Regional Director of Quality - South

About the role

The Regional Director of Quality is a key operational and technical leader responsible for driving quality excellence across a defined multi-state region. This role ensures adherence to Loenbro’s Quality Management System (QMS), fosters continuous improvement, and provides hands-on support to field operations, fabrication, and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary quality leader for the region, partnering with Regional Operations Directors, project managers, and site leadership to ensure high-quality execution on all work.
• Act as a strategic advisor to operational leaders, translating quality insights into actionable improvements and risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain strong presence in the field—conducting project visits, job walks, inspections, and readiness assessments to proactively surface and resolve quality risks.
• Implement and uphold Loenbro’s QMS, policies, procedures, and discipline-specific standards across all regional work.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes and customer specifications (e.g., ASME, AWS, API, NEC, NDE/NDT standards).
• Oversee quality documentation, submittals, inspection plans, test packages, and turnover packages, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Provide hands-on leadership for regional inspection and quality teams, ensuring proper execution of welding inspections, mechanical/electrical inspections, testing, and NDE/NDT activities.
• Support project managers with quality-critical planning, pre-job readiness reviews, and customer-specific quality requirements.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective action processes for nonconformances, quality incidents, and customer complaints.
• Monitor and report regional quality KPIs, trends, and emerging risks to the VP of Quality and regional operations leadership.
• Review project performance indicators including rework rates, inspection findings, test outcomes, and documentation accuracy.
• Partner with Technology and Operations to enhance dashboards and reporting tools that improve visibility and decision-making.
• Develop and deliver regional training programs covering quality standards, documentation expectations, inspection readiness, and discipline-specific requirements.
• Coach project teams on best practices for weld quality, installation quality, testing protocols, and documentation accuracy.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, driving standardization and reducing rework, variation, and quality issues across the region.
• Serve as a regional point of contact for customer quality leaders, third-party inspectors, and regulatory authorities.
• Support pre-construction meetings, customer audits, and project kickoffs to ensure clarity of quality expectations.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of progressive quality or technical leadership experience in construction, industrial services, energy, or manufacturing environments.
• Strong technical foundation in industrial quality disciplines (e.g., welding, mechanical, electrical, NDE/NDT, instrumentation).
• Experience supporting multi-site, project-based operations with diverse scopes and customer requirements.
• Proven ability to influence operational leaders and connect quality outcomes to field execution.
• Demonstrated success driving compliance, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills; ability to operate with urgency and judgment.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred (Engineering, Construction Management, Quality, or related field).
• Industry certifications (e.g., CWI, NDT Level II/III, API, ASQ certifications) strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Performance-based bonus plan
• Long-term incentives
• Paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Employee assistance program (EAP)