Quality Assurance Specialist - Project

Position: Quality Assurance Specialist - Project Based
Quality Assurance Specialist Position Description

Position:
Quality Assurance Specialist - Project Based

Report to:
General Superintendent

Job Description Overview

The Quality Assurance Specialist / Site Manager is responsible for providing on-site field leadership, quality assurance oversight, and real-time technical guidance on assigned civil, industrial, petrochemical, and concrete construction projects. This role supports successful project execution by reviewing plans and specifications, maintaining quality control checks, coordinating daily field activities, educating craft workers on proper installation procedures, and helping crews perform work safely, efficiently, and in accordance with Kwest standards and client expectations.

The position is field-based and may be assigned to a single project and/or multiple projects as workload determines. The team member must be able to work on active construction sites in hot, cold, wet, dusty, noisy, and other outdoor environments. The role requires strong communication, technical construction knowledge, and the physical capability to demonstrate, train, inspect, and verify field work as needed.

Responsibilities

* Ensure adherence to safe work practices, Kwest safety procedures, client requirements, and applicable standard operating procedures.

* Provide real-time quality assurance, technical advice, constructability input, and field oversight to support successful project execution.

* Perform regular project site walk-throughs, inspections, and quality control checks to identify risks, document deficiencies, and communicate gaps in quality, safety, schedule, or technical execution.

* Review and understand plans, specifications, addenda, drawings, RFIs, submittals, schedules, and other project documents.

* Participate in regular meetings with site managers, project managers, senior project managers, general superintendents, clients, and field teams to promote best practices, resolve issues, and communicate project status.

* Train, educate, guide, teach, and show craft workers proper installation procedures and effective means and methods for completing work safely, efficiently, and to required quality standards.

* Support, manage, and direct assigned crews as required to execute daily and future work activities.

* Develop, coordinate, and execute field work plans for crews to support project completion, production goals, safety requirements, and quality expectations.

* Ensure assigned crews complete daily job reports, production tracking, crew hour tracking, equipment hour tracking, SLAM books, Task Hazard Analysis forms, daily safety briefings, pre-work stretching, equipment inspections, and other required documentation.

* Ensure craft workers are operating heavy construction equipment safely and efficiently.

* Ensure crews can install sitework scopes, including water, storm sewer, sewer pipe, associated structures, grading, layout, and related civil construction activities, safely and efficiently.

* Provide extensive concrete knowledge and field oversight for forming, rebar, anchor bolts, critical embedded items, walls, footings, mass foundations, horizontal and vertical concrete structures, elevated decks with shoring, concrete placement, finishing, curing, protection, and post-pour review.

* Complete and/or support required electronic quality forms and documentation, including concrete pre-pour and post-pour forms, inspection reports, site reports, and other project records.

* Maintain quality control checks and verify work is installed in accordance with plans, specifications, tolerances, client requirements, and Kwest practices.

* Use and/or support field layout and grade-control activities, including transits, builder's levels, grade lasers, and related survey tools; GPS and total station experience are beneficial.

* Use company-provided technology, including iPads, laptops, cell phones, and project management software, to communicate, complete reports, track work, and maintain accurate records.

* Support use of HCSS Heavy Job or similar software as needed; HCSS experience is beneficial but not required.

* Liaise with clients and project stakeholders,…