Project Quality Manager; Traveler

Position: Project Quality Manager (Traveler)
POSITION SUMMARY McCarthy is seeking an experience Project Quality Manager in our Renewable Energy business to ensure successful implementation and execution of McCarthy’s National Quality Program.

The Project Quality Manager (PQM) leads all quality efforts on the project throughout the project life cycle. They plan, implement, and manage the Site-Specific Quality Plan, ensuring work meets or exceeds McCarthy, client, and regulatory standards. They collaborate, coach, and communicate with all project stakeholders to ensure McCarthy’s quality standards are consistently achieved from preconstruction through closeout.

The PQM integrates quality into daily operations, drives issue resolution, and documents lessons learned by collaborating with project leadership, trade partners, and the client to promote lasting improvement.

The PQM leads by influence and expertise-bridging operations, field execution, and quality leadership.

This is a full-time, site-based position that requires extensive travel to locations that span the Central Region. First project assignment is located outside of Columbia, MO. Travel subsistence and additional incentives provided per company guidelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES Drive the execution of project-specific quality objectives to ensure alignment with regional quality goals and broader organizational priorities.

Lead project quality planning and execution per the Site-Specific Quality Plan (SSQP) and Inspection and Test Plan (ITP), proactively identifying and addressing quality risks into the project’s SSQP.Deliver quality training to new staff and trade partners to ensure a clear understanding of McCarthy’s Quality Program and compliance with MCB standards.

Mentor and guide field office personnel – including Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, and Project Engineers – to reinforce quality culture, documentation standards, and effective issue resolution.

Participate in self-perform, trade partner, and client quality meetings.

The PQM is responsible for inspecting, monitoring, and documenting daily quality activities. These activities include quality inspections, observations, incident tracking, non-conformance management, pre-installation and first installation administration, mockups, punch list oversight, warranty items, and closeout processes. The PQM also contributes to regional quality metrics and lessons learned and leads quality-related discussions and issue resolution with clients in coordination with project leadership.

Foster a culture of Continuous Improvement (CI) by systematically documenting and implementing project-specific lessons learned and root cause corrective actions, and by communicating those lessons learned to the RQM, RQD, and CI teams, throughout the life cycle of the project.

Apply Quality Programs standardized checklists, templates, and inspection workflows on the project while ensuring the project and trade partners are compliant with MCB standards.

Detect, document field level risks and work with the project team to address the risk; escalate promptly to RQM and PM.Support pursuit preparation through quality plans, mockups, and client documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Architecture or Engineering, and/or 3-4 years of applicable estimating, project, design management and/or project quality management experience preferred. External quality management training preferred (e.g. USACE CQM course). Proven experience with quality management tools for design-build projects.  Familiarity with basic technical characteristics of Renewable Energy power plant systems and technologies. Proven experience with project ownership onsite team correspondence and relationship management.

Experience dealing with contracts,…