Quality Manager I

Overview

We are currently seeking a Quality Manager I for our Florida Water Group in Bradenton, FL. The Walsh Group, Ltd. is a successful fast-growing company at the forefront of technology and is committed to being the employer of choice to our employees and the builder of choice to our customers.

Responsibilities

• Quality champion for a project or multiple projects, responsible for the quality management duties including quality of the works, material management, documentation and close-out to ensure safe, quality, efficient, effective and profitable project execution.
• Coaches, mentors and trains entire project staff in quality management principles, procedures and project-specific requirements. Serves as mentor and coach to Quality staff to advance their careers at Walsh and improve retention.
• Responsible for leading and managing quality processes such as work planning, pre-activity meetings, material management, Quality Incident Reports, Lesson Sharing and follow-up inspections.
• Establishes, monitors and reports on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), as well as QIRs for project teams to ensure continuous improvement.
• Analyzes project KPIs, evaluates trends and provides improvement strategies.
• Routinely audits project quality programs seeking continuous improvement utilizing Project QC Evaluation and other auditing tools.
• Provides feedback to Operations and Quality Management of major QIRs, project team relationships, owner/client perceptions, and overall quality management recurring non-conformances.
• Schedules inspection and testing with coordination between operations, consultants, material laboratories and Client.
• Creates and implements project specific inspection and test plans, quality control plans and other procedures as necessary.
• Supports with material specification review such as concrete mix design, thermal control and other quality specialized elements.
• Maintains relationships with owners, Clients, subcontractors, design partners and stakeholders to support project partnering and issue resolution.
• Supports Site Safety to ensure that projects are completed in accordance with established safety procedures, requirements and goals.
• Monitors project quality costs including resources while working to better as-bid budgets. Provides feedback to optimize project billing returns, risk reporting and testing accuracy, while protecting Walsh from claim exposure.
• Monitors and reports rework costs via QIR system.

Qualifications

• AEC Bachelor’s degree is preferred or equivalent related field experience with International Code Counsel, NICET, etc.
• Current certification required: USACE/NAVFAC/NRC Construction Quality Management certification preferred but not required.
• Industry certifications for testing and inspection as required to review and certify that the test, inspection, and procedures satisfy requirements.
• Limitation of travel for projects as necessary.
• Level 1 QCM
• Minimum 7 years of AEC experience, with 3 years preferred in a Quality role.
• Good communication skills, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, and ability to prioritize, organize and manage time.
• Knowledge of standards, specifications and publications of job-related duties.