QA/QC Manager

Location: Project-Based
Employment Type: Full-Time
Travel: Up to 75% Travel Required

Ensure Excellence Across Every Phase of Mission-Critical Construction

The successful delivery of hyperscale data centers and mission-critical infrastructure depends on uncompromising quality. From earthwork and foundations through utilities, structural systems, MEP installation, commissioning, and turnover, quality assurance and quality control are critical to ensuring project performance, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

At Michels Infrastructure Solutions (MIS), we deliver some of North America's largest and most complex mission-critical and hyperscale infrastructure projects. As the general contracting and EPC delivery arm of Michels, MIS leverages the self-perform capabilities of the Michels Family of Companies to execute every phase of construction, from site development and utilities through power infrastructure, commissioning, and project closeout.

Our teams support leading technology companies and developers by delivering the critical infrastructure required to power cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and digital connectivity. Known for tackling challenging scopes, aggressive schedules, and complex project environments, MIS combines the resources of a national EPC contractor with the accountability, agility, and hands-on leadership needed to successfully deliver world-class mission-critical facilities.

Find out how a career at Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. can change yours.

Position Overview

As a QA/QC Manager, you will lead quality assurance and quality control activities supporting hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects throughout the project lifecycle. You will develop, implement, and oversee project quality programs while ensuring construction activities are completed in accordance with project requirements, customer specifications, industry standards, and company expectations.

This role serves as the primary quality leader on assigned projects, working closely with project management, field operations, engineering, commissioning teams, subcontractors, vendors, and customers. You will help drive a culture of quality while ensuring inspection programs, testing protocols, documentation requirements, and turnover processes support exceptional project delivery.

Success requires strong technical knowledge, attention to detail, leadership capabilities, and the ability to proactively identify and resolve quality issues before they impact project performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and manage project-specific quality assurance and quality control programs.
• Ensure construction activities comply with project specifications, contract requirements, quality standards, codes, and customer expectations.
• Manage inspection and test plans (ITPs), quality documentation, nonconformance reports (NCRs), corrective actions, and quality records.
• Coordinate inspections, audits, testing activities, turnover documentation, and quality reporting processes.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective action efforts related to quality issues and non-conformances.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen project quality performance and organizational best practices.

What You'll Do

• Lead quality management activities supporting hyperscale data centers and mission-critical infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with project managers, superintendents, engineers, commissioning teams, and subcontractors to ensure quality requirements are clearly defined and achieved.
• Review project specifications, drawings, quality plans, testing requirements, and customer expectations.
• Manage inspection programs associated with civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, and commissioning scopes.
• Monitor field quality performance and verify compliance through inspections, audits, observations, and documentation reviews.
• Support testing and commissioning readiness activities, turnover requirements, and customer acceptance processes.
• Maintain project quality reports, inspection logs, punch lists, NCR tracking, corrective action plans, and turnover documentation.
• Provide quality training, mentoring, and guidance to project teams and subcontractors.

Why Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.?

• We deliver some of North America's largest and most complex hyperscale data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects.
• We provide exposure to every phase of project delivery, from planning and procurement through commissioning and turnover.
• We are family owned and operated.
• We invest an average of $5,000 per employee per year in training and career development.
• We perform challenging, meaningful work that supports cloud computing, artificial intelligence, digital connectivity, and economic growth.
• We believe everyone is responsible for promoting safety, regardless of job title.
• We are part of the Michels Family of Companies, one of North America's largest and most diversified energy and infrastructure contractors.
• We offer opportunities for long-term career growth across operations, quality, commissioning, and project leadership.

Comprehensive Benefits Package

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Legal Plan
• Identity Theft Protection and Monitoring Plan

Benefits may vary based on position and location.

Why You?

• You like to surround yourself with dedicated, value-driven people.
• You relish new challenges and evolving technology.
• You cringe when you hear: “Because that's the way we've always done it.”
• You believe quality is built into the work, not inspected into it.
• You enjoy solving complex technical and operational challenges.
• You are motivated by ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What It Takes

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quality Management, or a related discipline and 7+ years of quality assurance, quality control, construction management, engineering, commissioning, or related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing QA/QC programs on mission-critical, data center, industrial, EPC, utility, power generation, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems, inspection programs, testing procedures, turnover processes, and construction quality standards.
• Experience developing and implementing quality plans, inspection and test plans (ITPs), audit programs, and corrective action processes.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, codes, standards, contracts, and commissioning requirements.
• Experience managing quality activities across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, or commissioning scopes.
• Experience supporting testing, commissioning, startup, and owner turnover requirements.
• Familiarity with ISO-based quality systems, root cause analysis methodologies, and continuous improvement processes is preferred.
• Experience with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, BIM 360, SharePoint, or similar construction management and quality platforms is preferred.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with customers, project teams, subcontractors, vendors, commissioning professionals, and engineering partners.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to travel up to 75% and support onsite project assignments as required.

Join a company that powers progress. Be a part of Michels Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.—where you don’t just build projects, you build a career.