Manager - Quality Assurance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan with employer-paid

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Sierra Pacific Industries, headquartered in Anderson, CA, is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead quality control across multiple sawmill locations in California, Oregon, and Washington. The role emphasizes safe operations, process optimization, and collaboration with mill management and graders.

The position requires extensive travel to sites, a strong track record in lumber quality and grading systems, and a commitment to training teams in best practices for profitability and customer

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.
• Experience with optimization technology is preferred.
• Experience with WWPA Quality Management System (QMS) and grading rules.

Responsibilities

• Manage lumber quality and grade across 14 sawmill locations in CA, OR, WA.
• Lead safety initiatives and promote safe workplace practices.
• Train staff on best practices for equipment and process optimization.
• Audit manufacturing processes, identify nonconformances and drive corrective actions.
• Collaborate with mill management, sales, and inspectors from grading agencies.
• Travel frequently to sawmill locations as needed.

Skills

Quality control

Supervisory experience

Grading knowledge

Documentation

Problem solving

Education

Certified grader

Tools

WWPA QMS

Optimization tech

Scanner optimization

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.

We own and sustainably manage more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. Our forests are sustainably managed under a 100-year plan by Registered Professional Foresters, Wildlife Biologists, Botanists, and other professionals. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 6 million new trees every year. In Spring 2024, we planted our 300 millionth seedling on our timberlands. This milestone was decades in the making, reflecting our commitment to sustainable forest management and ensuring we have forests not just for today, but for generations to come.

Sierra Pacific effectively uses nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our facilities. In fact, any small amount that isn't turned into hand-crafted doors and windows, millwork, lumber, or landscaping material is actually converted into electricity in our eight biomass-fueled power plants.

We are proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our drug-free and tobacco-free policies. As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result. We use E-verify to verify the social security number and work authorization of all newly hired employees.

What does it mean to be part of the Sierra Pacific family? It means you are a valued team member and part of a growing, fourth-generation family-owned, forest products company built on hard work, innovation, and wise investments.

With around 6,500 crew members in over 30 states, Sierra Pacific offers many opportunities for personal and professional growth; from entry-level to skilled trades, from truck drivers to sales managers, from foresters to engineers – for everyone! We invite you to learn more about our history, our 2.4 million acres of forestlands, and our state-of-the-art wood product and window manufacturing facilities at www.spi-ind.com/AboutUs.

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