Quality Engineer
Location: 3636 S 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85009
Target Compensation: Market Value Pay Dependent on Experience
Ready for a fast-paced job where you can provide the literal groundwork that connects communities together? Join Summit Materials – a construction materials company leading the industry – where we build the foundation for a better tomorrow.
Summit Materials consists of more than a dozen local companies that supply aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving, and construction services in the United States and western Canada. At Summit Materials, we support our teammates who lay the groundwork for our communities and live by our core values: Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, and Inclusivity. We’re passionate about our teammates, our work, and our communities. Each of Summit’s companies celebrates their individual legacies, but together - we are Summit Materials.
Benefits
We care for you and your family: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to support the health of you and your family.
We prepare for the unexpected: We offer life insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.
We invest in your career growth with Summit Materials and beyond: Get access to our Discover Learning catalog with thousands of available courses to support your professional and personal development. You can learn on-demand, at your own pace, and from any device.
We embrace your well-being: We know that your well-being is more than just physical. We’re here to provide teammates with the resources and tools they need to stay healthy and feel supported, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, financial resources, and more.
We support your personal goals: We provide a financial foundation as you plan for the future. Our programs, like our 401(k) plan where we match up to 4% of your annual income, are designed to help you prepare and reach your goals for you anyour family.
We give you time to recharge: We offer our teammates Paid Time Off (PTO) so they can recharge and relax with family and friends.
Overview
Arizona Materials is currently hiring for a Quality Engineer. Responsibility for day-to-day quality performance. Testing and adjusting mixes as needed to meet job and project specifications.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Responsibility for day to day quality performance. Testing and adjusting mixes as needed to meet job and project specifications.
- Active involvement with the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager to ensure special materials are available and that mixes are tested, as appropriate, in preparation for upcoming projects.
- Responsibility for testing, evaluating and modifying mixes to ensure mix performance while optimizing material cost and overall company aggregate balance.
- Work closely with the QA and QC managers in order insure that all parties are able back up each other in all Quality Department duties and responsibilities.
- Development of mix designs to keep the Kilgore Ready Mixed Concrete Divisions on the leading edge of innovation and product availability.
- Work with the General Manager and Director of Quality of Altaview Concrete to ensure product compliance in the most economical and environmentally sustainable means.
- Collaborate with the Aggregates Division in evaluating and/or improving new and existing material sources.
- Evaluate and troubleshoot quality issues including, but not limited to real-time specification deviations, customer complaints, and warranty items. Coordinating with the appropriate salesperson on actions and outcomes.
- Develop and maintain relationships with the customers as to strengthen customer loyalty.
- Train plant personnel and drivers on their contribution to product quality.
- Provide leadership and training to the Quality Control Team personnel.
Skills & Experience
- Engineering or Construction Management Degree or equivalent preferred, but not required.
At Summit Materials, we provide the foundation to connect our communities today and build a better tomorrow. We value all our communities – including our diverse internal community of teammates that makes us stronger. No matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, or anything that makes you who you are…you belong.