The Quality Control Manager will implement and manage quality control systems designed to ensure continuous production of advanced composite materials and applications. The position supervises a team of QC Technicians. Essential Functions • Directs QC lab functions at assigned locations • Follows and revises QC plans; reads and understands technical specifications • Provides proper amount of QC personnel • 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 supplier • Meets INDOT deadlines • Ensures training needs are met • Conducts OJT with lab technicians and apprentices • Presents materials to various groups/levels of company • Promotes and maintains safe work environment • Exhibits safe work behaviors and ensures all QC employees do the same • Wears all prescribed PPE • Evaluates, controls, and eliminates hazards from lab areas • Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, including but not limited to continuously growing in alignment with the Company's core values, competencies, and skills. Education Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience Experience Qualifications • 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.