What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Quality Lead position at Blackfield Associates?
Blackfield Associates are currently partnered with a global pharmaceutical manufacturer to support their search for a Construction Quality Lead to join their project based in Indiana on an initial 12-month contract.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all construction quality activities across the project, ensuring compliance with project specifications, quality standards, GMP requirements, and regulatory expectations.
- Provide independent oversight of construction quality across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, and process systems.
- Develop and implement quality assurance and quality control strategies to support successful project execution.
- Review and verify construction inspections, test records, and quality documentation to ensure compliance with approved procedures and specifications.
- Identify, document, and manage non-conformances, quality deviations, and corrective actions, driving issues through to resolution.
- Conduct field inspections, audits, and quality walkdowns to verify installation quality and workmanship.
- Ensure contractors and subcontractors are adhering to approved Inspection and Test Plans, quality plans, and project requirements.
- Support mechanical completion, system turnover, commissioning, and CQV activities by ensuring quality documentation and inspections are complete.
- Lead punch list quality reviews and support closure of quality-related deficiencies.
- Coordinate with Construction, Engineering, QA, CQV, and Operations teams to ensure systems are delivered in a compliant and inspection-ready state.
- Monitor quality performance metrics and provide regular reporting on quality status, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Promote a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and right-first-time execution across all project stakeholders.
- Support regulatory inspections, audits, and client reviews as required.
Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related technical discipline.
- Sufficent experience in construction quality, QA/QC, or quality management on large capital projects.
- Proven experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or other GMP-regulated industries.
- Strong knowledge of construction quality systems, inspection processes, quality documentation, and compliance requirements.
- Experience managing Inspection and Test Plans, non-conformance programs, corrective actions, and turnover documentation.
- Strong understanding of mechanical completion, commissioning, qualification, and system handover processes.
- Familiarity with industry codes and standards applicable to construction and pharmaceutical facilities.
- Experience coordinating quality activities across multiple disciplines including CSA, mechanical, piping, HVAC, electrical, instrumentation, and process systems.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to identify quality risks early and implement effective mitigation strategies in a fast-paced construction environment.
- Experience working with contractors, EPCM organizations, engineering teams, and CQV groups on major capital projects.