Project Quality Manager (Traveler) in St. Louis, Missouri at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

POSITION SUMMARY

McCarthy is seeking an experience Project Quality Manager in our Renewable Energy business to ensure successful implementation and execution of McCarthys National Quality Program.

The Project Quality Manager (PQM) leads all quality efforts on the project throughout the project life cycle. They plan, implement, and manage the Site-Specific Quality Plan, ensuring work meets or exceeds McCarthy, client, and regulatory standards. They collaborate, coach, and communicate with all project stakeholders to ensure McCarthys quality standards are consistently achieved from preconstruction through closeout.

The PQM integrates quality into daily operations, drives issue resolution, and documents lessons learned by collaborating with project leadership, trade partners, and the client to promote lasting improvement.

The PQM leads by influence and expertise-bridging operations, field execution, and quality leadership.

This is a full-time, site-based position that requires extensive travel to locations that span the Central Region. First project assignment is located outside of Columbia, MO. Travel subsistence and additional incentives provided per company guidelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive the execution of project-specific quality objectives to ensure alignment with regional quality goals and broader organizational priorities.
• Lead project quality planning and execution per the Site-Specific Quality Plan (SSQP) and Inspection and Test Plan (ITP), proactively identifying and addressing quality risks into the projects SSQP.
• Deliver quality training to new staff and trade partners to ensure a clear understanding of McCarthys Quality Program and compliance with MCB standards.
• Mentor and guide field office personnel including Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, and Project Engineers to reinforce quality culture, documentation standards, and effective issue resolution.
• Participate in self-perform, trade partner, and client quality meetings.
• The PQM is responsible for inspecting, monitoring, and documenting daily quality activities. These activities include quality inspections, observations, incident tracking, non-conformance management, pre-installation and first installation administration, mockups, punch list oversight, warranty items, and closeout processes. The PQM also contributes to regional quality metrics and lessons learned and leads quality-related discussions and issue resolution with clients in coordination with project leadership.
• Foster a culture of Continuous Improvement (CI) by systematically documenting and implementing project-specific lessons learned and root cause corrective actions, and by communicating those lessons learned to the RQM, RQD, and CI teams, throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Apply Quality Programs standardized checklists, templates, and inspection workflows on the project while ensuring the project and trade partners are compliant with MCB standards.
• Detect, document field level risks and work with the project team to address the risk; escalate promptly to RQM and PM.
• Support pursuit preparation through quality plans, mockups, and client documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Construction Management, Architecture or Engineering, and/or3-4years of applicable estimating,project,designmanagementand/orproject qualitymanagement experiencepreferred.

• External qualitymanagementtraining preferred (e.g.USACE CQM course).

• Proven experiencewithquality management toolsfordesign-buildprojects.

• Familiarity withbasictechnical characteristics of Renewable Energy power plant systems and technologies.

• Proven experience with project ownershiponsite team correspondence and relationship management.

• Experience dealing with contracts,design professionals, supply chain constraints,subcontractors and/or self-performworkin afast-pacedbusiness environment.

• Experience leading& adaptingsuccessful team ventures, including development ofemployeesandmaintainingrelationships with external entities and subcontractorcommunity.

• Self-starter.Great communicator in group environments Able todisseminateinformationin a timely mannerto all stakeholders.

• Highly motivated to bring results and success to theinitiativeshe/she leads.

• Ability toteam &build trust and influence others internally and externally.

• Demonstrates behaviors consistent with McCarthy core values.

• Maintains a value added approach to preconstruction and project operations.

McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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