Job Description

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? Apply now.

Essential Functions:

• This position reports to the Sr. Plant Manager and dotted line reporting to the Regional Quality Manager.
• Has approximately 6 direct reports.
• Ensures that the Quality Policy is communicated, implemented, and maintained throughout the facility.
• Serves as the facility’s Management Representative for Quality if/when a Quality Manager is not on site.
• Listed below are the essential functions that take place in the absence of a site Quality Manger. If there is a site Quality Manager, the Quality Supervisor will assist and support the following:     
  • Select, onboard, train, supervise, evaluate, and develop quality control employees to be successful in their roles.
  • Serve as an advocate for the customer, clarifying and reinforcing customer expectations, and fostering a culture of quality.
  • Conduct process audits of key manufacturing and business processes to ensure conformance with QMS requirements, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Capable of travel approximately 15% of the time.
  • Monitor production processes and intervene when appropriate to support process control.
  • Contain, evaluate, and disposition nonconforming products; investigate root cause of nonconformances; and develop, implement, and evaluate corrective actions.
  • Support the timely and effective resolution of customer complaints, including performing field work when assigned.
  • Collect, analyze, and report data related to quality, such as costs of poor quality and FPY.
  • Review, validate, and retain quality records and associated reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
  • Assist team members with interpretation of shop drawings and specifications, QMS requirements, and customer specifications, including obtaining clarification from other functions to ensure that quality requirements are understood and met.
  • Assist team members with completing any certifications necessary to perform their duties.
  • Assist with the development, review, and implementation of QMS documents.
  • Perform inspection and testing duties as required by customer specifications, national specifications, international specifications, and any other requirements that provide acceptance criteria for Valmont products.
  • Serve on cross-functional teams to support improvements in organizational performance.
  • Establish and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Plant Manager and Regional Quality Manager.

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 EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.

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

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 1 years of quality control experience, OR
  • Associates’ degree with at least 2 years of quality control experience, OR
  • At least 4 years of quality control experience in a manufacturing or fabrication facility.
• Proven ability to lead, problem solve, plan, and lead customer service initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• Knowledgeable, or ability to learn about concrete batch processing and ACI accreditation skills (Field, Lab, and Aggregate testing).
• Knowledgeable about basic quality tools, such as a pareto chart, a fishbone diagram, FMEA, and root cause analysis.
• Basic knowledge of statistical process control and process capability.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to make informed, rational, data-driven decisions.
• Able to persuade and motivate others.
• Able to interpret codes and standards, shop drawings, and specifications.