Concrete Quality Manager in Honolulu, Hawaii at QRSE LLC

About QRSE

QRSE, LLC is a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), and Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) specializing in construction and project management across Hawaiʻi and the Continental US. Since our founding in 2013, we've grown from just two employees to over 50 team members and we're not done yet.

Our Mission: Designing for the future -To deliver Quality Results with Skillful Execution by building the people who build what you need.

We design for the future through major civil works, smart transportation, and infrastructure improvements that honor our Kupuna, Keiki, ʻOhana, and ʻĀina.

Our Culture

We appreciate our employees' and clients' needs equally. Our culture is rooted in our Hawaiian values:

• Pono(righteous good) - We do right by our coworkers, our colleagues, our clients, and our community
• Leʻaleʻa(fun) - We celebrate our successes with fun and fulfillment
• Hoʻomaopopo(to achieve understanding) - We listen to understand and serve our QRSE ohana and client's unique needs
• Lōkahi(team, unity) - We are focused, working in unity
• ʻAnoKūlana(quality, standard) - We are quality people driven by quality results

About the Role:

• This position supports an active dry dock construction project at a large federal project on O'ahu. QRSE is seeking an experienced Concrete Quality Manager to lead concrete quality control on active federal heavy civil and marine construction work. The project is already underway, and the initial quality setup has been carried forward; the current need is for a hands-on concrete quality professional who can take ownership of production tracking, testing, laboratory coordination, reporting, documentation, and contract compliance.

• This role is built for someone with concrete expertise, construction field experience, and disciplined follow-through: a person who can walk the work proactively through the Contractor Quality Control (CQC) program submittal review/approval process, requirements for preparatory, initial and follow up inspections, understand what is happening technically, manage the testing and reporting process, recognize nonconforming work early, and keep concrete quality records complete and ready for review.
• This is a federal project, and the position requires thorough sound judgment and discretion. Candidates should be comfortable discussing concrete design and methods, testing, quality control, and contract requirements without disclosing protected project details, design features, or schedule information.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the concrete quality lead and primary point of contact for concrete quality control, working in coordination with the project CQC Manager, production teams, suppliers, laboratories, special inspectors, and Government/customer representatives.
• Implement and manage the concrete quality control program, including submittals for quality documentation, mix design records, thermal control plans, material testing documentation, admixture documentation, laboratory testing, field testing, inspections, CQC certifications, and required reports.
• Track concrete production daily and weekly, including placements, quantities, batch tickets, truck delivery data, test frequency, specimen sets, curing records, break results, deficiencies, rework, and open quality issues.
• Manage the on-site laboratory and testing workflow. Coordinate with approved testing agencies and verify that sampling, specimen fabrication, curing, storage, transportation, testing, and reporting are performed in accordance with applicable ASTM, ACI, contract and project requirements.
• Review concrete field and laboratory data for compliance, including slump or slump flow, concrete temperature, air content, unit weight, compressive strength, flexural strength when applicable, drying shrinkage, chloride-related testing, alkali-silica reactivity testing, and durability performance requirements.
• Provide quality oversight for cast-in-place concrete, cast-in-place marine concrete, tremie-placed marine concrete, mass concrete, concrete toppings, heavy-duty concrete paving, and precast/prestressed concrete interfaces.
• Support concrete readiness reviews, preparatory and initial phase meetings, inspection points, hold points, and acceptance criteria for concrete-related definable features of work.
• Oversee tremie concrete quality requirements, including pre-placement readiness, underwater placement controls, tremie pipe requirements, continuous placement expectations, elevation tracking, laitance removal, and construction joint preparation.
• Oversee cast-in-place marine concrete quality requirements, including reinforcement and embedment readiness, form condition, water stops, surface preparation, placement controls, consolidation, hot-weather protection, curing, mass concrete temperature controls, and durability-related requirements.
• Maintain organized concrete quality records using SharePoint, Teams, Excel, and project tools, including test logs, placement records, batch ticket files, report registers, quality control charts, sampling logs, daily inspection reports, rework logs, nonconformance documentation, and closeout records.
• Verify qualifications of concrete-related quality personnel, including field technicians, laboratory technicians, special inspectors, batch plant personnel, lead placing/finishing personnel, suppliers, and precast/prestressed fabricators as applicable.
• Identify nonconforming materials or work promptly and help develop technically sound corrective action, repair, rehabilitation, removal, and rework documentation.

What You Bring:

Required:

• Current Professional Engineer (PE) license in a U.S. state or territory, unless the Contracting Officer approves equivalent proven experience.
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in concrete quality control, materials, or construction on large-scale projects
• Experience on at least three (3) projects involving large water control features or similar heavy civil/mass concrete work
• Demonstrated ability to manage a concrete quality control program on complex construction work, including production tracking, field testing, laboratory testing, reporting, nonconformance control, rework tracking, and acceptance documentation.
• Strong working knowledge of concrete production, mix design requirements, batch plant operations, ready-mix delivery, placement, consolidation, curing, hot-weather protection, mass concrete controls, durability testing, and contract-based quality documentation.
• Hands-on experience with cast-in-place concrete, cast-in-place marine concrete, tremie concrete, mass concrete, concrete paving, concrete topping, and/or precast/prestressed concrete coordination.
• Ability to read and interpret construction specifications, approved submittals, RFIs, drawings, testing requirements, inspection requirements, and contract acceptance criteria.
• Ability to manage field technicians, laboratory personnel, inspectors, suppliers, subcontractors, and production staff while maintaining a clear line between quality oversight and production execution.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel at a working level; able to maintain logs, sort/filter data, update tracking sheets, create charts, and add information without corrupting records.
• Strong written and or verbal communication skills; able to clearly communicate deficiencies, missing information, corrective actions, and follow-up items clearly and professionally with contractual citations.
• Valid driver's license with clean driving record
• Must be able to pass a federal background investigation, satisfy applicable Homeland Security screening requirements, and obtain a Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) credential for access to the Federal Government Base.
• Must pass random drug testing, comply with military installation rules and access protocols, and work on site at Pearl Harbor, including occasional weekends, nights, or federal holidays as project demands require. Pay beyond 40 hours will be straight time hourly and in addition to holiday pay hours as this position is exempt.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience on NAVFAC, USACE, DoD, Navy, or other federal construction projects with formal Contractor Quality Control (CQC) requirements.
• Current Construction Quality Management (CQM) for Contractors certification or prior completion of NAVFAC/USACE construction quality management training.
• Experience with the three phases of control, definable features of work (DFOWs), Government submittal processes, special inspection coordination, and federal quality documentation.
• Experience with ASTM C1077 accredited laboratories, CCRL-inspected laboratories, USACE Material Testing Center validation, NRMCA plant/truck certification, and concrete supplier quality processes.
• Marine, harbor, port, dry dock, drydocking facility, bridge, water-retaining, or heavy civil infrastructure experience.
• Experience with concrete durability requirements, including chloride ion testing, chloride penetration/diffusion testing, ASR mitigation/testing, shrinkage testing, temperature control, curing records, and long-term durability documentation.
• ACI, ICC, PCI, NRMCA, or similar concrete inspection, testing, plant, paving, or precast/prestressed credentials.
• US citizenship is helpful in obtaining DBIDS.

Why QRSE?

We Invest in Our People

At QRSE, personal and professional growth isn’t an afterthought; it’s a priority. We believe that when we invest in our people, we empower them to do their best work and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Competitive compensation
• 13 paid holidays
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision (including dependents)
• 401(k) with company match (100% of first 3%, 50% of next 2%)
• Professional development, education, and certification reimbursement
• Wellness reimbursement
• Discounted perks (pet insurance, travel, entertainment, disability coverage)

QRSE, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.