Senior Quality Specialist, Industrial & Manufacturing
About The Position
The Senior Quality Specialist monitors and coordinates the project quality program in support of JE Dunn’s strategy, vision, and values. The role includes reviewing documents, attending meetings, conducting construction-site walkthroughs, investigating non-compliant conditions, and helping ensure work complies with contract documents, manufacturers’ instructions, industry standards, regulations, and company policies. The position makes routine decisions, provides recommendations to a supervisor, and refers exceptions to the supervisor. The stated career path is Quality Manager. The Senior Quality Specialist ensures project-specific quality and water-intrusion plans are established, assigned, and regularly updated, and that project quality status reports are completed and kept current. The role also includes detailed constructability reviews, intermediate quality assurance testing, onsite or office-based training, monitoring work practices, reporting quality status and issues, and mentoring less experienced colleagues. A bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction management, or a related field is preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered instead. At least five years of construction quality-related experience is required. The work is based in a normal office environment, with possible exposure to extreme hot or cold conditions. The position requires an unrestricted driver’s license, lifting up to 25 pounds, and willingness to work non-traditional hours to meet business needs. Overnight travel may be required.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of construction quality-related experience.
- Ability to perform work accurately, completely, and in a timely manner.
- Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
- Intermediate proficiency in MS Office.
- Intermediate formal presentation skills.
- Intermediate ability to read drawings, specifications, building codes, and technical product and material data.
- Knowledge of material and field testing for quality assurance processes.
- Knowledge of construction assemblies for a variety of construction systems.
- Proficiency in basic JE Dunn construction and quality software tools.
- Intermediate knowledge of construction trades and scopes of work.
- Ability to build relationships and collaborate with internal and external teams.
- Valid and unrestricted driver’s license.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
- Willingness to work non-traditional hours to meet business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture, construction management, or a related field.
- May require overnight travel.
Responsibilities
- Participate in company safety and quality plans and culture, demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment.
- Establish, maintain, and update project-specific quality plans and water-intrusion plans, assigning accountability for tasks.
- Complete the Project Quality Status Report before monthly project review meetings and keep major quality issues current in the report.
- Document quality assurance processes, test results, and corrective actions.
- Collaborate with suppliers to establish and maintain quality standards for incoming materials.
- Review design documents and identify potential quality issues; conduct detailed constructability reviews and participate in page-turn review meetings.
- Attend pre-planning, pre-installation, progress, and project review meetings.
- Conduct regular construction-site walkthroughs to check compliance with contract documents, manufacturers’ instructions, and industry standards.
- Investigate non-compliant conditions, determine root causes with supervisors or Quality team members, and recommend process changes to prevent recurrence.
- Use internal quality assurance systems and tools to prepare reports for field superintendents, project managers, and subcontractors.
- Perform intermediate quality assurance testing, including water, moisture content, material compatibility, and adhesion testing.
- Provide basic training on construction quality topics onsite or at an office location.
- Monitor specific and systemic work practices; identify, document, and recommend solutions to construction quality issues.
- Communicate project quality status and issues at project review meetings and identify non-compliant conditions using advanced quality recognition skills.
- Mentor less experienced coworkers in advanced quality-related topics.
- Assist with quality-related documentation, constructability reviews under supervision, scheduling and witnessing third-party inspections and performance verification testing, and coordination with other JE Dunn teams.
- Review and certify submittals for accuracy when required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
