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Now hiring · Wichita, KS 67202 · $130k–$160k / year
Construction Quality Manager III — Wichita, KS
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.
This is a project-site position supporting programs in and around Wichita, Kansas, staffed through the Kansas City, MO regional hub on a project basis with travel as assigned.
Around Wichita, the day-to-day is loess pads, shale bedrock surprises, and wind-tested slab schedules, where careful work gets noticed and paid for.
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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The work behind this job in Wichita
Materials Testing in Wichita · Geotechnical in Wichita · Forensic in Wichita
Other levels of this role in Wichita
Construction Quality Manager IConstruction Quality Manager II
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FAQ
Working in Wichita — common questions
Is the Construction Quality Manager III position in Wichita an office job or a field job?
Site-based with office time. Construction Quality Managers work from the project site trailer and the field, with time at a desk for plans, reports, and meetings.
Which hub covers Wichita?
The Kansas City, MO regional hub, about 178 miles away. Work in Wichita is staffed on a project basis through that hub.
Do I need to relocate to Wichita?
Not necessarily. Project-site positions are staffed with travel and per diem as assigned; candidates already living near Wichita are preferred when a project starts there.
What certifications does a Construction Quality Manager III in Wichita need?
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.
What tests will I run on Wichita projects?
Fresh concrete testing at the truck — slump (ASTM C143), air content (ASTM C231), temperature (ASTM C1064), unit weight (ASTM C138), cylinder casting (ASTM C31) — and nuclear density on fill lifts (ASTM D6938) against the ASTM D698 or D1557 Proctor, plus aggregate and soil sampling for the laboratory.
What should I include in my application?
Years of experience, any certifications (ACI, NICET, ICC, nuclear gauge), and either a resume file or a short work history in the form. Applications without certifications are welcome for entry-level roles.