Quality Assurance Manager - Heavy Civil Construction

Position Overview

As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will lead the Project Management and Quality team for the quality program on a project in your assigned location. 

District Overview

Eastern Canada District's projects include highways, bridges, mass transit, mine site development & open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind-power plants, dams & industrial. We serve the construction and mining industries and operate in Eastern Canada. 

Location

This position will be based out of our Oakville office and project site locations in downtown Toronto. The successful candidate will be available to travel between locations. 

One of the many things that makes Kiewit’s culture unique is that we go where the work is, which exposes your career to abundant opportunities. We relocate our teams based on the work that is available, combined with the development plans, skill sets and career goals of each team member. This means your Kiewit adventure is custom-designed to meet our shared needs.

Responsibilities

• Be conversant in design and construction quality practices and contract models
• Create and manage Quality Assurance programs for design and construction, 
• Generate project quality assurance and management plans and related administration for maintaining compliance and/or related registrations 
• Produce professional work, meeting requirements and maintaining compliance with the Kiewit corporate, project and ISO9001 quality programs
• Work closely with project management and quality teams for the development and implementation of the project quality system(s) in compliance with the project contract requirements under ISO 9001 registered or complaint programs  
• Train and manage assigned and related personnel in quality assurance requirements and activities.
• Hold a current ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification. Additional certification in ISO 14001 and 18001 not necessary, but beneficial.
• Be conversant in related project quality control methods and processes, including experience with established industry technical standards and requirements, specifications, procedures, inspection & test plans and work methods / instructions
• Align quality assurance objectives with construction processes to achieve product reliability and minimize cost
• Confer with management personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as procedures, complaints, and construction quality / process issues
• Plan and lead / conduct audits with vendors, subcontractors, staff, and management personnel regarding quality assurance in quality management plans; encompassing procurement, procedures, product requirements, reporting. 
• Ability to lead / conduct root cause analyses 
• Plan, generate, evaluate quality reporting and related KPIs and metrics
• Issue notice of non-conformances. Conferring with clients, and quality personnel to document incidents, contract requirements, and recommend pragmatic corrective actions
• Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees
• Analyze operations and requirements with respect to evaluate performance, meeting objectives, and to determine areas of potential risk or cost reduction, program improvement, or policy changes
• Assist other projects and regions as needed in the implementation of Quality Assurance programs and standards of achieving excellence & best practices. 

Qualifications

• Construction Management, Engineering or related bachelor’s degree
• Lead Auditor training in ISO 9001. 
• 5 - 8 years of experience in Quality Management related to Infrastructure  construction
• Proven background as a Quality Management professional in large scope infrastructure or related projects. Preference on experience related to complex design-build infrastructure projects such as Alliance, P3, DB in transportation,  power, heavy civil /  industrial 
• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative and providing facilitating solutions
• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time. Demonstrated commitment to ethics and high degree of professional integrity
• Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Team player with the ability to work independently to set and meet deadlines, goals and objectives
• Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail
• Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environment