Quality Associate Manager

Hirebridge; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401k retirement plan with companyMatch

Job summary

QUIKRETE is seeking a Quality Coordinator to assist the Quality Control Manager in ensuring product quality throughout the cement manufacturing process. You will supervise lab staff, oversee QC equipment, and coordinate with production to maintain inventories, while contributing to safety and continuous improvement initiatives.

Ideal candidates bring a science degree with cement QC experience and strong problem-solving, communication, and software skills to drive quality and process optimization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science or comparable industry experience.
• Minimum 3 years’ cement quality control or process engineering experience.
• Experience in a cement-manufacturing environment with increasing responsibilities for quality.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis abilities.
• Excellent communication and coordination with customers and plant staff.

Responsibilities

• Supervise lab operators, lab facility and maintain QC equipment.
• Detailed knowledge of plant raw materials, products, quality standards.
• Perform all tasks in a safe and efficient manner. Observes safety regulations and established procedures.
• Promotes safety practices and efforts throughout the plant.
• Present a positive, professional attitude, and communicates information regarding plant operations.
• Maintain close contact with all phases of plant operation and inform appropriate personnel of quality/detrimental situations.
• Coordinate with Production to maintain product inventories.
• Initiate, direct and participate in studies designed to optimize cement manufacturing; monitor quality of incoming materials.
• Balance additives rates to maintain quality and minimize cost; formulate plant quality policies.
• Develop methods for new laboratory analyses.
• Provide leadership and training for quality and production teams to meet customer channels; verify solutions.
• Maintain relations with customer services, sales and all plant departments.
• Write and/or contribute to reports.
• Performing other duties as assigned

Skills

Root cause analysis

Software systems proficiency

Communication with customers and staff

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science or comparable industry experience

Tools

Quality Control software

Job description

Are you ready to build a career driving product quality and performance across a national manufacturing company?

The Quality Coordinator is charged with assisting the Quality Control Manager in carrying out duties and responsibilities to ensure acceptable product quality at each phase of the manufacturing process. In the absence of the QC Manager, the Coordinator assumes the responsibility and authority of that position.

Participates in the improvement of the Plant’s technical capabilities. This position has a requirement of elevating the technical knowledge and practices of all facets of the operation. In this regard, the Quality Coordinator will be fundamental to completing the technical triangle of quality-production-maintenance.

What You’ll Do

• Supervise lab operators, lab facility and maintaining QC equipment
• Detailed knowledge of plant raw materials, products, quality standards
• Perform all tasks in a safe and efficient manner. Observes safety regulations and
• established operational procedures at all times. Promotes safety practices and efforts throughout the plant.
• Present a positive, professional attitude, and communicates information regarding
• Maintains close contact with all phases of plant operation and informs the appropriate personnel of situations detrimental to product quality and production. Coordinate with Production to maintain product inventories
• Initiate, direct and participate in studies designed to optimize cement manufacturing Monitors quality of incoming raw materials and fuels
• Balances rates of additives used so as to maintain quality and minimize cost. Formulate plant specific quality policies and strategies.
• Performs method development for new laboratory analysis
• Provide leadership and training for quality and production members to meet Customer designated channels; and verify the implementation of solutions.
• Maintain effective relations with customer services, sales and all plant departments
• Write and/or contribute to reports.
• Performing other duties as assigned

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in science or comparable industry experience
• Prefer minimum 3 years’ experience in cement quality control or process engineering.
• Prior experience in a cement-manufacturing environment with increasingresponsibilities for quality product compliance
• Ability to learn numerous software systems
• Problem solving: Ability to conduct Root Cause Analysis for quality related issues
• Requires good computer skills, must be able to effectively communicate, coordinate, interface, and correspond with customers and plant staff.

Benefits

• QUIKRETE® offers attractive salaries and benefits including competitive base pay, medical, dental and vision coverage, basic life and personal loss insurance, supplemental life insurance, and a 401k retirement plan with a generous company match policy.