Regional Quality Director - Energy

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Regional Quality Director - Energy

Location:

Houston, TX, US

Requisition ID: 181149

Job Level: Director

Home District/Group: Kiewit Quality

Department: Quality

Market: Power

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit is seeking a highly experienced Regional Quality Director to provide strategic leadership, governance, and execution oversight for quality across a designated Power Market region. This senior leadership role is responsible for driving quality excellence, ensuring consistent implementation of Kiewit's Quality Management System, and fostering a culture of quality across multiple projects and business units.

The Regional Quality Director serves as the senior quality leader for the region and may be responsible for direct oversight of multiple project quality teams and Quality Managers. Depending on business needs, this individual may also be assigned to lead quality execution on one of Kiewit's largest and most complex mega-projects, typically valued at $2 billion or greater.

District Overview

Kiewit's Quality Group is a shared service that maintains and executes quality standards on projects across the company. Our principal quality objectives are to meet or exceed clients' expectations and to eliminate rework by performing our work "right the first time." We monitor our performance against these objectives and require continual improvement.

Location

This position will be a field based role and required to travel to projects across the US.

Responsibilities

Regional Quality Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for quality performance across a portfolio of projects within the assigned region.
• Establish and maintain regional quality objectives aligned with corporate quality initiatives and business goals.
• Ensure consistent implementation and continuous improvement of Kiewit's Quality Management System (QMS).
• Drive a proactive culture of quality, defect prevention, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Serve as the regional subject matter expert and trusted advisor on quality-related matters.

Project Oversight

• Provide governance, oversight, and support to project Quality Managers and quality teams.
• Review project quality performance metrics, trends, and risk indicators to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct project assessments, audits, and management reviews to verify compliance with quality requirements.
• Partner with project leadership to develop corrective actions and sustainable solutions to quality challenges.
• Support project pursuit, planning, and execution efforts to ensure quality requirements are effectively integrated throughout the project lifecycle.

Mega-Project Quality Leadership

• When assigned, serve as the Quality Director or senior quality leader for major EPC projects exceeding $2 billion in value.
• Develop and execute comprehensive project quality strategies and execution plans.
• Lead large project quality organizations consisting of Quality Managers, inspectors, engineers, and quality specialists.
• Interface directly with clients, regulatory agencies, joint venture partners, and executive leadership regarding quality performance.
• Ensure project quality objectives, contractual requirements, and customer expectations are achieved.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop quality professionals across the region.
• Support succession planning, workforce development, and organizational capability growth.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top quality talent.
• Promote knowledge sharing and implementation of lessons learned across projects and regions.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with operations leadership, project teams, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Partner with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Safety, and Operations leadership to drive integrated project success.
• Represent the quality organization during executive reviews, customer meetings, and strategic planning discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or related field. Equivalent industry experience may be considered.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive quality management experience within the construction industry.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale Power, Industrial, Oil, Gas & Chemical (OGC), EPC, or heavy civil construction projects.
• Proven leadership experience managing quality organizations across multiple projects and/or major capital projects.
• Strong working knowledge of quality management systems, quality assurance, quality control, auditing, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience interfacing directly with clients, executive leadership, and regulatory agencies.
• Ability to travel extensively throughout the assigned region and project locations as required.

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Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

There's no limit to what you'll do at Kiewit. Whether you're building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people's lives for generations to come.

Here you'll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on-the-job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry. From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Kiewit is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.

Nearest Major Market: Houston

Job Segment: Quality Manager, QA, Quality Assurance, Compliance, Construction, Quality, Technology, Legal, Engineering

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