Quality Specialist (Flagstaff, AZ)

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry designing building and maintaining utility scale solar battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary:

The Quality Specialist is responsible for measuring and monitoring construction quality across multiple utility-scale solar project sites within their assigned region. This role involves conducting random sampling inspections on all definable features of work (DFOW) identifying discrepancies sharing lessons learned and driving continuous improvement in installation practices.

The Quality Specialist serves as a key liaison between the field project teams and corporate upholding company standards and client expectations.

This role is located full-time on a jobsite in Flagstaff AZ. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description:

*This job description reflects managements assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

Site Inspections & Verification

• Travel to active solar project sites within the region to perform random sampling inspectionsat defined intervalsduringthe construction of projects.
• Evaluate installationand processquality across all DFOWincluding civil structural mechanical and electrical scopes.
• Verify compliance with project specifications engineering drawings and industry standards.
• Compare inspection results frompreviousinspection samples of the same DFOW toidentifyandmonitorany variance trends toleveragepositive trends andcontainnegative trends.

Documentation & Reporting

• Photograph anddocumentall discrepancies and non-conforming work.
• Generate andsubmitNon-Conformance Reports (NCRs) as necessarywith detailed findings and recommendations.
• Maintainaccurateinspection logs and quality documentation.

Communication & Collaboration

• Communicate inspection results and quality trends to the project team including site managers superintendents and subcontractors.
• Collaborate with the Quality Control and Construction teams to resolve issues and implement corrective actions.
• Provide feedback to improve installation practices and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Provide inspection results data to the Regional Quality Manager Quality Analyst and Quality Department to support trend analysisprograms.

Training & Support

• Support onboarding and orientation of field personnel on quality expectations.
• Assistin the development and delivery of trainingrelated to quality procedures and standards.

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

• Strong written and verbal communication skillsspecifically with respect to communicating the interdependencies of the field installation teams and upstream working and business units.
• 3 years of experience in solar EPC or utility-scale construction quality control.
• Strong understanding of construction drawings specifications and QA/QC protocols.
• Familiarity with solar installation methods and standards (e.g. NEC IEEE ASTM).
• Proficiencyin inspection tools reporting software and digital documentation.
• Ability to travelfrequentlyand work independently in field environments.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with NCR workflows and root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 or similar quality management systems.
• Strong communicationand organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced multi-site environment.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse equitable and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race color age religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status national origin or ethnicity mental or physical disability veteran status parental status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits:

Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical dental vision basic life and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in our companys 401(k) plan and are provided vacation sick and holiday pay.

Compensation Range:

$73104.00 - $91380.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

SOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions referrals or resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent acquisition team. SOLV Energy will not pay a placement fee to any third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of our internal talent acquisition team.

In addition candidate introductions or resumes can only be submitted to our internal talent acquisition recruiting team if a signed vendor agreement is already on file and the third-party recruiter or agency has received formal instructions from our internal talent acquisition team to submit candidates for a particular job posting.

Any unsolicited candidate introductions referrals or resumes sent by third-party recruiters to SOLV Energy or directly to any of our employees or received through our website or career portal will be considered property of SOLV Energy and will not be eligible for a placement the event a third-party recruiter submits a resume or refers a candidate without a previously signed vendor agreement SOLV Energy explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire the candidate(s) without financial liability to such third-party recruiter.

Job Number: J13687

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