Quality Manager
Duration: 12 month (possibility of exntesion)
Location: Houston, TX
This Quality Manager role offers the opportunity to support a major capital project environment, providing independent quality assurance oversight across engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and decommissioning activities.
About the Role
The Quality Manager is accountable for leading project-wide quality assurance governance and providing independent oversight to help ensure work is delivered in accordance with regulatory, contractual, and company requirements. This position plays a key part in supporting disciplined execution, transparent reporting, and continuous improvement across the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain the Project Quality Assurance Strategy, Quality Plan, and Project Assurance Program.
- Provide independent oversight of project execution to verify that work processes, deliverables, and records conform to regulatory, contractual, and project-specific quality requirements.
- Lead and coordinate quality activities across Facilities, engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and decommissioning scopes.
- Direct the effective implementation of quality assurance requirements by EPC contractors, third-party contractors, suppliers, and subcontractors.
- Conduct and coordinate quality audits, assessments, surveillances, and spot checks to evaluate conformance, effectiveness, and risk.
- Implement, monitor, analyze, and report project quality KPIs, trends, and performance insights to project leadership.
- Lead resolution of quality concerns, including non-conformances, audit findings, and corrective action plans.
- Drive continuous improvement through root cause analysis, lessons learned, and systemic improvement actions.
- Establish and lead the project-wide independent assurance program, including a risk-based schedule of audits, assessments, surveillance activities, and compliance reviews.
- Verify the adequacy and effectiveness of the Project Quality Management System and supporting contractor quality systems.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality management, construction management, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant industry experience may be considered.
- Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management principles and their practical application within complex capital projects, EPC delivery models, and contractor assurance programs.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in engineering, construction, fabrication, procurement, or EPC project environments, including significant experience in senior project quality assurance leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience establishing and overseeing quality assurance programs across multiple project phases, including engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning/readiness, and decommissioning or closeout.
- Proven ability to lead audits, surveillance activities, non-conformance management, corrective action programs, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives across contractors and suppliers.
- Strong interface management, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to engage effectively with project leadership, technical disciplines, contractor quality representatives, and customer stakeholders.
- Ability to lead quality workshops, provide coaching and training, and promote a strong quality culture that supports disciplined execution, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Mandatory Certifications
- ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
- Certified Quality Auditor
- Equivalent recognized quality auditing certification
About Airswift
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift partners with organisations worldwide to deliver critical talent across complex projects, offering global reach and industry expertise.
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