Construction Quality Specialist - The Haskell Company

Are you ready to move your career forward, and start the BEST job of your life? Haskell is committed to providing you with the resources to help you grow and discover your potential. We promote an environment that encourages innovative ideas and allows you to develop the best “how” to get the job done.  

At Haskell, we Create Things That Matter and have prioritized our team members' experiences. One of our company pillars is to “Provide Team Members the BEST Job of Their Lives” and we manifest that in a variety of ways. Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) creates stock ownership for our full-time team members. As an employee-owned company with an ownership culture, we work together for the benefit of our clients and each other.

In this role, you will monitor all quality activities on a project and ensure compliance with the Quality Implementation Plan (QIP). You will participate in design phase activities and document reviews. You should understand design documents and performs precons, first work in place, and periodic inspections to ensure compliance with the design documents. Promotes the use of materials, finishes, and details with excellent long-term quality performance.

Job Responsibilities:

• Initiates QIP on every assigned project
• During the design phase:
  • Conducts design quality kick-off meeting
  • Ensures that design reviews are completed and signed off at 30 and 100%
  • Begins listing quality risks and developing mitigation plans
  • Personally reviews final documents on all assigned projects
  • Ensures that geotechnical, concrete, and envelope reviews are held on all assigned projects. Performs geotechnical report review. Advises Project Director, Project Manager, and A/E Design Principals on critical related information
• During the construction phase:
  • Conducts construction quality kick-off meeting
  • Participation in the selection and evaluation of independent testing laboratories to support the project construction phase. Develops budgets, administers contracts, as well as monitors scheduled activities, such as reports, field activities, tests, and inspections on all agencies contracted. Distributes test results to appropriate design and QA team members
  • Finalizes the remaining quality risks with well-developed mitigation plans
  • In conjunction with the Project Manager and Superintendent ensures all precons required by the QIP are conducted
  • Ensures that all first work in place inspections are scheduled and conducted. Also monitors the progress of all required corrective measures
  • Ensures in cooperation with Design Principal, Project Manager, and Superintendent that all site observations are conducted. Performs all assigned QA inspections, prepares reports, documents deficiencies, and monitors the progress of deficiency correction
• During the closeout phase:
  • Ensures in cooperation with the Project Manager and Superintendent that Haskell completion conference and subcontractor completion conferences are conducted and documented
  • Monitors that AE punch lists are created and completed
  • Performs final QA punch list, documents findings, and verifies/documents completion of those deficiencies
  • Conducts in conjunction with the Project Director, Project Principal, and Project Manager a lessons learned meeting Prepares lessons learned document and distributes to project team and Director of Quality
  • Produces reports which are concise, thorough, logically structured, and well written for each QIP activity for which they are responsible. Distributes reports in a timely manner
  • Communicates to QA Manager or Director of Quality potential inconsistencies, deficiencies, errors, omissions, and conditions that may expose the company to liability expenses. Prepares monthly summary of all assigned QIP's, notes trends, and participates in Monthly delivery group QIP meetings
  • Participates in QIP audits with the QA Manager and/or Director of Quality as requested
  • Attends a minimum of 8 hours of professional development (in or out of house) to improve your knowledge base
  • Performs Quality training as requested on specific subject matter. (Minimum of 1 per year)

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma 

Specific Knowledge, Skills, License, Certifications:

• 2+ years of construction quality/inspection/testing experience
• Ability to read and effectively interpret building construction documentation and associated reports
• Ability to conduct effective preconstruction conferences to define quality standards and inspection procedures. Ability to inspect construction progress at scheduled intervals.
• Ability to interface with client’s quality assurance personnel and provides direction to ensure compliance with testing, inspection procedures, and results to on-site Quality Assurance inspectors
• Good interpersonal/communication skills to effectively work with others
• Good organizational skills to handle/prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and follow-up
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Ability to travel to project sites. Travel will be greater than 50% of this individual's time
• Ability to understand and execute the company vision and values of Team, Excellence, Service, and Trust

Haskell offers a very robust and comprehensive benefits package! Some of our offerings are:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Company provided hospital indemnity, accident and critical care plans
• Retirement savings plan (401k) with company discretionary matching contributions
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and nine company holidays
• Professional development and training opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career
• Flexible work hours and remote work options
• Employee assistance programs for physical and mental well-being
• Opportunities for growth and advancement within the organization
• AND many more!

Environmental Factors and/or Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, and arm, hand and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The associate frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessities. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace.

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