QAQC Manager - Airport

Hill International (Middle East) is a US based Project Management and Claims Consultancy firm with offices throughout the World. With over 4600 employees in 100 offices worldwide Hill provides program management project management construction management and construction claims and consulting services. Engineering NewsRecord magazine recently ranked Hill as the 8th largest construction management firm in the World.

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Conducts and / or participates in technical compliance audits on all ongoing work to ensure compliances for consultants and contractors.
• Reviews the contract documents for each Package with respect to QA/QC requirements and procedures and advises the Hill SCT CRE of any deficiency.
• Reviews QA/QC site organization key personnel CVs as submitted by the consultants and contractors and advises the Hill SCT CRE of his comments.
• Reviews QA/QC Procedures and document control as submitted by the consultants and contractors and ensures implementation is in compliance with Contracts requirements.
• Responsible for the preparation of the Project Quality Plan
• Develop Quality Control procedures and forms in compliance with the existing market standards and local regulations.
• Attends activities on site and ensure their compliance with QA/QC procedures
• Monitors Quality Management Plan implementation through Quality Control procedures and report findings to the Client.
• Monitors NonCompliance issues and safeguard the proper and on time mitigating actions for these.
• Liaison with the appropriate departments for issues interrelating with the Quality of the work.
• Interact with the clients quality assurance department.
• Maintain all contractual turnover documents and ensure that they are up to date and meet all requirements.
• Manage administer and maintain records of project wide quality systems implementation.
• Perform as coordinator and facilitator to ensure Consultants and Contractors implement their quality systems in accordance with the project QA/QC contracts requirements and specifications.
• Ensure the effectiveness of the Client agreed Project Procedures to the clients satisfaction.
• To report any Quality issues that might have a counter effect on time or cost of the project on timely manner.
• Participates in reviewing CloseOut Report as submitted by Contractors

Qualifications Experience Knowledge and Skills:

• B.Sc. in either Civil or Mechanical Engineering.
• Qualified and experienced Lead Auditor/ISO 9001 Lead Assessor.
• Recognized formal qualification in Quality Management System & Audits for ISO 9001:2008 NEBOSH or equivalent.
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in Design and/or Construction Management related jobs and a minimum of 8 years of experience as a QA/QC Manager (or equivalent) working in major engineering projects including Architectural Engineering/Civil projects (Design Stage and Construction Stage).
• Proven experience in developing deploying implementing and monitoring Documented Quality Management Systems in projects of similar scale and complexity.
• Proven experience in managing several QA teams at once within his/her own organization and external parties (Consultants and Contractors).
• Leadership experience in Quality Management at senior managerial level.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of ISOQuality Management Systems requirements in general and in particular for the Construction Industry.
• Exposure to TQM (total quality management) in the construction industry.
• Extensive experience / knowledge of Design and Construction Inspection & Testing aspects / procedures of building systems & materials.
  
• Excellent knowledge of the use of programs such as Excel Access and Power Point being able to develop project management and control tools.