Construction Quality Specialist

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM Hunt has an exciting opportunity for a Construction Specialist to join our team of professionals in Jacksonville, FL.

The Quality Specialist serves as a resource to the project team. The quality engineer participates in Submittal and Shop Drawing reviews, Initial Trade Pre-Construction meetings, and Trade Pre-installation meetings, as well as frequent job site walkthroughs and reporting.  

• Demonstrate leadership by personal 100% PPE Compliance, enforce all job site safety rules, and discuss safety first at every meeting. Personally committed and contributes to a safe work environment.  Promotes safety awareness and supports the company’s policies and training requirements. 
• Create a culture of continuous improvement. 
• Research, learn quickly, and communicate that knowledge with individuals of different levels of understanding.  
• Demonstrates respect for varying backgrounds and perspectives. Maintains an inclusive workplace.
• Technically supervises quality projects or major phases of significant quality projects, coordinating the efforts of technical support staff in the performance of assigned project. 
• Applies comprehensive knowledge to the completion of significant quality assignments. 
• Provides leadership for quality assurance and quality control support on assigned program(s) and/or areas to ensure that the project is designed, procured and installed in accordance with customer and company quality requirements. 
• Provides leadership for new systems, development, proposals, implementation, procedures and any related quality activity. 
• Develops and applies advanced quality assurance/control theories, as well as research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced technical problems on the forefront of new technologies. 
• Analyzes, evaluates and plans methods of approach, as well as organizes means to achieve solution of complex technical problems. 
• Reviews project process and evaluate results. 
• Evaluates vendor capabilities to provide required products or services.
• Makes frequent decisions using principles and professional independent judgment.
• Conducts investigations and tests that are of considerable complexity. 
• Provides technical consultation to lower-level engineers, technicians and inspectors.

About Construction Management – AECOM Hunt

Founded in 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, AECOM Hunt has been building for over 70 years. AECOM Hunt’s storied history has encompassed many notable projects in the automotive industry; iconic sports stadiums; a broad portfolio in transportation; and many repeat clients in the hospitality industry. From iconic stadiums and arenas, next-gen transportation hubs and sustainable healthcare and academic buildings, AECOM Hunt’s expertise, leadership and dedication are unparalleled.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS Architecture, Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management or similar curriculum and 4 years of construction related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Requirements:

• 4 years of experience the construction industry. 
• Ability to build and maintain both internal and external relationships. 
• Collaborative knowledge-based problem solver, identifies and resolves problems promptly, develops alternative solutions, and works well in group problem-solving situations.  
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. 
• Clear and effective verbal and written communicator.
• Experience in working with Trade Contractor’s Quality Team’s documentation and project-specific testing and/or inspection requi