Senior Quality Manager

About the Role

Mace is seeking a Senior Quality Manager to join their team in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with operations extending to Umluj. This full-time role requires over 10 years of experience in quality assurance and quality control, focusing on major infrastructure, civil, utilities, industrial, and building developments. The successful candidate will act on behalf of the Client and PMO within a PMC environment, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, project specifications, applicable standards, and regulatory requirements.

Role Context and Leadership

Reporting directly to the QA/QC Director, the Senior Quality Manager will lead site quality teams and drive quality assurance initiatives. Key responsibilities include managing inspections and audits, resolving non-conformances, and promoting continuous improvement across all project phases, from design through commissioning and handover. This role is central to delivering quality excellence and upholding Mace's commitment to safety and client focus.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain project quality management requirements and objectives.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved Quality Management Systems (QMS), ITPs, procedures, and specifications.
• Lead quality audits, inspections, surveillance activities, and compliance assessments.
• Manage NCRs, corrective actions, preventive actions, and lessons learned processes.
• Review and approve quality documentation, method statements, testing records, and close-out dossiers.
• Coordinate quality requirements across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
• Develop quality performance reports and KPI dashboards for project leadership, PMO, and Client stakeholders.
• Support testing, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness activities.
• Promote a culture of quality excellence, continuous improvement, and right-first-time delivery.
• Champion a safety-first culture and values-led quality leadership.
• Direct quality management systems, audits, inspections, and compliance assurance.
• Drive quality risk management, defect resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Supervise quality assurance programmes, audits, certification, and management system governance.
• Provide strategic quality advice, risk mitigation, and performance reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Develop team capability through leadership, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive stakeholder collaboration, supply chain assurance, and sustainability-focused delivery outcomes.

Required Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
• Extensive experience delivering quality excellence on major infrastructure, civil, utilities, industrial, and building developments.

Company Values

Mace operates on core values that include Safety first, ensuring a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The company maintains a Client focus by delivering on promises and building long-term relationships. Integrity guides all actions, aligning with compliance obligations. Mace also strives to Create opportunity for its people to excel through a culture of continuous improvement.

Application Information

Mace is an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Even if all criteria are not met, candidates are encouraged to apply. The company is open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options where suitable for the role.