Manager, Quality

What is the Opportunity?

The Quality Manager is responsible for leading the quality strategy for US New Nuclear Development (NND) projects during the bid and definition phases, working closely with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders to establish the quality approach, project-specific requirements, and delivery expectations.

This role ensures quality requirements are defined early and translated into bid submissions, execution strategies, design inputs, supplier requirements, and project governance frameworks in alignment with nuclear regulatory requirements, codes, standards, and contractual obligations. For Aecon US New Nuclear Development (NND), the role also supports alignment with U.S. nuclear quality expectations, including NRC-related commitments, NQA-1, ASME, client requirements, and applicable project-specific quality obligations.

Reporting to the Aecon US Quality Director and matrix to NND Leadership, the Quality Manager is a key member of the Project Management Team. The Quality Manager provides leadership across project development activities to ensure quality is embedded in client discussions, partner interfaces, bid planning, scope definition, procurement strategies, execution readiness, construction planning, fabrication, field execution, system turnover, commissioning readiness, and handover planning.

What You'll Do Here:

Bid-Phase Quality Strategy, Requirements Development & Project Governance

• Lead development of the project quality strategy for US NND opportunities during bid and definition phases, aligned to client expectations, partner delivery models, NQA-1, ASME, regulatory commitments, and contractual requirements.
• Work with clients, partners, Aecon US Quality, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commercial, and Project Management to define project-specific quality requirements and ensure they are incorporated into bid submissions, execution strategies, design criteria, procurement documents, and partner scopes.
• Develop Project Quality Plans and Project Specific Procedures to establish the quality governance framework, documentation expectations, records strategy, audit and surveillance approach, and oversight model required to support successful project execution and future regulatory and client assurance needs.
• Apply graded quality principles based on safety significance, first-of-a-kind risk, constructability, delivery model, and project complexity.

New Build Execution, Fabrication & Field Quality Oversight

• Provide quality leadership across US NND construction, modularization, fabrication, installation, inspection, testing, and turnover activities.
• Ensure work is executed in accordance with approved procedures, drawings, specifications, inspection plans, and hold/witness points.
• Lead quality presence in the field through inspections, surveillances, coaching, and engagement with supervisors, craft, subcontractors, and partners.
• Partner with Construction, Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Project Management to prevent defects, protect schedule certainty, and reduce rework on US NND projects.
• Maintain authority to stop work when quality requirements, regulatory obligations, or approved procedures are not being met.

Nonconformance & Corrective Action Management

• Oversee identification, documentation, disposition, and resolution of nonconformances.
• Lead or support root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action implementation.
• Ensure timely closure of corrective actions with demonstrated effectiveness and appropriate documentation.
• Identify trends and drive systemic improvements across project execution, supplier quality, and field quality performance.

Supplier, Fabrication & Subcontractor Quality Assurance

• Support evaluation of partners, suppliers, fabricators, and subcontractors during bid and project definition activities to ensure quality expectations, program maturity, and oversight requirements are understood early.
• Work with clients, partners, Procurement, Engineering, and Supply Chain to define quality requirements for major suppliers, fabrication scopes, modularization, and subcontracted work.
• Ensure bid packages, technical specifications, partner scopes, vendor scopes, and procurement documents