Concrete Quality Manager

Description

• Provide containment, root cause, and corrective action guidance to respective plants
• Ensure inspection requirements are clearly communicated to the QC teams including inspector certification requirements
• Provide guidance to plant management relative to plant performance as it relates to quality
• Work with plant quality personnel to understand and evaluate quality metrics
• Lead and/or assist with customer and 3rd party audits
• Provide overall QA guidance to manufacturing site quality personnel
• Review and approve quality related RCCA
• Support QMS compliance
• Assist with MOC (Management of Change) process for quality related items
• Guide and support QC teams at respective manufacturing plants to recognize, prevent, and correct defects before they reach the customer
• Assist with R&D efforts for new products or designs; specifically, developing inspection criteria
• Assess all quality metrics to determine where the best opportunities are to reduce cost (e.g., CoPQ, FPY, field issues, etc.)
• Ensure standardized inspection processes are in place at manufacturing sites
• Investigation of customer complaints and implementing or issuing corrective actions as needed
• Participate in contract/specification review

Requirements

• Ability to lead dotted line reports
• This requires the individual to successfully work with circumstances where change is required but is not desired by many
• Possess Prestressed Concrete Institute or American Concrete Institute Quality certifications
• The ability to accurately disseminate industry specific information to QC personnel as well as frame the same information in a way that anyone can understand
• Comfortable using and explaining best judgement regarding specification interpretation on a regular basis
• The incumbent must possess effective human relation and communication skills necessary to work with all levels of administrative and operations teams from all divisions, commercial teams internally, externally, with customers, auditors, and outside inspectors
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Above average proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn other computer programs as needed
• This role requires travel to the different concrete plants throughout North America. While the amount of travel will ebb and flow, it is reasonable to assume travel time may be 25%- 50%
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Previous supervisory experience in a production or Quality Assurance role in a fabrication environment
• Bachelor’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience, associate’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience or 10 years of relevant experience
• Ability to lift to 50 pounds, as needed
• Bachelor’s or associate degree
• Familiar with QC concrete testing methods and NDT methods
• Experience in the concrete industry
• Capable of interpreting production drawings, and internal and external specifications to distinguish between conforming and non-conforming products

Benefits

• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more
• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• Work Life Support
• Employer paid life insurance
• Paid time off
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance