Quality Manager

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Quality Manager (524436)

Requisition
524436
-Posted
- Americas Cement

- Ash Grove Cement Company

- Full Time

- Quality

- United States

- Utah

Ash Grove family of companies is one of North America’s leading cement manufacturers, with a legacy of innovation and excellence dating back to 1882. The company operates 12 world‑class cement plants and a vast network of 41 terminals across the United States and Canada. Renowned for its forward‑thinking approach, Ash Grove combines technical expertise, robust safety standards, and empowered talent to deliver high performance and better serve our customers.

At Ash Grove, we stand together to reinvent the way our world is built.

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability Pay
• Life Insurance
• Growth Opportunities and more!

The Quality Manager supervises and administers all plant laboratory activities, including quality control and the proportioning of materials used in the cement manufacturing process. This position ensures the efficient operation of the plant laboratory facility and is required to remain available on a 24‑hour basis to assist with the lab and processing problems.

• Promote and follow all plant safety guidelines.
• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Ensures efficient plant quality control procedures. Monitors quality control and collaborates with plant management regarding current quality control status and actions needed for improving product quality.
• Establishes, communicates, and assigns job responsibilities to plant laboratory employees.
• Provides indirect supervision over plant personnel affecting product quality or control of production processes. In addition, supervises and evaluates the job performance of laboratory personnel.
• Establishes technical director and sales department the cement quality control parameters needed to be competitive in the marketplace.
• Reviews and interprets cement and other raw material research data stored in the lab computer.
• Calculates and reviews daily production activities and results.
• Supervises and ensures test procedures are conducted according to established standards and guidelines.
• Maintains continual awareness of changes in the production process and evaluates their impact on the quality of the product. Recommends processing changes.
• Generates instructions for setting and adjusting equipment to make raw meals and cement to obtain a uniform quality. Establishes laboratory quality control parameters for slurry, clinker, and cement.
• Confers regularly with other department managers regarding quality control issues such as harvesting raw material to obtain the desired mix, optimum utilization of raw material, production scheduling, and mill grinding.
• Assumes responsibility for the overall safety of the plant lab and conducts safety meetings for lab personnel regularly as specified by management.
• Monitors daily inventory of cement, process additives and chemicals, and other raw materials as assigned by management.
• Orders lab equipment, meets with vendors and ensures proper repairs, maintenance, and calibration of existing lab equipment.
• Attends various plant meetings and training sessions to interact and consult with other department managers regarding plant operations.
• Investigates alternate raw material sources, fuels, and alternate suppliers of grinding aid.
• Attends professional education workshops and seminars to keep cement research and chemistry updated. Through publications, memos, and professional organization, maintains knowledge of changes in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) specifications.
• Assumes and performs the responsibilities of Radiation Safety Officer. Participates in air quality inspections and associated air permit responsibilities.
• Maintains ASSHTO accreditation, which includes quarterly, biannual, and yearly file audits and an internal audit process of testing methods executed in the lab.

• Minimum 4 year/bachelor's…