Senior Quality Assurance Manager – Construction

Senior Quality Assurance Manager – Construction | Houston, TX

Company Overview:
Join a leading facilities management and food services provider delivering innovative, safe, and eco-friendly solutions across corporate environments. We support diverse operations—from restaurants and delivery services to integrated facilities management—at one of our largest energy accounts in Houston, TX.

Role Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Manager – Construction to oversee contractor performance, ensure compliance with project specifications, and maintain high safety and quality standards. This role requires hands-on QA/QC expertise, strong safety leadership, and excellent coordination skills across contractors, project managers, and facilities teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Construction Oversight: Supervise on-site contractors, ensuring work aligns with project specifications, contracts, and safety requirements.
• Quality Assurance & Control: Conduct daily QA/QC inspections, review submittals and test results, document deficiencies, and drive corrective actions.
• Safety Leadership: Implement HSSE standards, perform site safety inspections, and manage permits for high-risk activities (hot work, confined space, LOTO, working at heights).
• Coordination & Communication: Serve as liaison between contractors, project managers, and facilities teams; attend SIMOPS meetings to minimize operational risk.
• Risk & Operational Management: Support demobilization, site handovers, and proactive identification of operational risks.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Ensure construction activities do not disrupt operations and communicate schedule impacts and risk mitigation strategies.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years managing on-site construction or maintenance contractors; 3+ years leading QA/QC inspections and corrective actions.
• Skills: Construction oversight, QA/QC, HSSE, permit-to-work systems, risk management, SIMOPS planning, regulatory compliance.
• Strong communication and coordination skills to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
• Proven ability to drive continuous improvement and resolve operational challenges.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation based on experience and education.
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and company holidays.
• Career growth and professional development opportunities.