Quality Manager

Quality Manager

MLJ Contracting is seeking a Quality Manager to support the rehabilitation of the Northbound Gold Star Bridge in New London, Connecticut. This high‑profile infrastructure project involves complex steel reinforcement and repairs, deck replacement, and additional structural improvements to one of the region’s most critical transportation corridors.

The Quality Manager is responsible for all quality‑related functions on projects to which they are assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and demonstrated construction experience
• Certification or training in quality control principles (NETTCP Quality Assurance Technologist or approved equal)
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) as recognized by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
• Certified ISO‑9000 Lead Auditor, as recognized by the ANSI‑ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB).
• The QM shall be a member of ASQ, or other recognized national quality‑focused organization.

• Review submittals (catalog cuts, shop drawings, as‑built drawings etc.) to ensure that they meet contract requirements.
• Prepare reports to document compliance with quality requirements or issue non‑conformance reports as necessary.
• Identify and report quality problems or trends in the assigned area or program.
• Recommend corrective action to quality problems.
• Aid or lead project‑wide system audits and surveillance, including supplier or subcontractor audits or surveillance to approved checklists and procedures.
• Support quality assurance for a project to ensure it is designed, procured, and installed to meet customer and division quality requirements.
• Write quality plans, procedures, audit checklists, and plans.
• Implement training sessions to reduce turnover.
• Conduct inspections of work as required – material tests, formwork, reinforcement, structural steel, etc.
• Maintain testing equipment calibration records and update per the requirements.
• Schedule special inspections as required.
• The Quality Manager is responsible for developing and implementing the Quality Plan and for the management and oversight of all quality issues.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated construction experience, including any combination of the following:
  • Field inspection experience
  • Construction or Construction Management experience relevant to the type of work and scope of the project
  • Previous experience as a Quality Control professional

$120,000 - $150,000 USD