Quality Control Manager

Quality Control Manager

Location: Midland, TX
Target Compensation: $90,000 dependent on experience
Bonus Potential: 15% Annual Target

Ready for a fast-paced job where you can provide the literal groundwork that connects communities together? Join Summit Materials – a construction materials company leading the industry – where we build the foundation for a better tomorrow. 

Summit Materials consists of more than a dozen local companies that supply aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving, and construction services in the United States and western Canada. At Summit Materials, we support our teammates who lay the groundwork for our communities and live by our core values: Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, and Inclusivity. We’re passionate about our teammates, our work, and our communities. Each of Summit’s companies celebrates their individual legacies, but together - we are Summit Materials.

Benefits

We care for you and your family: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to support the health of you and your family.

We prepare for the unexpected: We offer life insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.

We invest in your career growth with Summit Materials and beyond: Get access to our Discover Learning catalog with thousands of available courses to support your professional and personal development. You can learn on-demand, at your own pace, and from any device.

We embrace your well-being: We know that your well-being is more than just physical. We’re here to provide teammates with the resources and tools they need to stay healthy and feel supported, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, financial resources, and more.

We support your personal goals: We provide a financial foundation as you plan for the future. Our programs, like our 401(k) plan where we match up to 4% of your annual income, are designed to help you prepare and reach your goals for you and your family.

We give you time to recharge: We offer our teammates Paid Time Off (PTO) so they can recharge and relax with family and friends.

Overview

This position is responsible for managing and implementing quality control systems and procedures for ready-mix concrete production. This includes testing raw materials, monitoring the production process, mix design development and optimization and ensuring compliance with industry standards and customer requirements. The Ready-Mix QC Manager will lead a team of quality control technicians and work closely with production and operations managers to maintain the highest quality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Support a culture that promotes safety as a top priority while ensuring compliance with all federal, state and company regulatory policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the design and performance of all concrete mixes. Ensure through plant sampling of aggregates, cement, and other materials that they meet established standards. 
• Develop and implement quality control plans and procedures.
• Conduct regular inspections and testing of raw materials, in-process products, and finished concrete.
• Analyze test results and make recommendations for adjustments in the production process.
• Perform and oversee various tests such as slump tests, air content tests, and strength tests on concrete samples.
• Provides customer support in resolving quality concerns and problems in the field. 
• Assist customers and sales in specifying and submitting correct mix designs for proper applications based on specification and field experience. 
• Schedule field coverage for on-site quality control work as needed dependant on project needs. Assist sales representatives and operations as required. 
• Ensure the QC department is keeping test results filed and logged in computer software for immediate and up to date analysis.
• Manage requirements of ACI and NRMCA certification where required. Communicate quality control information to all relevant organizational departments. Monitor, benchmark and target improvement in quality KPI’s.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions.

• Three to five years minimum experience in quality control, quality assurance or operations. 
• At least two years of experience in a managerial role. Preferably in a QC Manager role.
• An undergraduate degree in engineering, industrial manufacturing, construction management, is preferred. Candidates with significant industry experience will also be considered. 
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to read and understand technical standards and project specifications.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and the desire to seek solutions to improve operations.
• Excellent people management skills: Ability to develop effective internal and external relations.
• Disciplined and process oriented.
• Must be well versed with the use of Microsoft Excel and QC Software.
• Basic math skills

Supervisory Responsibilities
Will supervise QA/QC Ready Mix employees.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to 
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, climb, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, crawl, kneel, bend, and reach with hands and arms above their shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move from 10 to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions; and extreme cold and/or heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Other Skills and Abilities
Ability to speak Spanish is a plus. 

Other Requirements:
Must be willing to travel and work away from home when required.
Must be willing to work nights and weekends when necessary.

At Summit Materials, we provide the foundation to connect our communities today and build a better tomorrow. We value all our communities – including our diverse internal community of teammates that makes us stronger. No matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, or anything that makes you who you are…you belong.