Quality Control Manager - Steel Fabrication

Construction Worldwide; Lodi (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking an experienced Quality Control Manager in California to oversee quality in large-scale steel fabrication plants. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of code requirements and a commitment to compliance, along with the flexibility to travel between locations. This role is crucial for ensuring quality systems meet contract requirements and maintaining the company's high standards.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in overseeing quality across large-scale steel fabrication plants.
• Familiar with establishing and executing a system audit of QA program.
• Must be flexible to travel between locations in California.
• Develops and maintains quality documentation and records.
• Supervises QA/QC staff across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all aspects of quality across two fabrication plants.
• Establish and execute the QA program consistent with AISC certification.
• Monitor non-conformance reports and initiate corrective actions.
• Supervise quality assurance and control personnel on site.
• Develop WPSs and PQRs for welding processes.
• Develop welding procedures (WPS) and PQRs.
• Provide training to welders and QC inspectors.
• Travel between California plant locations as needed.

Skills

Knowledge of code requirements

Fabrication quality

AWS CWI certification

ICC bolting experience

Experience in steel fabrication

Contract administration

Tools

WPS/PQR development

Job description

Overview

Location: California (Lodi, San Joaquin County & Colton, San Bernardino County). Travel: Required between both plant locations; frequency may vary based on operational demand (weekly to monthly). (Re-)Location: Candidate's home base can be either in Southern or Northern California, as long as they are able to travel regularly between the two plant locations.

We are seeking an experienced Quality Control Manager to lead and oversee all aspects of quality across two large-scale steel fabrication plants.

Required Qualifications

Knowledge of code requirements, fabrication quality; possesses AWS CWI, ICC bolting, and experience in the steel fabrication, design, and contract administration.

• Provides the establishment and execution of a system audit of QA program consistent with the provision of the AISC certification program.
• Serves as the management representative and is responsible for the development and maintaining of the company’s Quality System, they will chair the management review meeting and oversee all corrective actions that are identified from the meeting.
• Conducts pre-award audits using company’s internal audit for all subcontractors performing welding unless in possession of contract required certification (LA City, AISC, etc.).
• Controls and distributes the plant quality assurance manual.
• Takes necessary action as directed by the President.
• Ensuring that current engineering and production documents and instructions are used.
• Close tolerance measuring and testing equipment requiring calibration, and specifies measurement and test equipment to have their identity maintained and controlled.
• Resolve all non-conformance that have been found within the company’s management system external audits, by quality assurance inspection, or independent owners testing inspection team.
• Monitors non-conformance reports and red tag logs for items that are repetitive or require significant cost to correct, supervise the initiation of corrective action, and monitors the results.
• Periodically review and audit the various quality control functions.
• Oversees retention of project quality records at the plants, defines quality records, and maintains corporate quality records.
• Supervises QA and QC personnel assigned to each specific site.
• Verifies that activities affecting quality are performed in accordance with the written procedures and meet the contract requirements.
• Reviews the project documents for non-standard requirements.
• Develops WPS’s and PQR’s for welding processes to meet contract documents.
• Provides training of welders and QC inspectors as required.
• Attends preconstruction, prefabrication meetings, and aids the project manager by reviewing the project structural drawings, and specifications.

Note: This is a critical leadership role. Candidates must demonstrate a proactive approach to quality, a commitment to compliance, and the flexibility to travel between facilities as needed.

If you have the required qualifications, apply today!