QC Manager, Speedway

Milestone Contractors, L.P.; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Milestone Contractors, L.P. is seeking a Quality Control Manager to lead the QC team across locations. You will implement QC systems, supervise technicians, and ensure continuous production of high-quality materials for the heavy highway sector.

The role requires preparing and enforcing QC plans, developing mix designs, and coordinating with plant managers to meet project deadlines while maintaining safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years' experience supervising a quality control team.
• Heavy highway or construction industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directs QC lab functions at assigned locations.
• Follows and revises QC plans; reads and understands specs.
• Manages QC personnel and training needs.
• Maintains QC lab equipment and supplies.
• Develops and approves mix designs to ensure quality and cost efficiency.
• Interprets customer requirements and translates them for teams.
• Implements best practices and conducts internal audits.
• Presents materials to various company groups and ensures safety.

Skills

Accountability

Communication

Decision Making

Ethics

Instills Trust

Develops Others

Drives Results

Resourcefulness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Quality Management/Industrial Engineering

Tools

INDOT QC Certification

Asphalt QC Certification

Job description

Build Your Career at Milestone Contractors! The Quality Control Manager will implement and manage quality control systems designed to ensure continuous production of advanced composite materials and applications. The position supervises a team of QC Technicians.

Essential Functions

• Directs QC lab functions at assigned locations
• Follows and revises QC plans; reads and understands technical specifications
• Provides proper amount of QC personnel
• Maintains QC lab equipment
• Develops and approves mix designs to maximize quality and minimize cost
• Interprets customer requirements
• Develops and implements best practices
• Conducts internal process audits
• Develops and maintains current knowledge of advances in quality control field
• Works with estimating department and plant managers to determine aggregate sources
• Translates technical information to lay people at weekly scheduling meetings
• Facilitates collaboration among multiple workgroups (plant, lab, laydown, and field crews)
• Establishes effective relationships with aggregate suppliers
• Meets INDOT deadlines
• Ensures training needs are met
• Conducts OJT with lab technicians and apprentices
• Presents materials to various groups/levels of company
• Promotes and maintains safe work environment
• Exhibits safe work behaviors and ensures all QC employees do the same
• Wears all prescribed PPE
• Evaluates, controls and eliminates hazards from lab areas

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience

Experience Qualifications

• 5+ years experience supervising individuals on a quality control team
• Experience in the heavy highway or construction industry preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Accountability
• Communication
• Decision Making / Decision Quality
• Ethics / Integrity
• Instills Trust
• Develops Others
• Drives Results
• Resourcefulness

Licenses and Certifications

• INDOT Quality Control Certification (must obtain after hire, if not currently held)
• Asphalt QC Certification (must obtain after hire, if not currently held)
• Valid driver’s license

Working Conditions / Physical Demands

Continuous exposure to aggregates, gravel, water, asphalt, concrete. Indoor lab conditions include mechanical equipment, noise, vibration, fumes, and airborne particles. Outdoor conditions include inclement weather, precipitation, heat, humidity, dust, asphalt and/or concrete, aggregate/gravel pits, and moving or stopped traffic at job sites.

Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50-75 lbs regularly. Walks and stands for long periods. Bends, stoops, squats, reaches to move, mix and test materials. Uses abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue. Uses good manual dexterity and multi‐limb coordination to move arms and legs quickly. Possesses excellent stamina to work between 8-12 hours per day. Drives distances between labs, plants and job sites as needed.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.