Lead QA/QC Engineer - Construction & Contracting
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About the Role
UrbaCon Contracting & Trading Company is seeking a Lead QA/QC Engineer for construction and contracting activities in Riyadh. The role provides operational, technical, and functional leadership, ensuring compliance with standards and driving quality outcomes.
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Responsibilities
- Manage day to day QA/QC activities within the construction and contracting environment to ensure efficient execution, compliance with procedures, and achievement of operational targets
- Coordinate schedules, manpower, materials, contractors, and operational activities to ensure timely completion of tasks, projects, and deliverables
- Liaise with internal departments, consultants, suppliers, subcontractors, clients, and operational teams to ensure smooth communication and issue resolution
- Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual obligations, regulatory standards, HSE requirements, and industry best practices
- Monitor operational KPIs, productivity, service standards, and quality benchmarks while identifying gaps and implementing corrective actions
- Prepare operational reports, technical records, progress updates, cost analyses, and management presentations
- Support efficient utilization of manpower, equipment, budgets, materials, and operational resources to improve productivity and reduce waste
- Identify operational risks, technical challenges, delays, and performance issues while implementing mitigation measures
- Support the implementation of quality assurance and quality control procedures to ensure services and deliverables meet company and client expectations
- Contribute to process enhancements, digital initiatives, workflow optimization, and operational excellence programs
Requirements
- Proven experience within the construction and contracting sector handling operational, technical, project, or functional responsibilities related to the role
- Demonstrated experience coordinating teams, contractors, stakeholders, resources, and service delivery activities within complex operational environments
- Experience supporting KPI management, reporting, process improvement, quality compliance, and operational efficiency initiatives
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Job Summary
- The Lead QA/QC Engineer Construction and Contracting provides operational, technical, and functional leadership across construction and contracting activities while ensuring alignment with organizational standards, business objectives, and regulatory requirements.
- The role is responsible for driving performance, coordination, compliance, stakeholder engagement, and service delivery within the QA/QC function.
- The position supports continuous improvement initiatives, cost optimization, operational efficiency, and quality outcomes while collaborating closely with internal teams, contractors, clients, and business stakeholders.
Job Responsibilities 1
- Operational Management: Manage day to day QA/QC activities within the construction and contracting environment to ensure efficient execution, compliance with procedures, and achievement of operational targets while maintaining service quality and productivity standards.
- Planning and Coordination: Coordinate schedules, manpower, materials, contractors, and operational activities to ensure timely completion of tasks, projects, and deliverables in line with approved timelines and business requirements.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with internal departments, consultants, suppliers, subcontractors, clients, and operational teams to ensure smooth communication, issue resolution, and alignment on technical and operational requirements.
- Compliance and Governance: Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual obligations, regulatory standards, HSE requirements, and industry best practices applicable to the construction and contracting sector.
- Performance Monitoring: Monitor operational KPIs, productivity, service standards, and quality benchmarks while identifying gaps, implementing corrective actions, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Reporting and Documentation: Prepare operational reports, technical records, progress updates, cost analyses, and management presentations to support decision making, audit readiness, and business transparency.
- Resource Optimization: Support efficient utilization of manpower, equipment, budgets, materials, and operational resources to improve productivity, reduce waste, and optimize operational costs.
- Risk and Issue Management: Identify operational risks, technical challenges, delays, and performance issues while implementing mitigation measures and escalation processes to minimize business impact.
- Quality Assurance: Support the implementation of quality assurance and quality control procedures to ensure services, deliverables, and operational outputs meet company and client expectations.
- Continuous Improvement: Contribute to process enhancements, digital initiatives, workflow optimization, and operational excellence programs to improve efficiency, service delivery, and overall business performance.
Job Knowledge & Skills
- Sector Operations Knowledge: Strong understanding of operational requirements, standards, workflows, and regulatory expectations within the construction and contracting sector.
- Technical and Functional Expertise: Advanced knowledge of QA/QC processes, documentation, reporting standards, systems, and operational controls relevant to the role.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Ability to manage cross functional communication, contractor coordination, client engagement, and team collaboration within fast paced operational environments.
- Systems and Reporting: Proficiency in ERP systems, reporting tools, Microsoft Office applications, operational dashboards, and performance tracking methodologies.
- Problem Solving and Decision Making: Strong analytical, organizational, and decision making capabilities with the ability to resolve operational issues and support business continuity.
Job Experience
- Industry Experience: Proven experience within the construction and contracting sector handling operational, technical, project, or functional responsibilities related to the role.
- Operational Coordination Exposure: Demonstrated experience coordinating teams, contractors, stakeholders, resources, and service delivery activities within complex operational environments.
- Compliance and Performance Management: Experience supporting KPI management, reporting, process improvement, quality compliance, and operational efficiency initiatives.
Competencies
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Quality
- Agility
- AI Fluency
- Material testing & Standard awareness L3
- QA Audits L3
- Quality Assurance L3
- Statistical Quality Control L3
- Sub contractor Quality Management L3
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