Quality Assurance/Quality Control Material Engineer

With more than 14,000 people around the globe, GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Serving clients across five continents and the Pacific region, GHD people share a passion for exceeding the expectations of our clients and contributing to their success.

Privately owned by our people, GHD will support you to move overseas for job opportunities as well as enhance a collaborative and culturally diverse working environment. We give you the opportunity to work on interesting projects with industry leaders along with career development through the GHD Business School, flexible leave and family-friendly policies.

QA/QC Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring that construction projects adhere to established quality standards and meet regulatory requirements. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement quality control plans and procedures for construction projects.
• Conduct regular inspections to verify compliance with project specifications, codes, and standards.
• Review and approve quality-related documentation, such as material submittals and testing reports.
• Monitor and assess construction activities to ensure they align with approved plans and specifications.
• Identify and document non-compliance issues and work with project teams to develop corrective action plans.
• Conduct audits of subcontractors and suppliers to ensure they meet quality requirements.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, tests, and quality-related documentation.
• Generate reports detailing QA/QC findings, trends, and recommendations for improvement.
• Provide timely updates to project stakeholders on quality performance.
• Provide guidance and training to project teams on QA/QC processes and requirements.
• Conduct workshops or seminars to promote a culture of quality within the organization.
• Stay up to date with relevant industry standards, codes, and regulations.
• Ensure that construction activities align with local, state, and federal requirements.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, engineers, architects, and subcontractors to address quality-related issues.
• Participate in project meetings to provide input on QA/QC matters.
• External Communications: Help others get the most out of external communications systems by offering support and advice.
• Construction Management: Supervise others on a construction project, working within established operational systems.
• Health, Safety, and Environment: Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action, escalating serious issues as appropriate.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Leadership and Direction: Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the function's strategy and action plan and to the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Performance Management: Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance; or monitor the performance of the team, allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality, and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
• Organizational Capability Building: Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
• Quality Assurance: Plan and coordinate testing and inspection of products and processes. Implement corrective actions or continuous improvement initiatives and monitor them to make sure they are effective.
• Operational Compliance: Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Help senior colleagues manage client and customer relationships by using relevant sales or client systems.