Associate Director - Quality Assurance

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The Project

This is an opportunity to work on a large new build airport, that will set a global benchmark for aviation experience and aims to attract 120 million passengers by 2030 in Saudi Arabia.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Direct the construction inspection programme across all active work packages, ensuring inspections are planned, resourced, and executed to the required frequency and rigor.
• Establish and enforce construction quality standards, codes, and specifications, ensuring full alignment with contract requirements and applicable regulatory/aviation authority standards.
• Lead a team of inspectors and quality engineers, setting inspection protocols, competency requirements, and performance expectations across all disciplines and packages.
• Oversee non-conformance management, ensuring timely identification, root-cause investigation, corrective action, and closure of quality issues raised in the field.
• Enforce contractor and subcontractor accountability for workmanship, materials compliance, and adherence to approved method statements and inspection test plans (ITPs).
• Chair quality review meetings and inspection escalation forums, reporting on inspection coverage, defect trends, and standards compliance to senior programme leadership.
• Audit contractor quality management systems and site quality control processes, and champion a culture of continuous improvement through training, standards awareness, and lessons-learned across site teams.
  
  

You’ll Need To Have

• 20+ years of experience in construction quality, inspection, or standards enforcement, including senior/leadership roles on major capital projects.
• Proven experience on airport, transportation, or other large-scale infrastructure programmes, enforcing quality standards and contractor accountability.
• Experience within a Program Management Office or Business Enablement quality function on a major programme is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil/construction engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline (Master's degree in Quality Management preferred); relevant professional certification (e.g., CQI/IRCA, CMQ/OE, or equivalent quality/engineering certification) is advantageous.
  
  

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role