Project Quality & Commissioning Manager

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Project QCx Manager

Confidential Client | Data Center Project | Greater Chicago, Illinois

Function

Quality & Commissioning Management

Reports To

Director of Quality & Commissioning Management - USA

Location

Greater Chicago, Illinois - project site / field-based

Project Type

Data Center / Mission-Critical EPC

Role Purpose

Lead the integrated Quality and Commissioning (QCx) function for a major data center project, with accountability for defining, implementing and overseeing the quality and commissioning strategy throughout the EPC lifecycle and commissioning Levels 1-5. The role establishes the project QCx organization, governance, plans, resources, schedules, controls and performance reporting, ensuring construction quality, system completion, commissioning and handover are aligned with contractual requirements, Owner/Tenant expectations and project standards. The position is site-based during execution and acts as the principal QCx interface with project leadership, the client and key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and govern the integrated project Quality and Commissioning strategy, organization, execution framework and Owner/Tenant requirements.
• Lead the Project Quality Lead and Project Commissioning Lead, ensuring adequate resources, competencies, independence and coordinated execution.
• Integrate quality, systems completion and Levels 1-5 commissioning activities into project planning, procurement, construction and turnover.
• Approve and oversee QCx plans, procedures, documentation, readiness gates, audits, KPIs, risk controls and corrective actions.
• Provide project leadership with objective performance, risk and handover-readiness reporting.
• Translate contractual, technical, regulatory, Owner/Tenant and quality-management requirements into the Project Quality Plan, Project Commissioning Plan and supporting execution controls.
• Develop the QCx organization chart, responsibility matrix, staffing plan, competency requirements, mobilization sequence and budget inputs with project leadership.
• Define the project systemization, completion and turnover philosophy, including system boundaries, Levels 1-5 governance, acceptance criteria and handover strategy.
• Ensure QCx deliverables, inspections, testing, vendor activities and readiness milestones are integrated into the project master schedule with appropriate logic and resources.
• Provide proposal, constructability, commissionability, procurement and execution input from early project phases through final acceptance.
• Establish governance for ITPs, inspections, test packs, nonconformities, punch lists, commissioning issues, turnover dossiers and controlled documented information.
• Chair integrated QCx governance and milestone-readiness reviews; ensure systems do not advance without satisfied prerequisites or formally accepted residual risk.
• Coordinate Engineering, Procurement, Supplier Quality, Construction, HSE, Planning, Document Control, Commercial and Operations interfaces affecting quality or commissioning.
• Serve as the senior project interface with the Owner/Tenant, Commissioning Authority, designers, subcontractors, vendors, testing agencies and third parties on QCx matters.
• Approve risk-based audit, surveillance and readiness-review programs and ensure findings, NCRs and corrective actions are effectively closed.
• Define and monitor quality and commissioning KPIs, analyze trends, escalate systemic issues and sponsor recovery or improvement plans.
• Ensure lessons learned, recurring-defect prevention, training and best practices are captured and applied across the project.
• Confirm that construction-quality evidence supports commissioning prerequisites and that commissioning evidence supports safe, complete and traceable final handover.
• Mentor QCx personnel and maintain a collaborative, inclusive and accountable working environment across the project team.

Professional Experience & Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or related Engineering discipline; extensive directly relevant professional experience and additional technical qualifications may be accepted in lieu of the stated degree requirement.
• Minimum 10+ years of Quality and Commissioning management experience on complex EPC or design-build projects, including leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
• Required data center experience covering mission-critical mechanical, electrical and controls systems, construction quality, system completion and integrated systems testing.
• Demonstrated responsibility for project-level QCx strategy, staffing, budgets, schedules, risk, client interfaces and final handover.
• Experience in international or multi-company project environments and management of subcontractor/vendor performance is preferred.

Specific Skills & Knowledge

• Advanced understanding of ISO 9001-based quality management, construction quality controls, commissioning Levels 1-5, systems completion and handover.
• Ability to define integrated QCx strategies, execution approaches, resource plans, schedules, KPIs and governance frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of audit, NCR/CAPA, root-cause analysis, readiness-gate and risk-management practices.
• Ability to interpret contracts, technical requirements, specifications, system architectures and acceptance criteria across disciplines.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, technical writing, executive reporting and stakeholder-management skills.
• Working knowledge of digital quality, completions and document-control platforms.

Core Competencies

• Strategic leadership with operational attention to detail.
• Independent judgment, integrity and willingness to escalate material risk.
• Inclusive leadership, coaching and development of multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong partnership-building and solutions-oriented stakeholder management.
• Decisive prioritization within safety, quality, schedule, cost and resource constraints.
• Ability to synthesize complex performance information into clear management decisions.

Travel & Working Environment

The position is primarily site-based in Lisle, Illinois, with travel to vendors, client locations or other project sites as required. The role requires regular work in active construction and commissioning environments and the ability to safely access project areas, use required PPE and visually inspect installed work and test indications.

TEC Group International is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.