Senior Quality Control Specialist - Construction

Senior Quality Control Specialist
- Construction

Job Snapshot Role:
Senior Quality Control Specialist
- Construction

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Quality Assurance

Experience:

Minimum 15 years of construction quality control experience, including at least 5 years in a senior or lead QC role Job Type: Full-time

Senior Quality Control Specialist
- Construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction opportunity focused on owner-side quality control leadership across multiple construction packages within a major master development.

Country:
Saudi Arabia

City:
Riyadh

Industry: Construction

Function:
Quality Assurance

Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality:
Any

Job Type: Full-time

• Lead owner-side quality control oversight across multiple construction packages, zones, and disciplines.
• Establish inspection priorities based on construction sequencing, technical risk, quality history, and upcoming milestone activities.
• Verify contractor compliance with approved Inspection and Test Plans, Method Statements, quality procedures, specifications, and contractual requirements.
• Provide senior QC authority during critical construction activities, hold points, witness points, and milestone inspections.
• Intervene where serious non-compliance could affect structural integrity, safety, cost, schedule, or handover.
• Oversee inspection of structural works, concrete, reinforcement, embedded items, waterproofing, facades, architectural finishes, infrastructure, and utility installations.
• Confirm construction activities comply with IFC drawings, approved shop drawings, approved materials, and technical submissions.
• Verify readiness before inspections and ensure work sequencing supports effective quality verification.
• Monitor testing coverage and confirm supporting records remain complete, traceable, and technically acceptable.
• Ensure hold points and witness points are properly managed and closed before work proceeds.
• Review contractor QC organizational structures, staffing levels, qualifications, and field deployment.
• Evaluate contractor inspection registers, quality reports, daily records, and supporting documentation.
• Conduct surveillance audits to verify contractor Quality Control systems are functioning effectively.
• Identify recurring workmanship failures, weak inspection practices, and systemic quality deficiencies.
• Hold contractors accountable for repeated non-conformance and poor-quality performance.
• Issue, review, or technically assess significant Non-Conformance Reports.
• Evaluate contractor Root Cause Analysis submissions and proposed corrective action plans.
• Lead re-inspections following major quality deviations and verify effectiveness of corrective action.
• Analyze NCR and defect trends to identify recurring construction risks and areas requiring preventive intervention.
• Ensure significant defects are properly controlled before sectional handover or final acceptance.
• Lead pre-handover quality inspections and readiness assessments across assigned packages.
• Verify punch-list items are closed to the required standard before client or authority inspections.
• Confirm as-built drawings and supporting construction records are complete and aligned with installed conditions.
• Review commissioning-related quality records where applicable to package handover.
• Identify emerging quality risks early and communicate structured warnings to the Quality Director.
• Provide clear, evidence-based quality updates during management review and project performance meetings.
• Recommend preventive quality measures for technically complex or high-risk construction activities.
• Develop and deliver QC awareness sessions addressing recurring defects, workmanship issues, and inspection expectations.
• Mentor QC Inspectors and junior engineers and provide technical guidance on inspection and acceptance matters.
• Conduct focused quality workshops where defect trends indicate repeated contractor performance issues.
• Support improvement of contractor QC capability where staffing, knowledge, or process gaps are identified.
• Share lessons learned between work packages to reduce recurrence of known quality failures.
• Provide technical input into project Quality training matrices and competency development activities.
• Promote a proactive quality culture focused on prevention rather than correction.
• Monitor contractor quality performance through objective inspection results, NCR trends, audit findings, and defect data.
• Support integration of quality risk information into project reporting and senior management decision-making.
• Maintain clear and auditable inspection records, reports, quality logs, and supporting evidence.
• Use document management systems such as Aconex or equivalent platforms to maintain traceable quality records.
• Support quality audits, technical reviews, and management assessments where required.
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