Senior Project Quality Specialist

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Project Quality Specialist to join our team!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of the Project Quality Management System (QMS).

• Monitor compliance with the Project Quality Plan, quality procedures, specifications, standards, and contractual requirements.

• Provide specialist quality support to Engineering, Design, Construction, Procurement, Commissioning, and Project Management teams.

• Review and monitor project quality procedures, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), Method Statements, checklists, and inspection requirements.

• Ensure quality requirements are clearly defined and incorporated into project execution strategies and work packages.

• Conduct quality surveillance, inspections, audits, and compliance assessments across project activities.

• Monitor the implementation of approved quality processes by Contractors, Subcontractors, Consultants, and Suppliers.

• Review quality documentation and verify that required inspections and tests are properly planned and executed.

• Monitor quality records, inspection reports, test results, material approvals, certificates, and other quality documentation.

• Identify quality risks, trends, recurring deficiencies, and potential non-conformances.

• Review and monitor Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), observations, deficiencies, and corrective actions.

• Support root cause analysis for significant and recurring quality issues.

• Develop and monitor corrective and preventive action plans.

• Verify the effectiveness of corrective actions prior to closure.

• Conduct internal quality audits and support Client, Consultant, and external audits.

• Prepare audit plans, checklists, reports, findings, and corrective action trackers.

• Monitor timely closure of audit findings and quality observations.

• Review Contractor and Subcontractor Quality Management Systems and project quality plans.

• Participate in quality assessments of Contractors, Subcontractors, Suppliers, and specialist vendors.

• Review quality-related technical submissions, procedures, inspection plans, and project documentation.

• Monitor quality performance indicators and identify areas requiring improvement.

• Develop quality dashboards, reports, and performance summaries.

• Analyze quality data and trends to identify systemic issues and improvement opportunities.

• Provide regular quality performance updates to the Project Quality Manager and Project Management.

• Support quality awareness programs, training sessions, workshops, and lessons-learned activities.

• Promote a proactive quality culture throughout the project.

• Participate in quality and technical meetings with Client, Consultant, Contractors, and project stakeholders.

• Support investigation of major quality failures, defects, and recurring non-conformances.

• Ensure quality lessons learned are captured, documented, and incorporated into project processes.

• Support project closeout and handover by ensuring quality records and dossiers are complete and compliant.

Engineering & Design Quality Responsibilities

• Monitor implementation of quality assurance processes for engineering and design activities.

• Review engineering and design deliverables for compliance with project quality requirements.

• Support audits of Lead Design Consultants and specialist design consultants.

• Monitor design checking, verification, review, and approval processes.

• Track design quality comments, observations, and corrective actions.

• Verify that design changes are properly reviewed, approved, documented, and controlled.

• Support multidisciplinary design quality reviews and technical audits.

• Monitor compliance of engineering deliverables with applicable codes, standards, Client requirements, and approved design criteria.

• Identify recurring design quality issues and coordinate appropriate corrective and preventive actions.

• Support quality reviews of technical submissions, calculations, specifications, drawings, and engineering deliverables.

Construction Quality Responsibilities

• Monitor implementation of construction quality requirements across site activities.

• Conduct surveillance inspections of critical and high-risk construction activities.

• Review ITPs, Method Statements, WIRs, MIRs, test reports, inspection records, and quality documentation.

• Verify that required inspections and tests are completed before subsequent activities proceed.

• Monitor material approval, delivery, inspection, storage, traceability, and testing.

• Monitor Contractor and Subcontractor QA/QC performance.

• Review trends in NCRs, rejected inspections, test failures, rework, and recurring defects.

• Support investigation of construction defects and quality failures.

• Coordinate with Construction and QA/QC teams to ensure timely resolution of quality issues.

• Verify implementation of corrective actions and preventive measures.

Airport / Infrastructure & Airfield Responsibilities

• Support quality management across airport terminals, airfield infrastructure, runways, taxiways, aprons, roads, utilities, MEP systems, district cooling, and external works.

• Monitor quality requirements associated with critical airport and airfield systems.

• Support audits and surveillance activities for specialist aviation, infrastructure, and building works.

• Ensure quality requirements for airside and landside works are properly implemented.

• Support quality assurance for phased construction and complex multidisciplinary interfaces.

• Monitor compliance with project-specific airport, aviation, infrastructure, authority, and Client requirements.

• Support quality management during testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and handover.

Quality Assurance & Audit

• Develop and implement quality audit and surveillance programs.

• Conduct process, system, and compliance audits.

• Review Contractor and Consultant compliance with approved quality procedures.

• Identify systemic quality weaknesses and recommend improvement measures.

• Monitor audit findings and corrective action closure.

• Verify that corrective actions address the root cause rather than only the immediate issue.

• Support management reviews of project quality performance.

Quality Performance & Reporting

• Develop and maintain project quality dashboards and performance reports.

• Monitor key quality indicators, including:

  • NCRs
  • Quality Observations
  • Audit Findings
  • First-Time Pass Rate
  • Inspection Performance
  • Test Failures
  • Rework
  • Corrective Action Closure
  • Material Rejections
  • Recurring Defects

• Analyze quality trends and identify areas requiring management intervention.

• Prepare weekly and monthly quality reports.

• Provide early warning of significant quality risks and potential impacts on project delivery.

• Present quality performance and improvement recommendations to Project Quality Management and senior leadership.

Quality Improvement

• Promote proactive quality management and prevention rather than reactive inspection.

• Identify opportunities to improve project quality processes and controls.

• Develop quality improvement initiatives based on project trends and lessons learned.

• Support quality training and awareness programs.

• Share lessons learned across disciplines, Contractors, and project teams.

• Support implementation of digital quality management and reporting tools where applicable.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in project quality management, QA/QC, quality assurance, or quality control.

• Strong experience on major construction, infrastructure, airport, or multidisciplinary projects.

• Proven experience implementing and monitoring Project Quality Management Systems.

• Strong experience in quality audits, inspections, NCR management, corrective actions, and quality performance monitoring.

• Experience working with Clients, Consultants, Contractors, Subcontractors, and specialist vendors.

• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management principles.

• Strong understanding of engineering, design, construction, and commissioning quality processes.

• Experience with ITPs, Method Statements, inspection procedures, testing, and quality documentation.

• Experience on airport / airfield projects is highly desirable.

• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or equivalent certification is preferred.

• Professional engineering or quality certification is an advantage.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Project Quality Management

• Quality Assurance

• Quality Control

• Quality Auditing

• Quality Compliance

• Engineering & Design Quality

• Construction Quality

• NCR Management

• Corrective & Preventive Actions

• Root Cause Analysis

• Quality Risk Management

• Quality Performance Monitoring

• Contractor Quality Management

• Consultant Quality Management

• Inspection & Testing

• Quality Documentation

• Continuous Improvement

• Quality Reporting & Dashboards

• Stakeholder Coordination

• Problem Solving

• Quality Leadership

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