Manager - Quality Assurance

Sierra Pacific Company; Redding (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Life insurance

Job summary

Sierra Pacific Industries seeks a Quality Assurance Manager to lead lumber quality control across multiple California, Oregon, and Washington locations from our Anderson, CA base.

You will audit processes, coach mill teams in best practices, and ensure products meet grade specs and customer requirements, with frequent travel to field sites and a strong focus on safety and profitability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in lumber quality control using optimizing scanners.
• 2 years’ supervisory experience in wood products or other manufacturing environment.
• Certified grader in Commons, Shop, Select and/or all NGR grades.
• Experience working with WWPA Quality Management System (QMS).
• Full understanding of grading association rule book.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a crew.
• Proven commitment to safety and Company policy.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities under demanding circumstances.
• Proficient in documentation, workflow, math computation, and computer technology.

Responsibilities

• Manage lumber quality and grade recovery and optimization programs across 14 sawmills in CA, OR, WA.
• Work with local management to improve profitability and ensure products meet grade specs and customer requirements.
• Ensure safe workplace practices and promote safety awareness.
• Train staff on best practices to maximize lumber values, grade, and recovery.
• Audit manufacturing processes, identify nonconformance, and support root-cause analysis.
• Maintain relationships with Supervisors and Managers across the Company.
• Collaborate with mill management and sales on process improvements and customer feedback.
• Coordinate with inspectors from grading agencies.
• Oversee lumber quality and grade via scanners to maximize value.
• Identify, communicate, and troubleshoot production and quality issues.
• Travel frequently to sawmills across CA, OR, WA.

Skills

Quality control

Supervisory experience

Certified grader

WWPA QMS

Grading rules

Leadership

Safety compliance

Priority management

Documentation

Computer skills

Tools

Optimization technology

Lumber scanners

Grading equipment

Job description

Manager - Quality Assurance

Anderson Main Office Redding, CA Close Date: Open Job Type: Full-Time

• We train and promote from within
• Excellent low-cost health benefits
• Retirement plan with employer-paid contributions
• Paid vacation and 10 holidays

At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us. We are a fourth-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States. Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including: manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations.

Seeking highly experienced Quality Assurance Manager to manage quality assurance and quality control measures at lumber manufacturing locations across California, Oregon, and Washington. This position is responsible for inspecting materials, auditing manufacturing processes, and coaching mill management teams in best practices to improve profitability. Requires honest and ethical conduct, fostering respectful relationships, and ensuring products meet both grade specifications and customer satisfaction. This position is not remote and is based from our main office in Anderson, California.

About The Position

• Manage lumber and grade recovery and optimization programs for 14 sawmill locations across California, Oregon, and Washington
• Work closely with local management teams to improve profitability of mills, and to ensure products meet both grade specification and customer requirements
• Assure safe workplace practices are followed and promote safety awareness through leading by example
• Continually train best practices to maintain and optimize equipment to maximize lumber values, grade, and recovery
• Audit various manufacturing processes to internal specifications. Identify nonconformance, assist with root cause analysis and corrective action
• Maintain strong working relationships with Supervisors and Managers across the Company
• Work closely with mill management and sales teams on process improvements, new product development, and customer feedback issues
• Effectively and collaboratively work with inspectors from grading agencies
• Manage lumber quality and grade to maximize value through lumber graders and optimizing scanners
• Identify, communicate, and troubleshoot production, quality, and grade issues
• This position requires frequent travel to sawmill locations across California, Oregon, and Washington

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in lumber quality control using optimizing scanners preferred
• 2 years’ supervisory experience in wood products or other manufacturing environment
• Certified grader in any of the following categories: Commons, Shop, Select, and all NGR grades
• High degree of knowledge and experience working with optimization technology preferred
• Experience working with WWPA Quality Management System (QMS)
• Full understanding of grading association rule book
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a crew
• Proven commitment to safety and Company policy
• Ability to handle multiple priorities under demanding circumstances
• Proficient in documentation, workflow, math computation, and computer technology

Why Join Our Team?

Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better.

We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance.

Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

The general wage range for this position at Sierra Pacific Industries is from $125,000 and $160,000 per year, and is dependent upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to: relevant work experience, skill, knowledge, and/or education.

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