Quality Control Director
Fleet Data Centers · Seattle, WA · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteQuality AssuranceFull-time
Quality Standards & Governance
- Establish and own Fleet’s construction quality management system — quality plans, inspection and test plans, standards, checklists, and acceptance criteria — across all campuses and disciplines (CSA, MEP, power).
- Ensure a consistent, repeatable quality program at every campus, scaled as the portfolio grows from a single campus to concurrent campuses.
- Drive continuous improvement of Fleet standards using defect trends, root-cause analysis, and lessons learned, in partnership with in-house design/engineering and preconstruction.
Portfolio Quality Assurance
- Own independent, owner-side verification that construction conforms to design documents, specifications, and codes across the portfolio.
- Own the NCR and corrective-action framework; track systemic quality issues to root-cause resolution and prevent recurrence across campuses.
- Ensure QA/QC completion and documentation support clean turnover, partnering with Commissioning so installation conformance and functional performance together deliver Fleet’s high-availability, mission-critical resiliency requirements.
Leadership, Reporting & Partnership
- Lead the Quality Organization: Lead, develop, and grow the Site Quality Managers and the quality bench as the portfolio scales.
- Quality Reporting: Provide leadership with portfolio-level quality metrics, trends, risks, and assurance status as an independent view alongside construction, controls, and commissioning.
- Partnership & Independence: Build a partnership-oriented quality culture with construction, preconstruction, commissioning, and trade partners while safeguarding the independence and objectivity of the quality function.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related technical field, OR equivalent practical quality leadership experience.
- 15+ years of construction quality experience on large-scale, mission-critical, or hyperscale projects, including significant time leading a quality function across multiple sites or a program; owner-side experience preferred, though a strong general contractor or program-level quality leadership background is also considered.
- Demonstrated ownership of a construction quality management system, inspection/test frameworks, and nonconformance/corrective-action programs across CSA and MEP/power scopes.
- Prominent proficiency with Procore (or equivalent), quality/inspection systems, reporting/BI tools, and Microsoft Office Suite.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience on data center, utility-scale power, or mission-critical facilities.
- Relevant quality credentials (e.g., CQM, CWI, Six Sigma, or equivalent) are a plus.
- Experience standing up or maturing an independent quality function.
- Strong communication skills and a partnership-oriented, problem-solving approach.