Frederick Ford

Corona

Summary

Quality leader with over 20 years of experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, transit, and industrial construction projects. Most of my work has been in complex, multi-stakeholder environments where quality directly impacts cost, schedule, and risk. I’ve spent the last several years operating at a program level, building quality teams, tightening systems, and working directly with executive leadership and owners to address risk before it turns into rework or claims.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

Senior Quality Manager

Tutor Perini Corporation

Los Angeles

07.2019 - Current

Currently supporting the LA Metro Purple Line Extension (Section 3), a $1.5B+ federally funded transit project.
Built and led quality team across multiple work areas, ensuring alignment between field inspectors, engineers, and document control.
Supported quality system for project, aligning QA, QC, and documentation with actual work performance.
Led the nonconformance and corrective action process, pushing for real root cause fixes instead of surface-level closeouts.
Reported quality performance, risks, and trends to project executives and senior leadership, facilitating informed decision-making.
Standardized inspection planning and turnover processes across different work fronts to improve consistency and reduce late-stage issues.
Worked directly with LA Metro, City of Los Angeles oversight, and internal leadership during audits, issue resolution, and turnover discussions.
Commanded stop-work authority on critical issues and was involved in resolution of high-risk items affecting long-term performance.
Contributed to roughly $20M in avoided rework and cost impacts by identifying issues earlier and tightening execution.

Project Quality Manager / Site Quality Manager / Quality Engineer

Kiewit Corporation

07.2010 - 07.2019

Worked across multiple large capital projects in energy, mining, and industrial construction, with increasing responsibility over time.
Led quality teams ranging from small groups to 20+ personnel depending on project size.
Set up and executed project quality plans, inspection strategies, and testing requirements based on actual project risks, not just minimum specs.
Managed welding, coatings, and NDE activities and ensured compliance with AWS, ASME, and API requirements.
Dealt with major nonconformances and worked with construction teams to get to root cause and prevent repeat issues.
Helped bring subcontractors into alignment with project quality expectations, which was often a gap early on.
Supported turnover and commissioning by tightening up documentation, traceability, and system completion.

Skills

Quality Management Systems: Developed and implemented quality management systems tailored to contract/client specifications
Corrective Action Systems/ Experienced in root cause analysis, NCR resolution, and CAPA creation to prevent recurrence

Regulatory & Code Compliance: Expertise in ISO,AWS,ASME codes and standards
Team leadership and development: Lead and development of cross-functional teams of 10-20 members, team building, staff development