Quality Control Supervisor

NWPX Infrastructure; Adelanto (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NWPX Infrastructure in California is seeking a QA/QC Supervisor to plan, coordinate, and direct quality control programs ensuring continuous compliance with established standards. You will lead inspectors, analyze data, and coordinate with production teams to maximize product reliability while controlling costs.

The role requires high school diploma or GED and 2-3 years guiding QA/QC activities in pipe, steel, or heavy highway contexts, plus relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or GED with 2-3 years in production roles.
• Experience supervising QA/QC in pipe/steel/heavy highway sectors.
• Ability to read and interpret standards and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develops statistical data and product specs to set standards.
• Supports QA Manager to define quality objectives aligned with policies.
• Coordinates with production to maximize reliability and minimize costs.
• Leads inspection and testing personnel to monitor production.
• Plans and conducts training related to product quality.
• Investigates internal and external quality complaints.

Skills

Reading & interpretation

Written communication

Public speaking

Statistical thinking

Mathematical literacy

Problem solving

Instructional ability

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE:

Assists with the planning, coordination, and direction of quality control programs designed to ensure continuous compliance of Water Transmission Products consistent with established standards by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate lead persons/inspectors.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Develops and analyzes statistical data and product specifications to determine present standards and establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy of finished product.
• Helps QA Manager to formulate and maintain quality control objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Coordinates objectives with production procedures in cooperation with management to maximize product reliability and minimize costs.
• Interprets quality control philosophy to key personnel in organization.
• Helps QA Manager to design and implement quality control training programs to key personnel in conjunctions with managers.
• Directs workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous monitoring of production in progress as well as finished product.
• Plans, promotes, and organizes training activities related to product quality.
• Assists in the investigation of internal and external customer complaints regarding quality.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly supervises lead and inspector level employees in the QA/QC department.

INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:

• Plays an active role on quality management teams within the organization.
• Applies lean manufacturing concepts and approaches to analytical and reporting processes with each department.
• Collects and analyzes data in regards to internal non-conformances relating to product quality and reports the information to operations and manufacturing management to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Interacts with customer’s inspectors, and engineers to provide required inspection and testing and provide evidence of product conformance.
• Resolves product non-conformances in conjunction with management and our customers.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Better than average communication skills are required.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference; and the fundamentals of plane geometry, solid geometry, and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or GED; 2-3 years of experience in each phase of Production operation including Management of people, Process implementation, Packaging and Logistics.
• Experience in the Pipe, Steel or heavy highway industry or must be willing to learn and be familiar with the above mentioned.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• AWS CWI and or NACE Level III
• ASQC-CQM, CQA, or CQE (Preferred)
• ASNT-UT, PT, VT, RT, MT Level II, or at a minimum knowledge of the NDT test methods.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Activity

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as moving a mouse and typing.

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium,)
• Stooping: Positions self to access files or lift items off the floor.
• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to file documents and open lower drawers as well as to lift boxes and other items.
• Standing /Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularity for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Crawling : Moving about to positon self
• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raining objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position.

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects, including the human body.

Vision Requirements:

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Up to 2/3 of time, the worker is required to have:

• The worker is required to have peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)

• The worker is required to have depth perception (three-dimensional vison, ability to judge distance and spatial relationships.)

• The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)

Less than to 1/3 of the time the worker is subject to:

• The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vison at 20 feet or more )
• The worker is required to have color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) Weather Conditions

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside.

• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.(Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)

• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles electrical current working on scaffolding and high places exposure to high heat or exposure to chemical.
• None: The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (as in typical office or administrative work)

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
• The worker is subject to oils: There is air and /or skin expose to oils and other cutting fluids.

Noise Levels

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Loud noise (examples: metal can be manufacturing department large earth-moving equipment)
• Very loud noise (example: jack hammer work, front row at rock concert)

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)

Supervision Received:

General Direction: The incumbent exercises wide latitude in determining objective and approaches to critical assignments. Generally, the incumbent is in charge of an area of work, and typically formulates policy for this area but does not necessarily have final authority for approving policy.

Personal Protective Equipment is required when in the Plant, Yard or Construction Areas

• Hard Hat
• Safety Glasses
• Steel-toed Boots
• Hearing Protection
• Reflective Vest