Project Management Quality Lead - Advanced Power Generation

Black & Veatch Family of Companies – Houston, TX, US

Job Overview

The Solution Quality Lead will strengthen and sustain execution excellence across the Advanced Power Generation (APG) portfolio by embedding quality discipline, predictability, and right‑first‑time execution across the full project lifecycle. The role supports portfolio strategies, drives solution‑level quality leadership across engineering, supply chain, construction, commissioning, and turnover, and ensures consistent application of quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Reinforce quality and execution excellence as differentiators for APG clients, emphasizing first‑time quality as a primary safety control.
• Support client‑facing discussions related to quality strategy, execution risk, and lessons learned.
• Partner with APG leadership and project teams to translate client quality expectations into practical execution strategies and repeatable quality practices across APG projects.
• Execute and evolve APG solution‑level quality strategy aligned with portfolio objectives, predictable execution, and zero‑incident safety culture.
• Promote Quality Assurance as the foundation for exceptional performance.
• Strengthen a culture of quality, accountability, and psychological safety across APG projects.
• Drive adoption of quality‑driven planning and leading quality indicators into project execution planning and applicable work packages.
• Own APG solution‑level visibility into cost of quality, rework, recurring quality trends, and corrective action effectiveness.
• Serve as the primary APG interface to the Operations Quality Management organization.
• Promote continuous improvement through capability development, root cause analysis, lessons learned, and cross‑project sharing of effective practices.
• Support execution planning by embedding first‑time quality expectations that reduce rework, congestion, schedule compression, and out‑of‑sequence work that elevate safety risk.
• Partner with Project Managers, Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, and Operations Quality through project closeout to ensure predictable, safe execution.
• Improve procedural adherence and execution discipline to eliminate or reduce rework and repeat quality issues.
• Partner with Operations and EHS on quality‑related incident investigations.
• Enable proactive project assessments and self‑checks that evaluate quality readiness as a leading indicator of safety and execution performance.
• Champion quality‑based stop‑work responsibility as a critical safety control.
• Drive closure and effectiveness validation of corrective actions to ensure sustained improvements in both quality and safety performance.
• Identify emerging quality trends across APG projects and elevate systemic risks, barriers, and improvement opportunities to APG leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience in EPC project execution within power generation or heavy industrial environments.
• Strong understanding of how quality discipline, planning rigor, and predictable execution directly influence safety outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across matrixed organizations without direct authority.
• ASQ certification such as CCQ/OE, CQE, CQA, or equivalent quality leadership credential preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10-12+ years progressive experience in project execution, operations, construction, commissioning, or quality leadership roles.
• Demonstrated execution experience across engineering, construction, and commissioning disciplines.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (background check, drug screen, motor vehicle records search) in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision), disability, and robust wellness program.
• Flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
• Company‑matched 401(k) plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre‑taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan, and B&V Credit Union.
• Performance‑based bonus program eligibility.

EEO Statement

BVH, Inc., its subsidiaries and its affiliated companies comply with all Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. Black & Veatch does not discriminate based on age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.