CPE Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager - Center Florida

The QA/QC Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the project quality program across engineering, procurement support, construction, energization support, as-builts, and closeout. This role provides the controls necessary to verify that work products, field installations, and turnover records comply with client requirements, IFC drawings, applicable standards, and contract documents.

Because the role requires QA/QC review checklists at each milestone, the QA/QC Manager must be engaged from NTP through as-builts. The role coordinates quality inputs from Center Phase Energy, engineering discipline leads, client representatives, subcontractors, and suppliers and ensures that milestone submissions and construction work are reviewed, documented, corrected, and accepted through a disciplined quality process. This position is located in Central Florida.

Quality Program Development 

• Develop and maintain the project quality management plan, inspection approach, review checklists, nonconformance process, corrective action process, and turnover documentation expectations.
• Define quality roles and responsibilities across Center Phase Energy, engineering support resources, subcontractors, suppliers, and inspectors.
• Establish milestone quality checklists for conceptual, preliminary, issued-for-permit, issued-for-review, issued-for-construction, construction, energization support, as-built, and closeout deliverables.
• Coordinate quality requirements with project controls, document control, procurement, construction, safety, and engineering teams.
• Support alignment with client standards and project-specific contractual requirements.

Engineering Quality Review Coordination 

• Coordinate with engineering discipline leads to verify appropriate design checks, interdisciplinary reviews, comment resolution, and milestone QA/QC checklists before deliverables are submitted to the client.
• Support quality review of transmission, substation S&E, protection and control, system security, and distribution deliverables.
• Verify that IFC packages requiring professional engineering seals are signed and sealed by Florida-licensed Professional Engineers before issue.
• Track design comments, open review items, review status, and closure evidence across each design milestone.
• Coordinate with the Construction Manager to incorporate constructability and field quality concerns into engineering review workflows.

Construction Quality Oversight

• Plan and coordinate inspections for civil, structural, electrical, substation, transmission, and distribution work activities.
• Verify material receiving documentation, storage requirements, installation records, inspection results, and test records.
• Support quality oversight for foundations, grounding, steel, equipment installation, conduit and cable installation, terminations, relay/control panels, transmission structures, overhead work, and underground work.
• Coordinate required inspection hold points, witness points, rework verification, and acceptance documentation.
• Work closely with the Construction Manager to ensure inspections occur before work is covered, energized, or transferred to the next phase.

Nonconformance and Corrective Action Management

• Identify, document, and track nonconforming work, deficient materials, missing documentation, and incomplete reviews.
• Coordinate root cause evaluation, corrective action assignments, closure dates, and verification of completed corrections.
• Escalate recurring or high-risk quality concerns to Center Phase Energy leadership and client representatives as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate logs for nonconformance reports, corrective actions, punch list items, and quality trends.
• Promote lessons learned and continuous improvement across field and engineering teams.

Turnover, As-Builts, and Closeout

• Verify turnover package completeness, including inspection reports, test records, material documentation, redlines, as-built inputs, punch list status, and acceptance records.
• Coordinate quality review of final as-built documentation and permit closeout support records.
• Support energization readiness reviews, final inspections, and client acceptance activities.
• Confirm that required QA/QC documentation is retained and transmitted in accordance with project document control requirements.

Required Qualifications 

• Minimum 8 to 10 years of QA/QC experience on utility, EPC, EPCM, substation, transmission, distribution, heavy electrical, or heavy civil construction projects.
• Experience building or managing project quality plans, milestone checklists, inspection programs, nonconformance logs, corrective action logs, and turnover packages.
• Working knowledge of utility construction methods, IFC drawings, document control, engineering design review workflows, and field quality inspections.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering leads, field construction teams, client representatives, subcontractors, suppliers, inspectors, and document control personnel.
• Familiarity with Florida PE seal requirements for IFC packages and quality expectations for utility owner deliverables.
• Strong written documentation skills and ability to maintain audit-ready records throughout the project lifecycle.

Preferred Certifications and Training

• ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Manager, or equivalent quality credential preferred.
• USACE/NAVFAC Construction Quality Management, ACI, NICET, NACE/AMPP, or discipline-specific inspection certifications preferred where applicable.
• OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety preferred.
• First Aid / CPR / AED preferred.
• Utility, substation, transmission, distribution, electrical testing, or commissioning-related QA/QC training preferred.

Key Competencies

• Milestone-driven quality planning.
• Engineering review coordination and comment closure.
• Field inspection discipline and documentation accuracy.
• Nonconformance management and corrective action follow-through.
• Strong coordination with construction, safety, engineering, procurement, and client representatives.
• Attention to detail in turnover packages, as-builts, and final acceptance records.
• Ability to identify quality risk early and resolve issues without disrupting schedule unnecessarily.