Regional Quality Manager

3 hours ago

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Colonial Group Full-time
Key Areas of Responsibility: Quality Management Program Execution

Support implementation of Ironclad’s QMS across all assigned projects and ensure project teams understand and consistently execute established quality policies, procedures, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), checklists, Inspectionprotocols and documentation requirements.

Work with project leadership to establish project-specific quality plans at project startup and periodically assess implementation throughout construction.

Work with contracts and purchasing to ensure region/site specific QA/QC requirements are covered off in each subcontract.

Ensure ACC is properly set up in relation to the quality program and ability to enter, track, assign and close out deficiencies as required.

Act as the regional resource for interpretation and practical application of corporate quality procedures.

Identify gaps between corporate quality requirements and actual project execution and work with project teams to establish corrective actions.

Site Quality Execution

Participate in subcontractor pre-construction meetings to assist in clearly laying out subcontractor qualityexpectations.

Support Superintendents and Foremen in executing their assigned quality responsibilities, including pre-work inspections (substrate acceptance), first-work inspections (first suite/floor), mock-ups, hold points, in-process inspections and completion inspections.

Regularly attend assigned project sites to verify that required quality activities are occurring at the appropriate stage of construction.

Perform independent spot audits of completed and in-progress work to verify compliance with drawings,specifications, approved shop drawings, manufacturer requirements and Ironclad quality standards.

Verify that identified deficiencies are being addressed before subsequent work conceals or impacts the deficient installation.

Audit and support site QC without replacing the construction team’s responsibility to inspect and manage the quality of the Work.

Involve PM’s, CMs and VP of Construction Management as required to facilitate the successful execution of the program.

Quality Planning and Production Schedule Integration

Work with Project Managers, Superintendents and Scheduling to integrate required quality activities into the construction schedule and short-term look-ahead planning.

Review upcoming work to identify required inspections, ITP activities, testing, mock-ups, consultant reviews, hold points and documentation requirements before the work occurs.

Aid the sites in maintaining a forward-looking quality tracker aligned with the project production schedule. The forward-looking tracker should identify:

Upcoming QC inspections and documentation;

Required consultant inspections;

Testing requirements;

Hold and witness points;

Mock-ups and first-work reviews;

Required subcontractor QC submissions;

Outstanding prerequisites; and

Overdue quality documentation.

Subcontractor Quality Program Support

Work directly with subcontractors to communicate Ironclad’s quality requirements and assist them in understanding their responsibilities within the QMS.

Review subcontractor quality plans, ITP requirements, checklists and inspection responsibilities with trades before commencement of critical scopes, where applicable.

Support the site in ensuring subcontractors understand that they are responsible for performing their own quality control before requesting Ironclad or Consultant inspection.

Coach subcontractors experiencing recurring quality issues and work with the project team to establish corrective action plans where necessary.

Monitor subcontractor quality performance and provide observations and performance information to the Director of Quality Control for company-wide subcontractor evaluation.

ACC Quality Management

Act as the regional lead for proper execution of Ironclad’s quality workflows within Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).

Audit projects for consistent and timely use of ACC Issues / Punch Lists, inspection forms, QC checklists, ITPrecords, photographs and supporting documentation, deficiency assignment, due dates, responsible parties,verification and closeout documentation.

Regularly audit whether deficiencies are being entered, assigned, managed, verified and closed appropriately.

Identify stale or overdue items and work with project leadership to establish closure plans.

Verify that items are not simply being administratively closed without adequate evidence that corrective work has actually been completed.

Deficiency and Punch List Management

Monitor deficiency lists across assigned projects and ensure deficiencies ar