Quality Supervisor

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Are you driven, hardworking, and passionate about building something that lasts? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment where safety, quality, and craftsmanship are top priorities? If you're ready to take on the challenge, Mid-States Concrete Industries is hiring top talent to join our growing team!

About the Role:

The Quality Control Supervisor is responsible for directing all day-to-day quality assurance and quality control activities within the plant, ensuring products consistently meet engineering specifications, industry standards, and customer requirements. This role oversees the Quality Technicians and Batch Plant personnel while ensuring the Quality Management System (QMS) is executed consistently across all production departments.

The Quality Control Supervisor works closely with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, and Shipping to proactively identify quality risks, support production, and drive continuous improvement. This position serves as the operational leader of quality by ensuring inspection, testing, documentation, and process control activities are completed accurately and consistently.

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Operations Direct all daily quality control activities. Ensure inspections and testing are completed in accordance with company procedures and industry standards.

Verify production complies with engineering drawings, specifications, and approved mix designs.

Coordinate daily quality priorities with Production. Ensure timely communication of quality concerns.

Department Leadership Daily work assignments. Employee coaching

Performance management including Cross-training, Accountability, Workforce development, Scheduling of quality personnel

Production Support Support production during setup, casting, stripping, finishing, and shipping. Verify products meet acceptance criteria prior to release.

Provide technical guidance to supervisors and production personnel. Assist with troubleshooting production issues.

Support new product introductions and process changes.

Batch Plant Oversight Ensure batching operations follow approved mix designs. Verify batching accuracy and consistency.

Monitor raw material quality. Coordinate aggregate moisture testing and adjustments.

Ensure calibration schedules are maintained. Support optimization of concrete performance.

Testing & Inspection Oversee and verify:
Fresh concrete testing, Compressive strength testing, Air content, Slump/flow, Unit weight, Temperature, Material certifications, Product dimensional inspections, Strand and reinforcement inspections, Embed verification, Final product inspections, Calibrations, Mix Design Assessments.

Documentation Maintain inspection records. Ensure testing documentation is complete and accurate.

Verify traceability of materials and products. Review production records for completeness.

Maintain quality databases and reports.

Corrective & Preventive Actions Investigate quality issues. Participate in root cause analysis.

Implement corrective actions. Verify effectiveness of corrective actions.

Monitor recurring quality trends. Support preventive improvement initiatives.

QMSExecute the company's Quality Management System. Ensure quality procedures are followed consistently.

Conduct process audits. Maintain compliance with PCI, ACI, ASTM, and company standards.

Support internal and external audits.

Safety Promote safe laboratory and field testing practices. Ensure safe handling of testing equipment and materials.

Conduct safety observations. Participate in incident investigations.

Maintain laboratory housekeeping and organization.

Training & Development Plan out the training of new Quality Technicians. Support production employee quality training.

Reinforce quality procedures. Mentor new employees.

Ensure technicians maintain required certifications. Promote a culture of quality ownership throughout the plant.

Continuous Improvement Identify opportunities to improve quality processes. Reduce defects and rework.

Improve inspection efficiency. Standardize inspection procedures.

Support Lean Manufacturing initiatives. Improve First Pass Yield through proactive quality controls.

Communication Conduct daily quality meetings. Communicate inspection findings promptly.

Escalate significant quality concerns. Coordinate disposition of nonconforming products.

Provide timely quality feedback to Production.

Documentation & Reporting Maintain and review:
Daily inspection reports, Concrete test reports, Strength reports, Nonconformance reports, Corrective action documentation, Batch records, Calibration records, Audit findings, Quality KPI dashboards

Qualifications:

Required Preferred High  school diploma or GED Associate’s degree in Construction Management Concrete Technology Engineering Technology Manufacturing Quality  ManagementACI Concrete Field-Testing Technician – Grade I certification, or ability to obtain within an established timeframe.

PCI Level I certification, or ability to obtain within an established…