Quality Manager

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

If you share that vision, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed, we’d still love to hear from you. We value potential and diverse perspectives as much as experience. Let’s explore how we can support your growth and help you take the next step in your career, while contributing to an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

Mott MacDonald is growing its Major Projects business across North America and is seeking a Principal Design Quality Manager to lead project quality initiatives across some of the region's most complex infrastructure programs.

This role will provide strategic and operational leadership for design quality management across major transportation, aviation, rail & transit, highways, water, energy, and infrastructure projects. Working closely with project leadership teams, clients, contractors, and delivery partners, you will drive a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and right-first-time delivery while ensuring compliance with client requirements, regulatory obligations, contractual commitments, and corporate standards.

Working on a hybrid scheudle from one of our North American offices, the successful candidate will serve as the design quality lead on major programs, providing oversight throughout the project lifecycle from planning and design through construction, commissioning, and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of Project Quality Management Plans (PQMPs), project quality objectives, KPIs, and reporting frameworks.
• Provide project quality leadership and independent oversight across project planning, design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Ensure project compliance with client, contractual, regulatory, and corporate quality requirements.
• Lead project quality audits, surveillance activities, supplier assessments, and assurance reviews across major projects.
• Manage project non-conformances, corrective actions, root-cause investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.