QA/QC Program Manager V – Data Center Construction

Job Title: QA/QC Program Manager V – Data Center Construction
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Lebanon, IN
 
This role focuses on developing, monitoring, and improving quality assurance and control programs for data center construction projects. It requires strong cross-functional coordination, technical expertise across multiple disciplines, and hands-on experience with QA/QC processes, documentation, and tools. The candidate should be adept at training, auditing, issue resolution, and leading quality initiatives in complex, mission-critical environments.;
 
Qualification:

• Strong mechanical and electrical QA knowledge, People focused with strong interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work well with XFN partners.
• QA/QC commissioning skills Experience with CSLA disciplines
• Some experience with vendor management.
• Experience on design-build side of projects

 
Job description:
M&E QA/QC Support Engineer We are seeking an experienced M&E QA/QC professional to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and monitoring quality program metrics, analyzing trends, and working with applicable parties to correct any issues. This role will also involve assisting with the development of on-site partner construction QA and QC teams, as well as providing training to personnel regarding awareness and quality procedures.
 
Ideal candidate:
Someone self driven, with the ability to have difficult conversations on any misalignments that may arise.
Someone focus driven that has experience leading and coaching a team.
 
Responsibilities:

• Develop and monitor quality program metrics to evaluate projects performance.
• Analyze metrics to understand the root cause of any disconcerting trends and then work with the applicable parties to correct those items.
• Assist with development of on-site partner construction QA and QC team.
• Assist with development of QA/QC processes and standards to enable efficiency and effectiveness and assist with cross functional communications.
• Interface between design, construction, and facility operations as well as general contractor(s).
• Provide training to personnel regarding awareness and quality procedures and specific responsibilities in the QA/QC process.
• Coordinate quality issues between design, construction and facility operations teams.
• Audit QA/QC activities of staff and subcontractors as often as necessary to assess conformance with the QA/QC procedures.
• Examine all submittals (in particular, mechanical, engineering and plumbing (MEP) submittals) for quality assurance and provide comments to ensure all documents are compliant.
• Perform quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including vendor quality manuals and company quality records.
• Develop, review and approve, if required, levels one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) related to product and process quality such as construction quality procedures (“CQPs”) and checklists, technical deliverables, and test procedures and plans.
• Recommend and verify effective implementation of corrective and preventive actions for project non conformances and quality issues, in coordination with project and quality management, design, engineering, construction and other functional disciplines.
• Review commissioning agent level four (4) and five (5) commissioning scripts and provide feedback.
• Assist construction manager in review of turnover documentation package for completeness and accuracy.
• Assist construction manager in review of level three (3), four (4), and five (5) energization, start-up, and commissioning schedules and help ensure compliance to it.
• Help drive closure to open issues in BIM360 and escalate any outstanding open items not getting closed out in a timely manner.
• Attend factory witness tests (“FWTs”) as required for owner furnished contractor installed (“OFCI”) and contractor furnished contractor installed (“CFCI”) equipment and systems.
• Provide an onsite visual inspection and/or observation for construction quality control of OFCI and CFCI equipment and systems.
• This site acceptance inspection will be documented in BIM360.
• Assist in confirming that Level two (2) and level three (3) testing documentation is properly completed and retained.
• Provide assistance in reviewing installed labeling, signage and tagging.
• Assist in development of project specific QA/QC dashboards, equipment tracking matrices, and semi-annual QA/QC deep dive / presentations.
• Attend required construction meetings such as the weekly project and monthly global QA/QC meeting, MEP/owner architect contractor (OAC) weekly meetings, and daily start-up and commissioning meetings.

 
Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in quality control & quality assurance (QA/QC) programs for data centers or mission critical construction projects.
• Experience with Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build construction programs.
• Experience in civil/structural, building envelope, mechanical, electrical, and I&C disciplines.
• Experience leading QA/QC and Cx programs.
• Experience in contractor, consultant and vendor management.
• Experience in mission critical power and cooling infrastructure or other critical systems, and the ability to apply that experience to current data center challenges.
• Prior experience with construction quality tools

 
  

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $102.77/hr – $120.00/hr.