QC Engineer/Specialist

Work Location: Aiken, SC

About the role

The QC Engineer/Specialist will support a multi-year construction project involving significant civil and mechanical construction, including grading, storm drainage, demolition, earthwork, duct banks, service water, process piping, and associated site infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Verify construction activities comply with QMS, ASME NQA-1, DOE 414.1D, and project quality requirements.
• Inspect grading, excavation, subgrade, fill, backfill, compaction, drainage, demolition, and civil work.
• Verify elevations, slopes, excavation limits, bedding, lift thickness, moisture, and compaction.
• Witness field testing for soil density, moisture, compaction, aggregates, and materials.
• Review inspection and test results against approved acceptance criteria.
• Verify materials are approved, identified, and documented before use.
• Inspect storm drainage piping, structures, bedding, and backfill.
• Verify interfaces with utilities, duct banks, piping, structures, and existing facilities.
• Review drawings, specifications, work packages, ITPs, and quality requirements.
• Perform and document hold-point and witness-point inspections.
• Identify and document nonconforming work, CAQs, and quality issues.
• Support NCRs, corrective actions, and resolution of quality issues.
• Maintain accurate, traceable inspection reports, test records, and quality documentation.
• Support walkdowns, punch lists, turnover inspections, surveillances, and audits.
• Coordinate inspections with Construction, Engineering, subcontractors, testing agencies, and Quality.
• Escalate significant quality concerns and SCAQs per project procedures.

Requirements

• Five (5) + years of quality control, construction inspection, or related industrial construction experience.
• Experience with civil, sitework, underground utilities, infrastructure, or similar construction.
• Knowledge of grading, excavation, earthwork, backfill, compaction, drainage, and underground construction.
• Working knowledge of ASME NQA-1 and DOE Order 414.1D.
• Experience working within a formal QA/QC or Quality Management System.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, procedures, work packages, and inspection requirements.
• Experience in performing field inspections and maintaining auditable quality records.
• Knowledge of soil, aggregate, fill, compaction, and field-testing methods.
• Experience with ITPs, hold/witness points, NCRs, corrective actions, and turnover documentation.
• Experience identifying and documenting nonconforming conditions and CAQs.
• Ability to perform field inspections in active construction areas and access uneven terrain, excavations, and underground utility work.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality, or related technical field.
• DOE, nuclear, or other highly regulated industrial construction experience.
• Construction inspection, soils, concrete, or materials testing certifications.
• Borrow pit operations, material classification, sampling, Proctor, density, gradation, and materials acceptance testing.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance.
• Pre- and post-tax 401(k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.