Quality Control Manager Recruitment

A Quality Control Manager leads quality assurance and quality control activities across infrastructure construction projects, ensuring work complies with plans, specifications, standards, and contract requirements while identifying deficiencies before they affect project delivery.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS HARD TO HIRE

Brightway helps you find the right talent faster.

Brightway identifies Quality Control Managers with infrastructure construction experience, strong inspection and documentation capabilities, technical knowledge, and the leadership skills required to maintain quality throughout project execution.

About the Quality Control Manager Role

A Quality Control Manager oversees quality control processes across infrastructure construction projects, ensuring construction activities and completed work conform to approved drawings, specifications, standards, and contract requirements. The role works closely with project managers, engineers, superintendents, inspectors, subcontractors, testing agencies, owners, and other project stakeholders. Strong Quality Control Managers establish inspection and testing processes, review quality requirements, document construction activities, track deficiencies, and coordinate corrective actions. They understand that effective quality control begins before work is installed and continues through inspections, testing, documentation, punch-list activities, and project closeout. Their oversight helps reduce rework, protect project schedules, and ensure the completed work meets required standards.

Role Highlights

Experience

7-15+ Years

Core Focus

Quality Control

Key Areas

Inspections, Testing & Compliance

Work Environment

Field & Office

Project Focus

Infrastructure Projects

Recruitment Type

Permanent

What does a Quality Control Manager Do?

Lead Quality Control

Develops and manages project quality control procedures, inspection plans, testing requirements, and quality documentation.

Conduct Inspections

Coordinates inspections and verifies that construction activities and installed work meet approved plans, specifications, and project requirements.

Manage Testing

Coordinates required testing, inspection results, quality records, and documentation with project teams and testing agencies.

Resolve Deficiencies

Identifies quality deficiencies, coordinates corrective actions, and verifies that issues are resolved before work progresses or is accepted.

Manage Quality Documentation

Maintains inspection records, testing documentation, quality reports, punch lists, and closeout records throughout the project.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

Experience

Experience

7-15+ years of infrastructure construction quality control, quality assurance, inspection, or related experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent construction quality experience may qualify.

Certifications

Certifications

Relevant quality control, inspection, engineering, OSHA, or project management credentials can be beneficial.

CORE SKILLS

Quality Control Management
Construction Inspections
Testing & Compliance
Quality Documentation
Deficiency Management
Construction Specifications

MARKET & COMPENSATION INSIGHTS

typical Salary Range

$95,000-$145,000

Performance Bonus

Experience Level

Senior

Role Demand

High

Hiring Market

Nationwide

Compensation varies by location, infrastructure specialty, project size, technical complexity, experience, employer, and the level of quality leadership and inspection responsibility assigned to the role.

About Infrastructure Construction

Explore Brightway’s Infrastructure Construction recruitment services for experienced professionals across quality control, safety, project management, project controls, estimating, scheduling, engineering, construction management, and other critical infrastructure functions.

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