Senior Project Quality Specialist (Saudi National)

Role Overview

Project Quality Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the Project Quality Management System and monitor compliance with project plans, procedures, standards, specifications, and contracts.
• Review ITPs, Method Statements, checklists, inspection and testing requirements, quality records, and technical submissions.
• Conduct surveillance inspections and internal audits, and support external and client audits.
• Monitor contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers for compliance with approved quality systems and plans.
• Identify quality risks, trends, deficiencies, and non-conformances, then support corrective and preventive actions.
• Review NCRs, observations, audit findings, and quality concerns and monitor their timely closure.
• Perform root cause analysis and support investigations of quality incidents, failures, defects, and recurring issues.
• Coordinate document control, quality records, traceability, quality reports, dashboards, training, workshops, and toolbox sessions.
• Participate in stakeholder quality meetings, capture lessons learned, and support project handover and closeout.

Engineering and Construction Quality

• Review engineering deliverables and monitor design quality control, checking, verification, approval, change control, and technical audits.
• Monitor construction quality, critical activity inspections, material testing, traceability, storage, defects, NCR trends, and contractor performance.
• Support quality management for terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, roads, utilities, district cooling, and related airport infrastructure.
• Monitor compliance with airport, aviation, infrastructure, authority, airside, and landside requirements during phased construction and interface activities.

Quality Performance and Reporting

• Maintain quality dashboards and reports covering NCRs, observations, audit findings, first-time pass rates, inspections, test failures, rework, corrective-action closure, and quality trends.
• Recommend improvement initiatives and provide data-driven updates to Project Quality Management, Project Management, and senior leadership.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant project quality management, QA/QC, quality assurance, or quality control experience.
• Strong experience on major construction, infrastructure, airport, or multidisciplinary projects.
• Proven experience with Project Quality Management Systems, audits, inspections, NCRs, corrective actions, and quality performance monitoring.
• Experience working with clients, consultants, contractors, and specialist subcontractors.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, quality documentation, ITPs, Method Statements, inspection procedures, and testing requirements.
• Engineering and construction quality process experience is highly desirable.
• Airport or airfield project experience is preferred.
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or equivalent quality certification is preferred.

Employer Information

Benefits

• Benefits described include paid time off, flexible holidays, retirement plans, training and mentorship, wellness programs, employee assistance, and medical, dental, and vision plans.