Construction QA/QC Manager - Heavy Civil Infrastructure

Lead Quality on Major Infrastructure Projects

At Atlas, we're building and supporting infrastructure that helps communities thrive. We're seeking an experienced Construction QA/QC Manager to lead project-specific quality programs for major heavy civil infrastructure projects in the Puget Sound region.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of QA/QC planning, field inspection and testing oversight, non-conformance resolution, and quality coordination with owners, contractors, inspectors, testing laboratories, and project teams.

If your background includes heavy civil construction, structural concrete, construction inspection, and field quality, and you're ready for a role where your expertise directly influences project success, we'd like to talk with you.

What You'll Lead

• Lead and manage project-specific construction QA/QC programs from planning through construction completion.

• Oversee field inspection, materials testing, and quality documentation to ensure work meets project plans, specifications, standards, and owner requirements.

• Coordinate inspectors, testing technicians, laboratories, contractors, and project teams to ensure appropriate quality coverage throughout construction.

• Lead pre-activity meetings, hold points, quality audits, Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), corrective actions, and quality documentation.

• Partner with owners, contractors, and project leadership to identify, communicate, and resolve construction quality issues.

• Coordinate owner quality-verification testing, inspection, and Independent Assurance requirements.

• Ensure inspection and testing personnel maintain appropriate training and certifications for assigned construction activities.

• Monitor testing equipment, calibration records, inspection documentation, and other quality-program requirements.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressively responsible construction QA/QC, construction inspection, or construction management experience, including experience supporting or leading quality activities.

• Strong experience on heavy civil or infrastructure construction projects.

• Demonstrated knowledge of structural concrete construction, inspection, testing, and quality requirements.

• Experience administering or supporting construction QA/QC programs, including inspections, testing, NCRs, corrective actions, and quality documentation.

• Experience coordinating field inspectors, testing personnel, laboratories, contractors, or other construction resources.

• Ability to interpret construction plans, specifications, technical requirements, and quality standards.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with owners, contractors, field personnel, and project leadership.

• Ability to work flexible hours when required for critical construction activities, inspections, or testing.

• Ability to access active construction areas, including ladders, scaffolding, elevated locations, building roofs, and bridges, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant construction experience.

• Experience with transportation, transit, bridges, water/wastewater, aviation, or other major public infrastructure projects.

• Experience representing an owner, construction manager, consultant, or contractor on complex construction projects.

• Experience working with public agencies or major infrastructure owners.

• Relevant construction inspection or materials-testing certifications such as ACI, WAQTC, ICC, WABO, CCM, or similar credentials, as applicable to the project.

• Experience leading or mentoring construction inspectors and quality personnel.

About the Job

• Career Level: Senior

• Employment Type: Full-time

• Compensation: $100,000 - $160,000 annual salary
  The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the state’s law. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.

What you can expect from us

The A-Team Experience is our employee program focused on helping our people thrive professionally, personally and as part of a community. We trust our people to do great work and live fulfilling lives, and we provide resources that care for our people, both at work and in life:

• Health & Wellness: We offer medical, dental and vision coverage with multiple plan options, including no-cost employee-only medical coverage.

• Time Off & Family Support: We offer vacation time, paid holidays, sick & safety leave (SSL) and paid parental leave

• Retirement: We help employees plan for the future with a 401(k) and company match.

• Insurance: To provide protection and peace of mind, we offer Life, AD&D (Accidental Death & Dismemberment) and Disability insurance.

• Safety Program: We are committed to safety as part of our ‘quality of life’ core value, and we provide approved PPE at no cost and reimbursement for prescription safety glasses and protective footwear.

• Learning & Development: We provide clear career paths, learning resources and development programs allowing you to see how you can grow and advance within the company. We offer internal certifications on specific skills and support external credentials through tuition reimbursement.

• Belonging: We support Employee Communities (ECs), voluntary, employee-led groups that create connections, belonging and shared purposes.

• Flexibility: May vary by project demands and regional workloads, but we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to help employees manage their personal and professional responsibilities.

Our people and our culture are central to our work. Our values bring us together, create a sense of belonging and give us purpose. They guide how we make decisions, how we work as a team and how we serve our clients.

• Life: We enhance the quality of life. We value people and safety above all else.

• Heart: As our hallmark, we act with compassion, empathy, and respect.

• Trust: We work together as partners, doing what we say with full accountability.

• Mastery: Always striving for the highest quality, greatness inspires our work.

EEO Statement

Atlas is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants without regard to race (including hairstyles, hair texture, hair type, or hair length commonly or historically associated with race), ethnicity, creed, religion or religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions or requests for pregnancy disability leave and/or family care leave), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, primary language, crime victim status, criminal conviction history, uniformed service member or veteran status, marital status, age, genetic information, disability or protected medical condition, genetics, political affiliation or activities, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Notice to Third Party Agencies

Please note that Atlas Technical Consultants does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Atlas will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Atlas explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Atlas.

Ready to build a career to be proud of? Join the A-Team today!

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