Lead Project Quality Auditor (HQ)

Overview

• This role focuses on ensuring that all organizational processes, projects, and products meet established quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• It involves monitoring performance, conducting audits, maintaining documentation, and implementing quality control procedures.
• The position also supports continuous improvement by identifying issues, recommending solutions, and ensuring compliance, while collaborating with teams and management to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Inspects the organization’s quality processes to ensure that standards are being met.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality of project processes and products.
• Specify, implement, and test quality management procedures and controls to ensure organizational compliance with regulatory and Client’s requirements.
• Inspect products and materials to ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Identify areas for improvement and suggest solutions.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls, operational procedures, and risk management processes.
• Establish and maintain an internal audit plan to verify that organizational internal controls, operational procedures, and risk management processes comply with regulatory requirements.
• Train and mentor project staff on quality assurance processes.
• Ensure that all project deliverables meet the agreed-upon quality standards.
• Liaise with project teams to ensure that quality standards are met.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance documentation.
• Maintain accurate documentation to support policies and procedures.
• Monitor and report on quality issues and performance.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues.
• Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Develop and implement procedures and controls to manage quality processes.
• Assist Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Operations Manager with quality control.
• Maintain and record records of employee qualifications, certifications, and licenses, and document training and work history.
• Prepare reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities
• Perform random, scheduled, and surprise quality audits of jobsites, vendors, and other subcontractors.
• Liaise with external quality assurance bodies.
• Informs themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures within Hill International and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.
• Bachelor in engineering / management from an accredited university.
• Minimum 10 years’ professional experience including as quality manager for large-scale projects.
• Broad knowledge of the quality principles/tools and their application to engineering, environmental, procurement, construction, testing, operations, or decommissioning.
• Knowledge of the application of corrective actions to reconcile nonconforming conditions.
• Knowledge of project management processes and procedures.
• Ability to issue NCR and follow up corrective actions.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and functions which impact the quality program/plan.
• Proficiency in verbal and written communications.
• Proficiency in providing direction and on the job training to assigned personnel.
• Experience in performing project audit.