About the Role

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Quality Specialist to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience and focuses on supporting and enhancing project quality management across various critical project phases. The specialist will play a key role in ensuring compliance with quality standards and driving continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of the Project Quality Management System (QMS).
• Monitor compliance with the Project Quality Plan, procedures, specifications, standards, and contractual requirements.
• Provide specialist quality support to Engineering, Design, Construction, Procurement, Commissioning, and Project Management teams.
• Review and monitor project quality procedures, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), Method Statements, and inspection requirements.
• Conduct quality surveillance, inspections, audits, and compliance assessments across project activities.
• Monitor the implementation of approved quality processes by Contractors, Subcontractors, Consultants, and Suppliers.
• Review quality documentation and verify proper planning and execution of required inspections and tests.
• Identify quality risks, trends, recurring deficiencies, and potential non-conformances.
• Review and monitor Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), observations, deficiencies, and corrective actions.
• Support root cause analysis for significant quality issues and develop/monitor corrective and preventive action plans.
• Conduct internal quality audits and support Client, Consultant, and external audits, including preparing plans, checklists, and reports.
• Monitor timely closure of audit findings and quality observations.
• Review Contractor and Subcontractor Quality Management Systems and project quality plans.
• Monitor quality performance indicators, develop dashboards and reports, and provide regular updates to management.
• Support quality awareness programs, training sessions, workshops, and lessons-learned activities.
• Participate in quality and technical meetings with project stakeholders.
• Support investigation of major quality failures and ensure quality lessons learned are captured and incorporated.
• Support project closeout and handover by ensuring quality records and dossiers are complete and compliant.

Specialized Quality Functions

• Engineering & Design Quality: Monitor QA processes for engineering and design, review deliverables for compliance, support audits of design consultants, and track design quality comments and changes.
• Construction Quality: Monitor construction quality requirements across site activities, conduct surveillance inspections, review construction documentation, verify inspection/test completion, and support investigation of defects.
• Airport / Infrastructure & Airfield: Support quality management for airport terminals, airfield infrastructure, runways, taxiways, roads, utilities, and MEP systems. Monitor critical airport system quality and ensure compliance with project-specific aviation and authority requirements.
• Quality Assurance & Audit: Develop and implement quality audit and surveillance programs, conduct process/system/compliance audits, identify systemic weaknesses, and monitor audit finding closure.
• Quality Performance & Reporting: Develop and maintain project quality dashboards, monitor key quality indicators (NCRs, audit findings, first-time pass rate), analyze trends, and prepare weekly/monthly quality reports.
• Quality Improvement: Promote proactive quality management, identify opportunities to improve project quality processes, develop initiatives, and support quality training and awareness programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in project quality management, QA/QC, quality assurance, or quality control.
• Strong experience on major construction, infrastructure, airport, or multidisciplinary projects.

Required Skills and Certifications

• Proven experience implementing and monitoring Project Quality Management Systems.
• Strong experience in quality audits, inspections, NCR management, corrective actions, and quality performance monitoring.
• Experience working with Clients, Consultants, Contractors, Subcontractors, and specialist vendors.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management principles.
• Strong understanding of engineering, design, construction, and commissioning quality processes.
• Experience with ITPs, Method Statements, inspection procedures, testing, and quality documentation.
• Experience on airport / airfield projects is highly desirable.
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Professional engineering or quality certification is an advantage.

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offering an opportunity to contribute to significant projects within a dynamic environment at Parsons Corporation.