Senior Construction Quality Manager

The Opportunity

Dream big? You belong here. Ulteig is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Senior Project Manager/Team Leader, helping to bring the most impactful transportation and water infrastructure projects in the U.S. from vision to reality. In this exciting role, you’ll join our elite Critical Infrastructure Command Team, a talented, traveling team of construction quality professionals helping the most complex infrastructure projects meet quality, regulatory, schedule, and budget milestones, and solving challenges others may shy away from. From bridges and highways to tunnels, dams, and channels, you will be responsible for leading the quality control strategy, mobilizing teams, and driving execution on large-scale heavy civil infrastructure projects. You will lead project mobilization, execution, and resourcing while mentoring engineers and field professionals responsible for construction coordination and management. Working directly with clients and project partners, you will ensure expectations are clearly understood and consistently met—delivering projects that achieve demanding quality, regulatory, schedule, and budget milestones. This position is for those interested in traveling, exploring, and deploying to multi-billion dollar, transformative projects across the U.S.—it requires travel for extended periods of time, approximately 75%-80% of the year, with generous paid allowances for time spent with loved ones. Some working hours will be during evenings, overnight, and weekends.

If you want to work on projects with purpose—where you’ll build a legacy that will shape communities for generations to come—we want you.

What Makes Us Different

• Focus on your professional development, with lots of opportunities to grow, evolve, and make an impact.
• Tiered monetary incentives for traveling teams depending on time spent at project sites.
• Premium per diem.
• Focus on excellent living conditions and the health and wellness of our traveling team members.
• Ability to work on the biggest and most complex projects—the ones no one else can do.
• A team you can count on and grow alongside, built around a code of shared excellence, professionalism, and purpose.

 

What You’ll Do

• As a Senior Project Manager/Team Leader on the Critical Infrastructure Command Team, you’ll:
• Lead development of the quality control strategy, scope, and plan for large-scale heavy civil infrastructure projects.
• Lead mobilization, project execution, and resourcing.
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to the engineers with assigned responsibility for the coordination, execution, and construction management of engineering projects.
• Collaborate across the business to develop best-in-class quality control and safety strategies, plans, and practices.
• Hold team members accountable to the Critical Infrastructure Command Team’s high standards.
• Support in business development efforts and be a strong external representative and advocate for the Critical Infrastructure Command Team and for Ulteig industry-wide.

 

What We Expect from You

• Licensed Professional Engineer
• 10 years of related experience in large-scale heavy civil infrastructure construction required
• 4 years of related experience managing construction inspection/quality teams required
• DOT, ACI, or related certifications for Asphalt and/or Concrete preferred
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Superior interpersonal and organizational skills
• Self-motivated; able to work independently and with a project team
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant in our employee-owned culture
• Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
• Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S.

 

 

As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box – because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don’t want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team member, so please apply if you think this role is a great match for your unique skills and strengths. And, yes, relevant military experience is absolutely considered for transitioning service members.