Quality Control Manager

Valmont Industries; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k retirement plan

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Tuition Reimbursement

Work Life Support

Job summary

Valmont Industries is seeking a Quality Control Manager to lead the facility's quality control activities and supervise QC personnel. You will serve as the Management Representative for Quality, ensuring adherence to the Quality Management System and driving continuous improvement.

You will partner with manufacturing and business processes, conduct audits, monitor production, and lead root cause analysis to resolve issues and prevent recurrence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of quality control experience or Associate’s degree with 6 years of quality control experience or 9 years of quality control experience
• Excellent leadership, problem solving, planning, customer service, and written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs
• Knowledgeable about welding inspection, coating inspection, and non-destructive testing
• Knowledgeable about basic quality tools, such as a pareto chart, a fishbone diagram, and root cause analysis
• Basic knowledge of statistical process control and process capability
• Knowledgeable about steel fabrication operations, such as thermal cutting, forming, welding, painting, galvanizing, and non-destructive testing
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Able to make informed, rational, data-driven decisions
• Able to persuade and motivate others
• Able to interpret codes and standards, shop drawings, and specifications

Responsibilities

• Lead the facility’s quality control activities and supervise QC personnel
• Ensure the Quality Policy is communicated, implemented, and maintained
• Serve as the facility’s Management Representative for Quality
• Select, onboard, train, supervise, evaluate, and develop QC staff
• Foster a culture of quality and advocate for customer expectations
• Conduct process audits to identify opportunities for improvement
• Monitor production processes and support process control
• Contain, investigate, and disposition nonconforming products and drive corrective actions
• Support resolution of customer complaints, including field work when needed
• Collect, analyze, and report quality data such as costs of poor quality
• Review and retain quality records and reports for accuracy
• Assist with interpretation of drawings, QMS requirements, and customer specs
• Support training and development of employees
• Develop, review, and implement QMS documents
• Perform inspection and testing duties (visual, welding, coating, NDT)
• Participate in cross-functional teams to improve performance
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Planning

Communication

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Associate's degree in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Welding inspection

Coating inspection

Non-destructive testing

Statistical process control

Quality tools (Pareto, fishbone)

Job description

28800 Ida St Valley Nebraska 68064-8016

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward. Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better. Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position

This position is responsible for leading the facility’s quality control activities and supervising quality control personnel. The Quality Control Manager works closely with stakeholders in key manufacturing and business processes to ensure that the facility’s operations comply with Quality Management System requirements and demonstrate continuous improvement. This position serves as the Management Representative for Quality for the facility, which entails reporting to executive management on the performance of the Quality Management System, communicating with external parties (including hosting customers, their representatives, and accreditation bodies), and assisting the Quality Assurance group on quality improvement initiatives.

Essential Functions

• This position reports to the Plant Manager and may have 10 to 20 direct reports
• Ensure that the Quality Policy is communicated, implemented, and maintained throughout the facility
• Serve as the facility’s Management Representative for Quality
• Select, onboard, train, supervise, evaluate, and develop quality control employees to be successful in their roles
• Serve as an advocate for the customer, clarifying and reinforcing customer expectations, and fostering a culture of quality
• Conduct process audits of key manufacturing and business processes to ensure conformance with QMS requirements, and to identify opportunities for improvement
• Monitor production processes, and intervene when appropriate to support process control
• Contain, evaluate, and disposition nonconforming product; investigate root cause of nonconformances; and develop, implement, and evaluate corrective actions
• Support the timely and effective resolution of customer complaints, including performing field work when assigned
• Collect, analyze, and report data related to quality, such as costs of poor quality
• Review, validate, and retain quality records and associated reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Assist team members with interpretation of shop drawings and specifications, QMS requirements, and customer specifications, including obtaining clarification from other functions to ensure that quality requirements are understood and met
• Assist with the development, delivery, and evaluation of employee training and development
• Assist with the development, review, and implementation of QMS documents
• Perform inspection and testing duties assigned, which may include visual/dimensional inspection, welding inspection, coating inspection, and non-destructive testing
• Serve on cross-functional teams to support improvements in organizational performance
• Establish and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

• Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of quality control experience or Associate’s degree with 6 years of quality control experience or 9 years of quality control experience
• Excellent leadership, problem solving, planning, customer service, and written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs
• Knowledgeable about welding inspection, coating inspection, and non-destructive testing
• Knowledgeable about basic quality tools, such as a pareto chart, a fishbone diagram, and root cause analysis
• Basic knowledge of statistical process control and process capability
• Knowledgeable about steel fabrication operations, such as thermal cutting, forming, welding, painting, galvanizing, and non-destructive testing
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Able to make informed, rational, data-driven decisions
• Able to persuade and motivate others
• Able to interpret codes and standards, shop drawings, and specifications .

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• Previous quality control management experience in an AISC-certified heavy fabrication environment
• SNT-TC-1A VT Level II, MT Level II, and UT Level II certifications
• AWS CWI certification
• NACE CIP Level I certification
• Certification as a quality manager or quality engineer (e.g. ASQ CMQ/OE or ASQ CQE)
• Formal Lean Six Sigma training or experience leading Lean Six Sigma projects

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [e-mail].

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries. That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world. + That’s the value we add.