Manager I, Quality

Description

Job Summary: This position is responsible for ensuring that all on-site QA/QC activities are executed effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with project quality requirements. Key Highlights: 1. On-site QA/QC leadership, ensuring project quality. 2. Collaboration to apply lessons learned across projects. 3. Technical and administrative independence within the site organizational chart. **Building on our past. Ready for the future** Worley is a global professional services firm comprised of experts in energy, chemicals, and resources. We partner with clients to deliver projects and create value over the life cycle of their assets. We are bridging two worlds—advancing toward more sustainable energy sources while simultaneously helping provide the energy, chemicals, and resources needed today. **Position Objective:** This position is responsible for ensuring that all QA/QC activities conducted at the designated site are executed effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with project quality requirements. This includes facilitating collaboration among key project team members so that knowledge gained from one project can be transferred to others. This "lateral" transfer of information is essential to avoid repeating the same errors across multiple projects, to provide valuable insight from prior project experience, and to centralize functional knowledge areas and overcome technical obstacles. The site QA/QC Lead is responsible for addressing QA/QC issues at the site level (issues spanning multiple projects or buildings on-site). They will also attend QA/QC meetings at the end-client level. Their position within the site organizational chart ensures technical and administrative independence, and reporting will be directly to the Project Manager. **Key Responsibilities:** The key responsibilities of the QA Manager I relate to quality activities to be performed on-site, both for internal personnel and direct contractors. The QA/QC Manager may also have responsibility for laboratory subcontracts covering: Concrete / Soils / NDT / Coatings / Surveying and Electrical Testing. * Verify that quality assurance and quality control requirements are met during the construction phase of the project. Construction Quality Lead * Develop procedures, guidelines, and forms referencing project quality requirements on-site. * Review and approve subcontractor construction quality plans, ITPs, and other quality-related submissions. * Identify and implement quality training and development requirements to ensure personnel possess sufficient understanding of project requirements and procedures to achieve project objectives. * Conduct scheduled evaluations of Construction Subcontractors’ and lower-tier Construction Subcontractors’ activities per their Quality Plan. * Audit or supervise implementation of approved Procedures and ITPs according to scope of work. These evaluations do not relieve the Construction Subcontractor of its responsibility to audit its lower-tier subcontractor(s) to ensure compliance with project requirements. * Verify, validate, and/or reject whether construction protocols comply with detailed engineering specifications. * Maintain the set of acceptance test records, conformity certificates, approved ITPs, and test procedures. * Identify non-conformances and notify the Construction Manager of situations warranting work suspension. * Take a leading role in issuing Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), follow up on any issued NCR until closure, and maintain an NCR and corrective action register. * Hold weekly meetings with the Construction Subcontractor’s Quality Representative to identify and address potential project quality-related risks. * Supervise/verify Construction Subcontractor quality activities and document supervision of Construction Subcontractor work quality per the requirements of this Plan, approved ITPs, and Procedures. * Supervise any external inspection or testing agency directly contracted by Worley. * Identify and review quality records required for subsequent delivery of construction packages. * Prepare a monthly report for management summarizing on-site quality activities, concerns, and project quality statistics for the period. * Verify achievement of project quality objectives. * Prepare the project quality close-out report. * Participate in the Project Lessons Learned Workshop. * Prepare, maintain, and control statistics associated with project quality control. * Provide and take accountability for the field audit, surveillance, and inspection plan; execute and maintain the plan current and updated; report possible deviations occurring in both processes and construction. **Supervisory Authority** * Manages and directs work either directly or through supervisors or professionals who lead others. **Communication** * Communicate effectively and assume a leadership role in preparing and presenting proposals and reports to staff and management. Ability to persuade and influence others. Ability to recognize and resolve conflicts. Skills to interact satisfactorily with internal and external customers. Leadership of interdisciplinary teams. Strong interpersonal relationship skills and conflict resolution abilities. **Systems, Processes and Tools** * Advanced understanding of systems, processes, and tools related to the field. Capable of assisting others and solving problems. Can participate in developing new systems, processes, and tools. Intermediate-to-advanced knowledge of statistical tools for decision-making. **What You’ll Bring?** **Software, Processes and Tools** · Civil Engineer or Construction Engineer with a university degree; postgraduate courses desirable. · Minimum 15 years of experience in mining, infrastructure, or industrial erection projects. · Minimum 8 years of direct experience in quality control/quality assurance; participation in commissioning projects desirable. · Experience applying quality controls during engineering phases (basic and detailed), procurement/contracting, construction, and commissioning. · Experience in construction planning. · Experience in project administration and/or management. · ISO 9001 Lead Auditor qualification. · Knowledge of technical standards such as ACI, API, ASME IX, NFPA, and others used in construction. · Proficiency in technical standards and quality management systems. · Advanced English language proficiency; this role requires a high level of spoken English. Should you require any **accessibility accommodations**, please clearly indicate them in your application. **Advancing Together** We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can speak up, and be heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other basis protected by law. We want our people energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. That’s why we focus on a values-inspired culture that fosters brilliance through belonging, connection, and innovation. We are building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and be heard. And we’re not just talking about it—we’re doing it. We’re reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting our workforce’s transition into today’s low-carbon energy infrastructure and technology expertise. Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there are no barriers to professional success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of achieving sustainable change.