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Construction Quality Manager III

A Construction Quality Manager III directs quality across a major program — a multi-year industrial or infrastructure project, or several concurrent projects — with Quality Managers and inspectors reporting through you. You own the site quality management system, the audit program, the relationship with the owner's quality organization, and the development of every QC person on the program. When an agency or owner audits the project, you are the person in the room.

What you'll do

  • Establish the program quality management system: plans, procedures, forms, and the audit schedule
  • Direct Quality Managers I and II across projects; set coverage, review performance, and develop staff
  • Lead internal audits and host owner, agency, and third-party audits; own the corrective-action program
  • Approve quality control plans, ITPs, and laboratory and inspection subcontractor qualifications
  • Report quality metrics — test pass rates, NCR aging, audit findings — to program leadership monthly

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years in construction quality, with 5+ years managing quality programs and staff
  • USACE CQM-C plus a senior certification: ICC special inspector (multiple categories), NICET Level IV, or ASQ CQA/CMQ-OE
  • Experience with owner quality programs under ISO 9001, NQA-1, or DOT quality assurance frameworks
  • Proven ability to build a QC organization on a new program and hold it to the plan

What a week in this job looks like

Less witnessing, more system: your week is audit findings and their corrective actions, the quality metrics you present to program leadership, the qualification of a new testing subcontractor, and the coaching of the Quality Manager who is about to run their first preparatory meeting alone. When a nonconformance is serious enough to stop work, you make the call and you document why.

You are also the program's memory. Specifications get revised, owners change representatives, and staff rotate; the quality management system you build is what keeps the record consistent across all of it.

Certifications, training, and where this leads

Quality Manager III is a senior seat. From here the path is director of quality across the company's special inspection and QC practice, or program management on the projects you already know.

Pay, schedule, and travel

Pay runs $130,000 to $160,000 depending on certifications held, verified experience, and the program you are assigned to. The rhythm follows the construction schedule: long days around major placements and phase starts, planning time between them, and an audit calendar that does not move.

Texas positions are dispatched from the Sugar Land headquarters; project-site positions elsewhere are staffed on a project basis with travel and per diem as assigned, and the listing for your city says which one it is.

Safety, quality, and the standards we work under

Quality management here sits inside a documented AASHTO R18 quality system and a licensed radiation safety program, and on federal work inside the USACE three-phase control process. Reports and NCRs carry your name; what leaves the site under your program is your review.

You will hold the honest conversation on every side of it: with superintendents about rework, with owners about schedule, and with your own inspectors about what a complete report looks like.

How hiring works, and our commitment

Apply with your project list, the quality programs you have run or worked under, and your certification stack. Expect a direct conversation with the people you would work for, references that get called, and a written offer consistent with this posting. The role requires a valid driver's license and the ability to be present on active jobsites, with pre-employment screening consistent with jobsite and client requirements.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider every applicant without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

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Other levels of this role

Construction Quality Manager I · $85k–$105k / yearConstruction Quality Manager II · $105k–$130k / year

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FAQ

Construction Quality Manager III — questions applicants ask

What does a Construction Quality Manager III earn?

The listed range is $130k–$160k / year, set by certifications held, years of documented field or laboratory experience, and the hub's market. Certified candidates enter above the bottom of the range.

What certifications matter most for a Construction Quality Manager III?

USACE CQM-C plus ICC special inspector or NICET certification at the level the posting lists. Senior seats add quality auditor credentials (ASQ CQA) or NICET Level IV; the company sponsors renewals and the next certification in your path.

Which standards does a Construction Quality Manager III work to?

IBC Chapter 17 special inspection requirements, the project specifications, and on federal work the USACE three-phase control process (EM 385 and ER 1180 series). The tests under the program are the ASTM field and laboratory methods the specification cites — C31, C39, C143, C231, D6938, D698/D1557 and the rest — run by certified technicians and reviewed by the quality manager.

How do I apply?

Use the form on any city listing for this role: name, phone, email, years of experience, certifications, and a resume file or link. A hiring manager responds within a few business days. If you would rather talk first, call (346) 420-5425.

Where is this role based?

Wherever the project is. Choose the city page nearest you; Houston-area roles dispatch from Sugar Land, and roles in other metros are staffed through the regional hub that covers them.

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