MEP Quality Manager

Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Title: MEP Quality Manager

Location: Alexandria, LA

Job Summary
Provides leadership, coordination, guidance, and technical expertise in all areas of quality, with a strong emphasis on MEP systems and mission-critical data center environments. Responsible for the daily operations of the project’s quality program, ensuring all quality policies, procedures, and practices are consistently implemented. Develops and administers quality-related processes, techniques, and initiatives to ensure all work—especially MEP and commissioning-critical scopes—meets or exceeds project requirements, industry standards, and stringent data-center owner expectations.

Primary Duties

• Works with project managers, superintendents, MEP coordinators, commissioning teams, and subcontractors to develop processes that achieve 100% compliant work in a mission-critical environment.
• Collaborates closely with MEP and low-voltage trade partners to ensure proper installation, testing, and documentation of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, BMS/EPMS, and critical power systems.
• Acts as an advocate for Yates Construction by promoting quality and corporate ethics as core values.
• Maintains active relationships with engineers, commissioning agents, consultants, and industry associations relevant to data-center construction.
• Assists teams in developing project-specific Quality Management Plans, including data-center-specific MEP and commissioning requirements.
• Ensures project teams follow their Quality Management Plans and mission-critical quality protocols.
• Builds and maintains system templates for DFOW activities, including MEP DFOWs such as electrical distribution, UPS systems, generator installations, chilled water systems, CRAH/CRAC units, and equipment startup procedures.
• Prepares DFOW documentation for MEP and mission-critical scopes as required.
• Conducts site visits and inspections of work in place, with a focus on MEP installations, equipment placement, system routing, and compliance with data-center standards.
• Assists teams with plan and constructability reviews, including MEP coordination drawings, BIM clash detection, and system integration for high-density environments.
• Reads and understands specifications, reference codes, and standards related to mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, low-voltage, and mission-critical systems.
• Reviews and interprets contract drawings, including MEP shop drawings, submittals, commissioning plans, and equipment data sheets.
• Provides training and coaching to project teams to identify key quality risks, especially those associated with mission-critical MEP systems, redundancy requirements, and commissioning milestones.
• Assists teams with risk prevention planning for issues such as equipment lead times, installation tolerances, system testing, and energization sequencing.
• Works with the Quality and Construction Science Department to leverage technology (BIM, QA/QC software, testing tools) to reduce risk and improve MEP and data-center quality outcomes.
• Acts independently as CQCM while coordinating all QC functions without delaying construction schedules.
• Identifies, documents, and communicates deficiencies—including MEP and commissioning-related deficiencies—and ensures timely correction (NCR Log).
• Maintains accurate records providing factual evidence that required quality control activities and tests (e.g., pressure tests, megger tests, load bank tests, TAB reports, integrated systems testing) have been performed.
• Reviews MEP and mission-critical shop drawings and submittals for conformance with project specifications and contract requirements.
• Initiates and manages the three-phase inspection process for all MEP and mission-critical DFOW activities.
• Conducts daily observations to ensure all phases of inspection are implemented and documented.
• Examines work areas to confirm MEP and critical-system installations meet contract requirements and resolves discrepancies.
• Conducts and chairs Preparatory Meetings for MEP and mission-critical DFOW activities.
• Chairs and documents weekly QC meetings with internal teams, subcontractor quality representatives, commissioning partners, and external stakeholders.
• Verifies and documents that all materials received—including MEP equipment, critical power components, and IT infrastructure—are in conformance with approved submittals and properly stored.
• Oversees daily and weekly QC/QA reports, reinforcing that MEP and mission-critical work is constructed in conformance with established standards.
• Supports continuous improvement by identifying trends, recommending corrective actions, and sharing lessons learned across data-center projects.
• Demonstrates Yates Core Values and Principles.
• Follows Yates Code of Conduct.
• Refuses unsafe work and ensures all activities follow Yates Safety Procedures and Work Practices.
• Reports incidents, near hits, and hazards.
• Wears and maintains required PPE.
• Advises fellow employees of hazardous situations, including energized equipment, confined spaces, and pressurized systems common in data centers.
• Participates in inspections, training, and safety meetings.
• Assists with administering the site safety program and ensuring trade partner compliance with OSHA standards and Yates Site Specific Requirements.

Qualifications

• Associate or undergraduate degree in Quality Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field .
• Equivalent education, training, or experience may substitute for a degree.
• Minimum of three (3) years of construction experience in quality control supervision.
• Minimum of five (5) years of industrial, commercial, or mission-critical construction experience, including exposure to MEP systems.
• Experience implementing large or complex quality plans, preferably on data-center or MEP-intensive projects.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of Construction Standards and Best Practices, including MEP and mission-critical installation standards.
• Working knowledge of the International Building Code and relevant mechanical, electrical, and plumbing codes.
• Experience with diverse project types and MEP system configurations, especially those used in data centers (UPS, generators, chilled water systems, CRAH/CRAC, BMS/EPMS).
• Proficiency with Procore, Viewpoint, SharePoint, MS Office, and QA/QC or MEP coordination tools.

Physical Demands/Essential Job Functions:

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Physical requirements for this role may include but not limited to walking, standing, operating tools, equipment, and lifting items (up to 25lbs).?? Tasks may also be carried out in varying weather conditions and environments as appliable to the position.?

About Yates Construction

Ranked among the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the country by?Engineering News-Record, Yates Construction is family-owned and provides a wide range of construction and building services. Incorporated in 1964 by William G. Yates Jr., we have steadily grown to become one of the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the nation. We are financially sound with a significant bonding capacity as well as vast personnel and equipment resources.

Our portfolio includes?commercial and industrial?projects from various sectors including arts and culture, civil, commercial, education, entertainment and gaming, federal, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, municipal, retail, and technology. We work hard to understand our client’s business needs and continually look for opportunities to provide additional value to our clients and their projects.

Our client?relationships are the foundation of our success, and our primary goal is to help each of our clients achieve their vision. We do this by carefully managing the?details and complexities?of each project and communicating constantly with all team members.

Yates Construction provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, , , , , , , or genetics. In addition to federal and state law requirements.

Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.