QC Manager, Speedway

About the role

The Quality Control Manager at Milestone Contractors will oversee quality control systems ensuring the production of advanced composite materials and applications. This role supervises a team of QC Technicians.

Responsibilities

• Directs QC lab functions at assigned locations
• Follows and revises QC plans; reads and understands technical specifications
• Maintains QC lab equipment
• Develops and approves mix designs to maximize quality and minimize cost
• Interprets customer requirements
• Develops and implements best practices
• Conducts internal process audits
• Develops and maintains current knowledge of advances in quality control field
• Works with estimating department and plant managers to determine aggregate sources
• Translates technical information to lay people at weekly scheduling meetings
• Facilitates collaboration among multiple workgroups (plant, lab, laydown, and field crews)
• Establishes effective relationships with aggregate suppliers
• Maintains INDOT deadlines
• Ensures training needs are met
• Counsels and trains lab technicians and apprentices
• Presents materials to various groups/levels of company
• Promotes and maintains a safe work environment
• Evaluates, controls, and eliminates hazards from lab areas
• Continuously grows in alignment with the Company’s core values, competencies, and skills

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience supervising individuals on a quality control team
• Experience in the heavy highway or construction industry preferred

Skills And Abilities

• Accountability
• Communication
• Decision Making/Decision Quality
• Ethics/Integrity
• Instills Trust
• Develops Others
• Drives Results
• Resourcefulness
• Licenses and Certifications:
• INDOT Quality Control Certification (must obtain after hire; if not currently held)
• Asphalt QC Certification (must obtain after hire; if not currently held)
• Valid drivers license

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Continuous exposure to aggregates, gravel, water, asphalt, concrete
• Indoor lab conditions that include mechanical equipment, noise, vibration, fumes, and airborne particles
• Outdoor conditions that include inclement weather, precipitation, heat, humidity, dust, asphalt and/or concrete, aggregate/gravel pits, moving or stopped traffic at job sites
• Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50-75lbs regularly
• Walks and stands for long periods of time
• Bends, stoops, squats, reaches to move, mix and test materials
• Uses abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue
• Uses good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multi-limb coordination, with the ability to quickly move arms and legs
• Possess excellent stamina to work between 8-12 hours per day
• Drives distances between labs, plants and job sites, as needed

About Milestone Contractors

Milestone Contractors is a privately held, family-owned business headquartered in Indianapolis. Milestone Contractors is a fully integrated heavy construction company specializing in highway, bridge, asphalt and concrete paving and site development. Over its 30-year history, Milestone has built a reputation for prioritizing safety, quality, people and innovation. Milestone Contractors is a part of The Heritage Group's family of companies. Learn more at https://www.milestonelp.com/.

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