr, Quality F

MasTec Inc•Cheyenne, WY

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Quality Manager is an executive-level field Quality leader responsible for establishing and directing the Quality organization for major, highly complex, or strategically significant projects and programs. The role manages Quality Managers and multi-discipline inspection teams; develops staffing and recruiting plans; establishes project quality systems and governance; and provides executive oversight of compliance, risk, reporting, audits, turnover, and client commitments. The Senior Quality Manager serves as the senior Quality advisor to project executives and the primary connection between project execution and the corporate Quality organization. The role is not routinely assigned inspection production but must maintain technical credibility and field visibility, and be able to intervene in or verify critical quality activities when project risk requires. This is a traveling position, requiring travel up to 75% of the time to work sites throughout the United States, including some overnight travel. A vehicle allowance is provided; meals and lodging are provided when overnight travel is required. MasTec Industrial and its sister companies Casey Industrial and Phoenix Industrial have operated since 1947, serving utilities, independent power producers, developers, and municipal utilities. The company provides EPC services and project development support for power and industrial facilities, including simple- and combined-cycle plants, reciprocating engines, and waste-to-energy projects. MasTec Industrial emphasizes quality, safety, sustainability, employee development, and a respectful, inclusive work environment. Its market sector is part of MasTec’s Clean Energy & Infrastructure business segment, which serves industrial, renewables, and infrastructure markets. MasTec is a minority-owned Fortune 500 company with more than 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide. The role requires at least 15 years of progressively responsible quality, inspection, construction, or operations experience, including substantial leadership of Quality Managers and multi-discipline teams on major or complex industrial projects or programs. Education toward an engineering or technical degree may substitute for part of the experience requirement. AWS CWI and one additional specified certification are required. The position involves physically demanding work in variable outdoor site conditions, including shifts of up to 12 hours, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, working at heights, and wearing personal protective equipment.

Requirements

At least 15 years of progressively responsible quality, inspection, construction, or operations experience, including substantial leadership of Quality Managers and multi-discipline teams on major or complex industrial projects or programs.
Education toward an engineering or technical degree may be substituted for a portion of the required work experience.
Extensive knowledge and executive-level oversight capability across codes applicable to assigned work, potentially including ASME B31.1, B31.3, Sections I, V, VIII, and IX; AWS D1.1, D1.3, and D1.6; AISC; ASNT; NEC; NFPA; NBIC; and ACI requirements.
AWS CWI certification plus one of the following: ACI certification, AMPP coating certification, AWS SCWI, or ASQ Certified Quality Auditor.
Ability to provide senior oversight of Code work under MasTec’s ASME Code Stamps, including S, U, R, and NB, and ensure compliance with approved Code boundaries, the Quality Control Manual, and coordination with the AIA and Authorized Inspector.
Proven executive-level experience establishing project quality systems, managing Quality Managers and multi-discipline teams, developing staffing and recruiting plans, and advising project executives in an industrial setting.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, Teams, and PowerPoint.
Demonstrated experience with construction management, document control, and quality management software platforms.
Experience integrating Learned Language Models (LLMs) into quality workflows, such as Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT.
Knowledge of MasTec Industrial Health and Safety programs and project-specific regulations.
Ability to write reports and business correspondence and accurately document quality-related issues and activities.
Ability to present quality strategy, risk, performance, trends, and required actions to project executives, corporate leaders, clients, authorized inspectors, and other senior stakeholders.
Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with owners and their representatives, company executives, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, subcontractors, suppliers, and Corporate Quality.
Ability to work independently with executive-level accountability and ensure the Quality organization is adequately staffed, qualified, trained, and aligned with execution risk.
Self-motivation and ability to take initiative.
Advanced critical thinking and use of objective evidence when overseeing incident investigations, systemic causal analysis, corrective action, and organizational learning.
Diplomacy and professional judgment in addressing Quality and Safety issues with internal and external parties.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to work shifts of up to 12 hours in varying temperatures and outdoor conditions; push, pull, and frequently lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds; and perform tasks involving stooping, kneeling, balancing, crouching, crawling, and climbing.
Ability to perform tasks repetitively and continuously for several-hour intervals and to work in changing weather and site conditions, including exposure to extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and loud noises.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety-toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, hardhat, and vest.
Ability to move in and around confined, cluttered, and uneven areas; work at heights; and use required safety and fall-protection equipment.
Ability to evaluate information using measurable standards, discern details and slight differences in objects or drawings, visualize three-dimensional objects from drawings, maintain balance at heights, see and hear well (naturally or with correction), and coordinate eyes, hands, and feet.

Nice To Haves

ASQ CMQ/OE certification.
ASQ Construction Quality Management certification.
Experience with ASME S or U stamp programs.
Experience with Smartsheet, InEight, WeldTrace, progressive turnover systems, enterprise dashboards, and cross-project quality reporting.

Responsibilities

Set project or program quality strategy and independently direct priorities, staffing, recruiting, systems, inspection coverage, risk controls, and executive deliverables.
Ensure quality work meets company policies, procedures, and applicable industry standards.
Model MasTec Industrial’s culture and values, ethical standards, stewardship, teamwork, and effective communication.
Represent MasTec Industrial in senior-level client, regulatory, authorized inspection, supplier, and executive interactions.
Provide project executives, Corporate Quality, and clients with required quality reports covering risks, trends, corrective actions, and turnover status.
Interpret the Corporate Quality Manual and establish, review, and approve project or program Quality Plans and governance within delegated authority.
Direct development, review, approval, and implementation of ITPs, quality procedures, forms, workflows, audit schedules, and project-specific controls.
Establish project quality training and competency programs and ensure effective training by Quality Managers.
Ensure the availability of qualified personnel, inspection teams and equipment, measuring and test equipment, quality consumables, and third-party inspection or testing services.
Establish and oversee audits, surveillance, management reviews, craft observations, field assurance, and Quality Leadership Team Meeting programs.
Define quality metrics, assess trends and leading indicators, and report on compliance, risk, performance, and turnover readiness.
Participate in executive planning, constructability, procurement, subcontracting, schedule, risk, commissioning, and turnover reviews to integrate quality requirements into execution.
Oversee significant quality incident investigations, causal analysis, corrective actions, effectiveness verification, and lessons learned.
Establish subcontractor and supplier quality governance, including qualification, kickoff requirements, ITP expectations, surveillance, reporting, escalation, and performance review.
Ensure timely closure of nonconformances, corrective actions, audit findings, observations, and other quality issues; intervene in aging, recurring, or high-risk conditions.
Implement and promote stop-work authority for quality-related events when requirements are not met or required controls are absent.
Serve as senior field Quality leader and advisor to the Project Director, project executives, Operations leadership, and Director of Quality.
Lead executive, client, corporate, subcontractor, supplier, and project quality meetings and drive strategic actions to closure.
Develop and mentor Quality Managers through leadership assignments, development objectives, succession planning, and the Quality Career Path program.
Maintain field visibility and verify or directly review critical inspections when risk, significant issues, or executive assurance requires.
Manage Quality Managers, multi-discipline inspection teams, administrative personnel, site Survey resources, and third-party quality services.
Develop and maintain the project or program Quality organization and staffing plan, including recruiting coordination, interviewing, selection, deployment, succession, and performance management.
Build leadership depth and advancement opportunities for Quality Managers and senior inspectors, supporting internal career growth and retention.
Establish accountability, technical integrity, collaboration, consistency, professional judgment, and continuous improvement across the Quality organization.
Lead senior stakeholder meetings, resolve significant quality conflicts, and escalate matters requiring executive, contractual, or technical action.
Drive standardization, process development, lessons learned, cross-project improvement, and alignment with Corporate Quality systems and expectations.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Competitive pay of $170,000–$190,000 per year, with ongoing performance review, project completion bonus opportunity, and merit increases.
401(k) with company match.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance with plan choice and coverage for spouse, domestic partner, and children.
Diabetes management, telehealth coverage, and prescription drug plan.
Pet insurance.
Paid time off and paid holidays.
Bereavement leave.
Military leave, including differential pay and benefits continuation.
Employee Assistance Program.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
Voluntary life insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage.
Emergency Travel Assistance Program.
Group legal plan.
Vehicle allowance.
Meals and lodging when overnight travel is required.