Quality Specialist

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 50,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.


AECOM is seeking a Quality Specialist to be based in San Diego, California.


The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Providing a cursory review of Contractor submittals for completeness and compliance with the specification requirements while monitoring the Submittal and RFI review process.

• Receiving, logging, and coordinate the processing of all project submittals, RFI’s and RFC’s

• Actively maintain As-Build design drawings with latest information resulting from submittal and RFI responses

• Facilitate and assist in communications between Contractor, Owner, Project Design Engineer, and the Project Manager.

• Respond to Contractor letters of correspondence providing interpretation of contract drawings and specifications to resolve problems or conflicts arising on site.

• Confers with superiors on unusual matters.

• Leads project-wide system audits, as directed by a more senior Quality Assurance Specialist or Program Manager.

• Writes quality plans, procedures and audit checklists.

• Verifies quality standards and test procedures for the design and product evaluation to attain quality economically and efficiently.

• Provides quality assurance support to ensure that products are acquired and installed in accordance with customer and company quality requirements.

• Ensure sampling plans, quality standards and quality control instructions are utilized in assessing the quality levels of projects and processes.

• Documents evaluation, testing and correction.

• Provides recommendations concerning the disposition of defective materials and maintains a continuous awareness of quality problems.

• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.

• Under general supervision, possesses and applies a broad knowledge of principles, practices and procedures to the completion of difficult assignments.

• Completes assignments that are broad in nature, requiring originality and ingenuity.

• May provide technical guidance to lower level engineers, technicians and inspectors.