Senior Project Quality Specialist - Airport QA and QC
Listed on 2026-09-03
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers, Quality Engineering, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, QA Specialist - Analyst/Manager
Senior Project Quality Specialist
- Airport QA and QC Job Snapshot Role:
Senior Project Quality Specialist
- Airport QA and QC
Location:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: QA Quality Control Function:
Quality Assurance
Experience:
Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time
Job Details Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: QA Quality Control 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:
Saudi National Job Type: Full-time
The Senior Project Quality Specialist will provide independent assurance across the complete project lifecycle, connecting design quality, construction inspections, material controls, testing, commissioning, documentation, and final acceptance. The position will work across airport terminals, airfield infrastructure, runways, taxiways, aprons, utilities, roads, district cooling, and associated assets. Through structured audits, surveillance, data analysis, and corrective action management, the specialist will help reduce recurring defects, improve first-time acceptance, strengthen contractor performance, and maintain reliable evidence for project handover.
Key Responsibilities- Support implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Project Quality Management System.
- Monitor compliance with the Project Quality Plan, procedures, technical specifications, standards, contractual obligations, and Client requirements.
- Provide quality assurance support to Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Project Management teams.
- Review quality procedures, Inspection and Test Plans, Method Statements, checklists, inspection criteria, and supporting documentation.
- Verify that quality requirements are incorporated into work packages, execution plans, technical submissions, and construction activities.
- Conduct planned surveillance inspections and compliance reviews across multidisciplinary project works.
- Monitor Contractors, Subcontractors, Consultants, Suppliers, and specialist organizations against approved quality requirements.
- Review inspection reports, test results, material approvals, certificates, and quality records for completeness and traceability.
- Identify recurring deficiencies, adverse trends, emerging quality risks, and potential non-conformances before they create wider project impacts.
- Review NCRs, observations, defects, and quality concerns and monitor timely resolution.
- Perform root cause analysis for significant and recurring quality issues.
- Develop or support corrective and preventive action plans and verify their effectiveness before closure.
- Conduct internal quality audits and support Client, external, Consultant, and third-party audits.
- Prepare audit plans, checklists, findings, observations, reports, and follow-up trackers.
- Monitor audit action closure and confirm objective evidence demonstrates effective resolution.
- Review Contractor and Subcontractor Quality Management Systems and project-specific quality plans.
- Participate in prequalification and quality capability assessments of Contractors, Suppliers, and specialist Subcontractors.
- Review quality-related technical submissions and project procedures before implementation.
- Coordinate with Document Control to maintain complete, controlled, traceable, and retrievable quality records.
- Develop quality dashboards and analyze performance information to identify areas requiring management intervention.
- Provide regular performance updates to the Project Quality Manager and Project Management team.
- Support quality awareness sessions, workshops, toolbox activities, and lessons-learned programs.
- Investigate major defects, quality failures, and systemic issues and recommend preventive measures.
- Participate in quality and technical meetings with the Client, Consultants, Contractors, and project stakeholders.
- Ensure lessons learned are incorporated into revised procedures, controls, and future project activities.
- Support closeout and handover by verifying that quality dossiers, certificates, inspections, and supporting records are complete.
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