QA​/QC Specialist - Infrastructure

QA/QC Specialist - Infrastructure
Role: QA/QC Specialist - Infrastructure

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Construction
Function:
Quality Assurance

Experience:

Minimum 8 years
Job Type: Full-time

• Country:
  Saudi Arabia
• City:
  Riyadh
• Industry: Construction
• Function:
  Quality Assurance
• Salary:  (Estimated range; confirm final offer with employer)
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality:
  Any
• Job Type: Full-time

The QA/QC Specialist - Infrastructure will support quality assurance and quality control activities across active project sites in Riyadh. The position requires strong field surveillance capability, detailed knowledge of construction quality systems, and the confidence to identify non‑compliant work before it affects safety, durability, schedule, or final acceptance. Working with contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, inspection teams, consultants, and multidisciplinary project stakeholders, the role helps maintain quality discipline, accurate records, effective corrective actions, and continuous improvement across project delivery.

• Plan and coordinate daily inspection, surveillance, and quality assurance activities across project sites.
• Stop work activities when serious breaches of health, safety, environmental, or quality requirements are identified.
• Conduct quality audits and site inspections to verify compliance with approved plans, procedures, specifications, standards, and project requirements.
• Coordinate with construction teams to plan and execute inspection and testing activities effectively.
• Monitor contractor, subcontractor, and supplier compliance with approved Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plans and Procedures.
• Maintain oversight of contractor QC inspectors and collaborate with project inspection teams to ensure required quality standards are achieved.
• Perform site surveillance activities to verify adherence to approved procedures, contract requirements, technical specifications, and construction standards.
• Review Non‑Conformance Reports, inspection findings, quality concerns, and recurring site observations.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action implementation for NCRs, audit findings, and quality issues.
• Ensure As‑Built Quality Records are prepared, reviewed, and maintained in accordance with approved Inspection and Test Plans.
• Monitor compliance with material specifications, certification requirements, traceability records, tolerances, testing standards, and quality documentation.
• Verify proper sampling, handling, storage, curing, testing, inspection, and recording processes where applicable.
• Ensure approved ITPs are available, understood, and implemented before and during construction activities.
• Provide regular site surveillance and quality reporting through inspections, observations, quality checks, and contractor performance monitoring.
• Promote quality best practices by identifying non‑compliant activities, waste, rework risks, and non‑value‑adding processes.
• Participate in supply chain QA/QC activities both on‑site and off‑site when required.
• Attend Factory Acceptance Tests and Site Acceptance Tests when assigned.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and ad hoc quality reports, including QA/QC KPI reporting, quality dashboards, performance summaries, and trend analysis.
• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams to resolve quality issues and close pending actions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing defects, inspection trends, supplier performance, and recurring non‑conformances.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control within heavy infrastructure, civil engineering, rail, metro, transportation, or major construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of QA/QC principles, methodologies, tools, techniques, inspection procedures, and construction quality systems.
• Experience reviewing quality documentation, inspection records, testing reports, material certificates, compliance records, and contractor submissions.
• Knowledge of Inspection and Test Plans, NCR management, root cause analysis, corrective action processes, and quality…