Quality Control Manager

Position Title: Quality Control Manager (QCM) Department: Construction Reports To: Project Manager/Chief Operating Officer Location: Varies FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Pay Rate or Salary: DOE Work Schedule: 40 hours per week and occasional overtime as required to maintain operations

Summary

The QCM leads construction QC, inspections, records, and safety-class/safety-significant (SC/SS) preservation under the contract and approved quality assurance program (QAP). Coordinates with safety personnel; combined duties require documented qualifications, authority, staffing, and approval.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead Remnant Removal Project QC for steel removal, base metal repairs, equipment use, SC/SS preservation, and applicable ACI concrete/rebar inspections.


• Review drawings, submittals, RFIs, and work packages; maintain controlled logs, daily reports, inspection records, and protected, retrievable NQA-1/QAP records.


• Conduct preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections against approved criteria; verify hold/witness points, delegated releases, and measuring/test equipment calibration and maintenance.


• Verify supplier/subcontractor quality controls, supplier acceptability, material receipt, traceability, storage, and handling.


• Control nonconformances, obtain authorized dispositions, track corrective actions and recurrence prevention, verify closure, and escalate unresolved issues.


• Chair weekly QC meetings; coordinate project interfaces while separating acceptance from production, cost, and schedule authority. Direct/mentor Field Engineers, verify training, and review measurements, layout, RFIs, work packages, shop drawings, inspection records, redlines, as-builts, and turnover.


• Ensure design changes receive independent verification and authorized approval. Monitor testing, commissioning, punch lists, and closeout; support management and qualified independent assessments without compromising assessor authority or independence.


• Coordinate approved safety plans/hazard analyses, competent persons, and worker briefings/acknowledgments before work. Safety-representative duties require formal designation, qualifications, on-site coverage, inspections, interim controls, and notifications.


• Stop affected work for unmet quality requirements or hazard controls; notify authorities, document conditions, and permit restart only through approved corrective-action and authorization procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

• Company baseline: Engineering/construction-management bachelor's degree or 10 years' construction experience; contract/QAP requirements and approved equivalencies govern.


• Proposed baseline: 5 years' relevant construction QC experience. Confirm category and contract/QAP minimum before issue; not a DOE-wide minimum.


• Meet required site-access, badging, and security-clearance conditions.


• Proficient in Microsoft Office and required QC systems; RMS when required.


• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.


• Maintain required initial/continuing training, task qualifications, inspection certifications (ACI where applicable), and customer appointment approval.


• Safety duties require formal designation, plan-specified qualifications, hazard knowledge, authority, and availability; the QCM title confers no specialist qualification.

Special Skills

• Knowledge of civil, architectural, mechanical, and electrical construction; steel removal/preservation; QAP/NQA-1 controls; sequencing, change impacts, and scheduling.


• Sound judgment, accuracy, and ability to balance records and field oversight; willing to travel and adjust hours.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Technically supervises assigned Environmental Field Engineers and QC support. Personnel authority follows CSS assignments; inspection, acceptance, and hold-point releases require documented QAP qualifications/delegations.

Physical Demands

• Frequent sitting, computer use, walking job sites, and lifting up to 50 lbs.


• Visual acuity for inspections and documentation.


• Reasonable accommodation provided under applicable laws.

Work Environment

• Office and construction site environments with exposure to a wide range of personnel, conditions, and hazards.


• Drug-free workplace. Equal opportunity employer. Participates in E-Verify.

DOE Requirements and Applicability

Apply 10 CFR Part 830, Subpart A, to work affecting DOE nuclear-facility safety; follow the QAP, contract-incorporated DOE directives, and specified NQA-1 edition/addenda. DOE O 414.1F does not automatically replace contractual commitments.

Apply 10 CFR Part 851/Appendix A, approved safety plans, and OSHA standards where applicable; EM 385-1-1 and RMS only as required. Refer radiological-control and safety-basis changes to authorized personnel.

Prepared By: Human Resources

Preparation Date: 10.28.26