Quality Coordinator

Valmont Industries; Valley (NE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k with company match

Paid time off

Life insurance

Short-term & long-term disability

Tuition reimbursement

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Valmont Industries in Valley, Nebraska is seeking a Quality Control Coordinator to coordinate and execute internal and external inspections and audits. You will develop, revise and enforce QC procedures and collaborate with vendors, customers and 3rd party auditors across sites to implement action plans.

Responsibilities include SPC analysis, participating in continuous improvement, training, and ensuring adherence to customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Associates degree with 2+ years quality control experience OR 5+ years QC experience.
• Must have two years of experience in a steel fabrication setting.
• AWS CWI certification or ability to obtain within 2 years.
• Level II MT/UT certifications per ASNT-TC-1A or strong NDT knowledge.
• Proficient with computer usage (MS Office).
• Able to communicate effectively by multiple means.

Responsibilities

• Performs SPC data gathering, analysis and processing.
• Observe production activities and recommend action plans; follow up for implementation.
• Represent QC on continuous improvement task forces.
• Develop and modify inspection and processing procedures and work instructions.
• Provide QC support to other Valmont locations; coordinate with vendors and auditors.
• Act as backup QC Supervisor/Manager as needed.
• Coordinate training to support departmental and customer needs.
• Coordinate customer inspections with 2nd/3rd party inspectors.
• Review documents to ensure compliance with customer requirements.

Skills

QC experience

Steel fabrication

AWS CWI

ASNT-TC-1A MT/UT

MS Office

Effective communication

Education

Associates degree

2+ years QC experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

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 Quality Control (QC) coordination and execution of both internal and external inspections, internal and external audits, and creation, revision and enforcement of divisional, company, and customer procedures and specifications. In addition, this position works with vendors, customers, 3rd party auditors and personnel from various departments and locations within Valmont to identify and develop quality assurance action plans and procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Performs a variety of statistical processing control (SPC) measuring, data gathering and analysis.
• Observe operating activities throughout all production areas; making recommendations, developing action plans and following up to ensure that action plans are effectively implemented.
• To represent the quality control department on task force committees related to continuous improvement activities.
• Develop and modify procedures and work instructions for inspection and processing of various manufactured and purchased products.
• Provide additional QC support to areas as determined by Site Leadership.
• Incumbent will often act as backup support in QC Supervisor/Manager’s absence.
• Incumbent shall provide and or coordinate training to support departmental and customer needs.
• Coordinate inspections for customer with 2nd and 3rd party inspectors.
• Order review to ensure compliance with customer requirements, to include documents, notifications, and deliverables.
• Provide QC technical assistance to other Valmont Manufacturing locations.
• Other duties as assigned.

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

• Associates degree with at least 2 years’ of quality control experience OR at least 5 years of quality control experience.
• Must have two years of experience in a steel fabrication setting.
• Must be AWS CWI certified or able to become so within 2 years of eligibility.
• Level II certifications in accordance with ASNT-TC-1A in Magnetic Partible Testing (MT), Ultrasonic Testing (UT) or a solid understanding of NDT methods.
• Must be proficient with a computer in Microsoft office programs.
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• Able to communicate effectively by multiple means.
• Acceptable prior performance and attendance record
• Must be able to pass a visual acuity exam per American Welding Society’s guidelines

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• 4 years or more of Quality Control experience, preferably in the metal fabrication industry.
• Level II certifications in accordance with ASNT-TC-1A (latest edition) in Magnetic Particle Testing (MT) and Ultrasonic Testing (UT).
• Associates Degree in Non-Destructive Testing, Welding, or Metallurgy.
• Previous experience working with or as a 3rd party auditors and inspectors.

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met.

Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• 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.

+ That’s the value we add.