Quality Control Engineer | Data Center

Quality Control Engineer

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way.

Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Quality Control Engineer in Hermiston/Umatilla, OR. The role will be responsible to support the Quality Manager and Director of Quality Control in performing project quality control activities that ensure the highest levels of product quality, compliance with specifications, code and client expectations, and the application of Balfour Standard Operating Procedures. The Quality Control Engineer will also provide feedback regarding observations and process improvement needs.

Essential Functions

• Supports the application of Balfour Beatty's standard operating procedures at the project level.
• Reviews subcontractors' work for compliance with specifications, applicable codes and contract requirements.
• Conducts inspections, testing and product verification.
• Provides technical support to the project management team, the Quality Manager and subcontractors.
• Supports the implementation and monitoring of corrective and preventive actions in the field.
• Identifies issues and trends occurring on the projects that may impact the effectiveness of Balfour Beatty to provide quality product and high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Supports the program of continuous improvement at the project, which effectively measures performance, addresses deficiencies, and prevents recurrence of problems.
• Maintains appropriate feedback mechanisms that ensure all quality-related information is communicated from the project quality representatives to other members of the project teams throughout the term of the project.
• Participates in project reviews to assess the application and effectiveness of company standard operating procedures, subcontractor processes and procedures and identifies any opportunities for improvement.
• Analyzes issues, determines root cause, develops and implements corrective and preventive actions and assesses performance measures against established goals.
• Participates in close-out processes to confirm all quality related issues have been resolved and provides feedback on lessons learned so they can be incorporated in future projects.

Promote Customer Relations

• Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer's expectations.
• Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image.

Culture, Leadership and Employee Development

• Promotes our Creed. Communicates our vision and purpose through Service, Talent, and Choices.
• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.
• Participates in personal career development through on-the-job training, attends operations classroom training programs and assists in the development of interns / co-ops.

Working Conditions

• The majority of work is completed on job sites in an office trailer or in an existing structure. Due to daily condition changes on construction projects, when employees are outside of the office trailer or structure, they must wear appropriate personal protective equipment as required by the company's safety policies and as required for weather conditions.
• The project team and/or team member may need to move to other projected work…