Construction Quality Lead at Wood in Savannah, GA

Wood is recruiting for a Construction Quality Lead to join its Projects business focusing on construction quality management for a site-based project in Savannah, Georgia. This opportunity is onsite.

Wood is recruiting for a Construction Quality Lead to join its Projects business focusing on construction quality management for a site-based project in Savannah, Georgia. This opportunity is onsite.

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is recruiting for a Construction Quality Lead to join its Projects business focusing on construction quality management for a site-based project in Savannah, Georgia. This opportunity is onsite.

#LI-Onsite

The Role

As Construction Quality Lead, you will coordinate quality activities across a site-based project, balancing competing priorities and keeping delivery aligned with engineering and management requirements. You will anticipate problems before they escalate, recommend improvements to procedures and review the work of others to ensure technical accuracy and compliance. This is a great opportunity for an experienced quality professional who wants to shape how quality is embedded in project delivery.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood’s Projects business delivers some of the world’s boldest and most critical projects, embracing many diverse and evolving sectors, from Oil, Gas & New Energies and Process & Chemicals, to Minerals, Metals & Life Sciences. We provide a full suite of services including project management, engineering, EPC, EPCM and project delivery, working in close collaboration with our colleagues in Consulting and Operations to ensure we are responsive to the needs of our clients through an integrated lifecycle proposition.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
• Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession

Responsibilities

• Plans and carries out assigned projects, resolves most of the conflicts, coordinates work with others and interprets policy on own initiative.
• Coordinates quality activities according to project priorities. Must balance competing priorities.
• Evaluates current procedures and recommends changes to improve the overall performance on projects.
• Regularly required to find solutions to critical or difficult to resolve conflicts between engineering and management requirements.
• Anticipates potential problems, proactively solves complex problems through creative thinking and creative use of internal/external resources both inside and outside of functional expertise.
• Acts to prevent conditions from getting out of hand or to resolve an issue as they see fit and reports immediately to the next level of supervision.
• Is preauthorized to cope with issues within established parameters and then report the results of their actions.
• Review the work of others to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with instructions and established procedures.
• Complete Annual Personal Development Review (staff only).
• Prepare in accordance with business unit’s guidelines a Beyond Zero Action Plan and progress it on a quarterly basis.

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don’t match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

• BS degree in business or engineering or commensurate level of industry experience. (12 years)
• Technical certifications/accreditations (i.e. AWS Certified Welding Inspector, Nace Coating Inspector, NDE, ASNT level III or AWS Radiography Film Interpretation).
• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in an engineering or oil and gas environment and a minimum 3 years audit experience (oil & gas industry required).
• Fully conversant with ISO 9001 standard and administrative, operational, systems and management controls.
• Advance understanding of economic conditions affecting the assignment (cost, margins, profit impact of decision) and external factors affecting the project/business.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Ability with supporting skills to communicate to senior (project) management the core values of quality management as an integral part of project delivery.
• Persistent and inquisitive in the pursuit of information; obtains all relevant facts.
• Applies basic knowledge of Company/Project operations, policies and procedures.
• Basic understanding of trends affecting the assignment.
• Strong management skills including managing project resources and budget.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with good vocabulary and grammar. Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively in one-on-one situations. Ability to interact and communicate with all levels of staff and management, both internal and external.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential or sensitive information or issues.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance as per work schedule agreed with manager (may require working an adjusted work schedule based on project assigned and work overtime if warranted).
• Ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations, the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and other Company policies and procedures.

About the Company

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.