Lead Projects Quality Auditor

Position Summary:

The Lead Projects Quality Auditor is responsible for inspecting, monitoring, and evaluating the organizations project quality processes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, client standards, and Hill Internationals corporate policies. The role involves developing, implementing, and testing quality management procedures and controls, performing audits, and identifying areas for improvement across all project deliverables. This position establishes and maintains internal audit plans, assesses operational procedures and risk management processes, and provides guidance and training to project staff on quality assurance practices. The Lead Projects Quality Auditor liaises with project teams, contractors, and external quality assurance bodies to ensure compliance, investigates non-conformance issues, and implements corrective and preventive actions. The role also requires maintaining accurate quality documentation, reporting on performance and audit outcomes, and supporting Project Managers, Construction Managers, and Operations Managers in enforcing quality standards. The Lead Projects Quality Auditor ensures full compliance with Hill Internationals Quality, Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals, and Procedures and performs other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Inspects the organizations quality processes to ensure that standards are being met.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality of project processes and products.
• Specify, implement, and test quality management procedures and controls to ensure organizational compliance with regulatory and Clients requirements.
• Inspect products and materials to ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Identify areas for improvement and suggest solutions.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls, operational procedures, and risk management processes.
• Establish and maintain an internal audit plan to verify that organizational internal controls, operational procedures, and risk management processes comply with regulatory requirements.
• Train and mentor project staff on quality assurance processes.
• Ensure that all project deliverables meet the agreed-upon quality standards.
• Liaise with project teams to ensure that quality standards are met.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance documentation.
• Maintain accurate documentation to support policies and procedures.
• Monitor and report on quality issues and performance.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues.
• Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Develop and implement procedures and controls to manage quality processes.
• Assist Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Operations Manager with quality control.
• Maintain and record records of employee qualifications, certifications, and licenses, and document training and work history.
• Prepare reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities
• Perform random, scheduled, and surprise quality audits of jobsites, vendors, and other subcontractors.
• Liaise with external quality assurance bodies.
• Informs themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures within Hill International and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.