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Job Overview:
Position Summary
Plans, directs, coordinates, monitors, and executes activities related to ensuring the quality of the structural steel fabrication. Operates with a sense of urgency and purpose to ensure that fabrication work is completed according to established quality standards, applicable specifications, and regulatory requirements. Works with company-wide QC team to establish quality standards and procedures, and conduct quality improvement studies and projects.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall management of the quality function at assigned plant
- Manage established quality program to ensure that the fabricated steel will fit as planned, meets customer specifications, & delivery schedules
- Work closely with Production Management/Project Management to ensure appropriate quality procedures are complied with & accurate documentation is maintained on every project
- Responsible for administering the AISC program at assigned plant, ensure ALL employees understand & follow AISC standards, & shop is prepared & passes AISC audits
- Supervise QC Inspectors
- Provide assistance and/or training where appropriate, counsel employees on improving performance, conduct performance appraisals, & initiate disciplinary action when necessary
- Determine appropriate course of action by analyzing issues, working closely with appropriate Veritas Steel employees & owner’s engineers to determine course of action & accountability
- Work closely with DOT Inspectors to schedule required inspection, ensure that appropriate documentation is completed & filed in a timely manner
- Establish & maintain professional working relationships with customer engineers & DOT representatives
- Keep informed on progress of current & future projects by attending regular production meetings
- Manage welder certification program, ensure welders qualified per owner’s requirements, keep appropriate records
- Read new project specifications; plan & conduct prefabrication meetings on the new projects according to established company quality policies, customer, DOT, & Industry standard requirements; & ensure welding procedures, PQRs, WPSs, & qualified welders are tested per customer requirements
- Supervise hold point status, review inspection reports, and maintain up to date logs of project inspection progress
- Oversee tool calibration program
- Perform inspection of welds, dimensions, materials, fasteners, and coatings
- Resolve customer concerns in a timely manner
- Membership of the Plant Leadership team, involved in planning and operations.
- Manage established internal & outsourced non-destructive testing programs
- Run internal Magnetic Particle Testing program
- Maintain & update Veritas Steel’s Quality Control Manual on a regular basis
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques
- Strong computer skills (spreadsheets, word processing statistical analysis)
- Good understanding of blue prints & shop drawings
- Excellent interpersonal & negotiation skills
- Able to analyze complex problems & generate solutions
- Interact professionally with a wide variety of people situations
- Available to occasionally travel across the United States by auto or air
- Knowledge of structural steel fabrication, coatings, application, and non-destructive testing methods
- Extremely strong time management and organizational ability.
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or related field
- Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification, or ability to obtain certification within six (6) months of hire
- Minimum 5 years’ experience leading a quality control function with welding in a heavy manufacturing environment
- NACE or SSPC Level I paint certification, or ability to obtain certification within six (6) months of hire
-Bridge experience preferred
- UT/MT/VT level II certifications, preferred
Plans, directs, coordinates, monitors, and executes activities related to ensuring the quality of the structural steel fabrication. Operates with a sense of urgency and purpose to ensure that fabrication work is completed according to established quality standards, applicable specifications, and regulatory requirements. Works with company-wide QC team to establish quality standards and procedures, and conduct quality improvement studies and projects.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for overall management of the quality function at assigned plant
- Manage established quality program to ensure that the fabricated steel will fit as planned, meets customer specifications, & delivery schedules
- Work closely with Production Management/Project Management to ensure appropriate quality procedures are complied with & accurate documentation is maintained on every project
- Responsible for administering the AISC program at assigned plant, ensure ALL employees understand & follow AISC standards, & shop is prepared & passes AISC audits
- Supervise QC Inspectors
- Provide assistance and/or training where appropriate, counsel employees on improving performance, conduct performance appraisals, & initiate disciplinary action when necessary
- Determine appropriate course of action by analyzing issues, working closely with appropriate Veritas Steel employees & owner’s engineers to determine course of action & accountability
- Work closely with DOT Inspectors to schedule required inspection, ensure that appropriate documentation is completed & filed in a timely manner
- Establish & maintain professional working relationships with customer engineers & DOT representatives
- Keep informed on progress of current & future projects by attending regular production meetings
- Manage welder certification program, ensure welders qualified per owner’s requirements, keep appropriate records
- Read new project specifications; plan & conduct prefabrication meetings on the new projects according to established company quality policies, customer, DOT, & Industry standard requirements; & ensure welding procedures, PQRs, WPSs, & qualified welders are tested per customer requirements
- Supervise hold point status, review inspection reports, and maintain up to date logs of project inspection progress
- Oversee tool calibration program
- Perform inspection of welds, dimensions, materials, fasteners, and coatings
- Resolve customer concerns in a timely manner
- Membership of the Plant Leadership team, involved in planning and operations.
- Manage established internal & outsourced non-destructive testing programs
- Run internal Magnetic Particle Testing program
- Maintain & update Veritas Steel’s Quality Control Manual on a regular basis
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques
- Strong computer skills (spreadsheets, word processing statistical analysis)
- Good understanding of blue prints & shop drawings
- Excellent interpersonal & negotiation skills
- Able to analyze complex problems & generate solutions
- Interact professionally with a wide variety of people situations
- Available to occasionally travel across the United States by auto or air
- Knowledge of structural steel fabrication, coatings, application, and non-destructive testing methods
- Extremely strong time management and organizational ability.
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or related field
- Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification, or ability to obtain certification within six (6) months of hire
- Minimum 5 years’ experience leading a quality control function with welding in a heavy manufacturing environment
- NACE or SSPC Level I paint certification, or ability to obtain certification within six (6) months of hire
-Bridge experience preferred
- UT/MT/VT level II certifications, preferred
