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Project Quality Manager II

A Project Quality Manager II owns quality on a capital project from the owner's or EPC's side: writing the project quality plan, setting the surveillance and audit program for contractors and suppliers, qualifying vendors and inspection subcontractors, and reporting quality performance to the project manager and the owner's quality organization. Contractor quality managers answer to your plan; you answer for whether the project's quality record will stand up at turnover.

What you'll do

  • Write the project quality plan and the contractor and supplier quality requirements that flow from it
  • Plan and lead surveillance and audits of contractors and suppliers; qualify vendors and inspection agencies
  • Review and accept contractor QC plans, ITPs, procedures, and inspector qualifications
  • Own the project nonconformance, corrective-action, and lessons-learned processes
  • Report quality metrics and risks to project leadership and the owner's quality organization

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years in quality on construction or industrial capital projects, including 2+ years leading a project quality program
  • ISO 9001 lead or internal auditor certification; ASQ CQA or CMQ-OE preferred
  • Experience with owner-side quality programs in industrial, energy, infrastructure, or federal work
  • Able to write quality requirements that contractors can actually execute, and to enforce them

What a week in this job looks like

The plan you wrote sets the week: which supplier gets audited, which contractor hold points you witness, which corrective actions are due, and what goes into the monthly quality report to the owner. You spend as much time with the project manager on risk — a supplier with a weak quality system, a contractor whose records lag the work — as you do in the field.

Turnover is always in view. Every record accepted now is a record that will be searched at commissioning, so completeness today is the whole job.

Certifications, training, and where this leads

Project Quality Manager II grows into Project Quality Manager III across programs, or into corporate quality management. Sponsored training includes ASQ certifications and the standards specific to your client base — NQA-1 for nuclear, API for energy, DOT QA for infrastructure.

Pay, schedule, and travel

Pay runs $110,000 to $140,000 depending on certifications held, verified experience, and the program you are assigned to. The rhythm follows the project's audit and milestone calendar more than the daily pour schedule: surveillance and audits are planned weeks ahead, and turnover pushes the pace at the end.

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

Owner-side quality work is performed under the client's quality management system and our own documented AASHTO R18 quality system, with the independence that surveillance and audit require. Findings are reported as found; the record is not negotiated.

You will spend real time on the difficult conversations — with contractors about rejected records, with suppliers about disqualification, and with project leadership about what accepting a nonconformance actually costs.

How hiring works, and our commitment

Apply with your project list, the quality programs and standards you have worked under, and your audit and certification history. 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

Project Quality Manager I · $90k–$110k / yearProject Quality Manager III · $140k–$175k / year

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FAQ

Project Quality Manager II — questions applicants ask

What does a Project Quality Manager II earn?

The listed range is $110k–$140k / 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 Project Quality Manager II?

ISO 9001 lead or internal auditor certification is required, and ASQ credentials (CQA, CMQ-OE) are expected at the senior level; standards specific to the client base — NQA-1, API, DOT QA — are sponsored as your assignments require them.

Which standards does a Project Quality Manager II work to?

ISO 9001 quality management principles as the baseline, plus the framework the client's program runs under — ASME NQA-1 for nuclear, API specifications for energy, state DOT quality assurance for infrastructure, and USACE/NAVFAC requirements for federal work. Project Quality Managers review and audit the inspection and test records produced under ASTM, AWS, AMPP, and PCI standards rather than running the tests themselves.

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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