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Position DescriptionPosition: Aggregate Quality Control Manager
Division: Brannan Aggregates
Reports To: Division Manager
Location: Various locations across Colorado, home base Denver, CO
Status: Salary Exempt
Position Summary:The Aggregate Quality Control Manager oversees all quality control operations across the Aggregates Division, ensuring consistent production of in-specification materials at all pit locations. This position manages a team of QC technicians, implements comprehensive testing protocols for pit run and finished products, and maintains authority to direct production adjustments to meet quality standards. The role combines hands-on quality assurance leadership with data management, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize product quality and customer satisfaction.
Core Responsibilities:- Quality Control Management
- Lead and develop QC technicians across all pit locations
- Establish daily testing schedules for pit run and finished products
- Direct immediate corrective actions for out-of-spec material
- Provide real-time guidance to production teams to maintain specification compliance
- Develop and maintain QC protocols and standard operating procedures
- Testing and Compliance
- Ensure accuracy and completion of all required quality tests
- Oversee CDOT, municipal, and commercial specification testing
- Maintain compliance with MSHA, CDOT, and environmental standards
- Coordinate third-party testing and certifications
- Review and approve quality certificates for customer shipments
- Data Management and Reporting
- Track, analyze, and report quality data using appropriate systems
- Maintain comprehensive QC records and historical data
- Produce daily, weekly, and monthly reports for leadership
- Identify trends and implement proactive quality improvements
- Integrate QC data into Command Center dashboards for visibility
- Operational Integration
- Partner with operations on blast design, crusher settings and screen configurations
- Support reserve evaluation and mine planning with quality insight
- Collaborate with sales on customer specifications
- Support Ready Mix and Asphalt divisions
- Participate in customer visits and quality audits
- Systems, Equipment and Improvement
- Maintain testing equipment, calibration and lab facilities
- Oversee Loadrite integration and QC technologies
- Implement continuous improvement and ISO-aligned systems
- Develop training programs for QC and production team
Success Measures:- 95% first-pass specification compliance
- Reduced customer quality complaints and faster resolution
- 100% regulatory testing compliance
- Timely and accurate quality documentation
- Zero safety incidents within the QC operations
Position RequirementsQualifications:- Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Materials Science, Mining Engineering or related filed
- 5+ years in aggregate quality control or materials testing
- Working knowledge of ASTM, AASHTO and CDOT standards
- Experience with aggregate production processes
- Technical Expertise
- Quality data systems and reporting tools
- Statistical process control and quality analysis
- Geological impacts on aggregate performance
- Crushing, screening and washing operations
- Leadership and Communication
- Proven experience leading technical teams
- Strong judgement and authority to stop production when needed
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to work effectively with customers, regulators and internal partners
- Preferred Certifications
- CDOT Aggregate Certification
- ACI Aggregate Testing Technician
- MSHA Part 46 or 48
- Six Sigma or Similar
- Work Environment
- Outdoor quarry environment in all weather conditions
- Lifting up to 50 lbs, walking on uneven terrain
- Exposure to dust, noise, vibration
- On-call availability for urgent quality issues
