Senior Quality Specialist, Mission Critical (AFG)

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success.

By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, we’ve found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years.

Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

JE Dunn’s Advanced Facilities Group (AFG) combines Mission Critical, Advanced Industries, and Industrial & Manufacturing into one high-performing team focused on cutting-edge work to serve innovative clients on large Industrial & Manufacturing, Data Center, and Semiconductor projects. As part of the Advanced Facilities team, you'll work on some of the most advanced construction projects across the country, growing your career alongside our diverse team of industry professionals.

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

QUALITY SPECIALIST FAMILY - CORE

• Assists in planning, implementing and supervising the project quality program.
• Utilizes basic understanding of project Contract Documents.
• Provides coordination and oversight to the project specific quality plan.
• Attends pre-planning, pre-installation and progress meetings.
• Monitors subcontractors’ quality programs.
• Conducts regular walk through observations of construction sites to ensure compliance with the contract documents, manufacturers’ instructions and industry standards.
• Investigates non-compliant conditions; confers with supervisor or other Quality team staff members to determine root cause and provide recommendations in work processes to eliminate reoccurrence.
• Utilizes internal quality assurance systems and tools to prepare reports for field superintendents, project managers and subcontractors detailing compliant and non-compliant quality conditions.
• May be assigned as the quality representative on a single project or multiple projects.
• May conduct basic constructability reviews under direct supervision.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

SENIOR QUALITY SPECIALIST

In addition, this position will be responsible for the following:

• Assumes responsibility for conducting detailed constructability reviews and participates in page-turn review meetings.
• Performs intermediate quality assurance testing including water, moisture content, material compatibility and adhesion.
• Assumes responsibility for basic training onsite or at office location on construction quality-related topics.
• May be required to review and certify submittals for accuracy.
• Monitors specific and systemic work practices. Identifies, documents and recommends solutions to construction quality issues.
• Capable of communicating project quality status and issues at project review meetings.
• Identifies non-compliant conditions using advanced quality recognition skills.
• Provides mentoring to less experienced co-workers in advanced quality-related topics.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner.
• Communication skills, verbal and written (Intermediate).
• Proficiency in MS Office (Intermediate).
• Formal presentation skills (Intermediate).
• Ability to read drawings, specifications, building codes and other technical product and material data (Intermediate).
• Knowledge of material and field testing for QA processes (Intermediate).
• Knowledge of construction assemblies for a variety of construction systems (Intermediate).
• Proficiency in basic JE Dunn construction and quality software tools.
• Knowledge of construction trades and scopes of work (Intermediate).
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.

Education

• Bachelors’ degree in architecture, construction management or related field (Preferred).
• In lieu of the above requirements, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.

Experience

• 5+ years construction quality-related experience (Required).

Working Environment

• Valid and unrestricted drivers license required
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
• Must be willing to work non-traditional hours to meet business needs
• May require periods of overnight travel