Senior Staff Quality Control Engineer

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical QC leader across large-scale, mission-critical data center construction projects.
• Define and improve program-level quality engineering standards, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria.
• Reconcile differing tenant quality program specifications and flow-down requirements.
• Develop and govern Inspection Test Plans (ITPs), checklists, inspection workflows, and quality documentation standards across civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and commissioning scopes.
• Ensure critical MEP systems—including electrical distribution, mechanical and cooling systems, controls, and related infrastructure—are installed according to design intent, specifications, submittals, code requirements, and performance expectations.
• Partner with Construction, Design, Commissioning, Operations, general contractors, subcontractors, OEMs, authorities having jurisdiction, and third-party inspectors.
• Review drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, and construction execution plans for quality and constructability.
• Lead root cause analysis for recurring defects, non-conformances, rework drivers, and system-level quality failures.
• Establish defect taxonomies, trend reporting, and quality metrics to identify systemic risk and performance.
• Drive pre-functional and functional readiness standards with commissioning teams.
• Provide technical quality sign-off recommendations before commissioning, energization, turnover, and operational handoff.
• Review non-conformance reports, corrective action plans, punch lists, inspection results, test reports, as-builts, redlines, O&M manuals, and turnover packages.
• Identify quality risks early and drive corrective action before impacts to schedule, commissioning, cost, or reliability.
• Translate field lessons learned into scalable standards, playbooks, and repeatable quality practices.
• Mentor QC Engineers, QC Managers, construction teams, and trade partners.
• Support audit readiness and maintain quality documentation and reporting standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in construction QA/QC, quality engineering, field engineering, commissioning support, or related technical construction roles.
• Deep technical understanding of MEP systems in mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale infrastructure environments.
• Experience with electrical distribution, mechanical and cooling systems, controls, system integration, and construction-to-commissioning handoff.
• Experience developing or improving ITPs, inspection plans, quality standards, checklists, NCR processes, punch management, and turnover documentation.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, technical submittals, test reports, commissioning documents, and code requirements.
• Experience with defect tracking, trend analysis, root cause methodology, and corrective action frameworks.
• Ability to influence contractors, subcontractors, engineering teams, commissioning teams, and internal stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong field presence and ability to identify installation risks, technical issues, and quality gaps before downstream failures.
• Systems-thinking perspective on how construction quality affects commissioning, operations, uptime, and long-term asset performance.
• Highly organized, analytical, detail-oriented, and able to communicate and document effectively.
• Willingness to work on-site full-time and travel to other construction sites as needed.
• Ability to hold contractors and internal stakeholders accountable to quality standards.

Nice-to-Haves

• Data center or hyperscale experience with AWS, Meta, Google, Microsoft, or similar companies.
• Experience in healthcare, semiconductor, refinery, central plant, power, or industrial infrastructure construction.
• Experience with pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing.
• Familiarity with Procore, BIM 360, Autodesk Build, Bluebeam, commissioning platforms, or similar construction and quality tools.
• Certifications such as CQM, CQI, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, ASQ, or similar.
• Experience creating quality standards, inspection libraries, lessons-learned programs, or quality playbooks at scale.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages.
• Restricted Stock Units.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and leave of absence programs.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer HSA contributions.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health and wellness support.
• Commuter benefits, including parking and transit.
• Cell phone stipend.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary.
• Volunteer time off.
• Global travel insurance and emergency assistance.
• Daily meals allowance.
• Additional location-specific perks and programs.