What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Engineer II position at Arcosa Brand?
Join Arcosa Specialty Materials, a company with LOADS of opportunity and stability. Arcosa is a leading producer and distributor of construction materials and services. We are unified in our commitment to building a better world through the foundations of roads, bridges, and buildings in our communities across the United States.
Arcosa Specialty Materials is seeking a Quality Engineer for its Lightweight Aggregate business, at the Norman, OK office. Arcosa Specialty Materials is a leading U.S. producer and distributor of lightweight and natural aggregates, including rotary kiln-produced lightweight expanded shale and clay, crushed natural stone, sand and gravel, asphalt rock, and other construction materials.
What You Will Get:
- Competitive pay
- Opportunity for annual performance increases
- 401k program with employer matching
- Room for growth and career advancement
- Health insurance
- Dental & vision Insurance
- Paid life insurance
- Paid short term/long term disability
- Paid vacation and sick time
- 11 paid holidays
What You Will Do:
• This is a hands-on, highly involved contributor role. Effective collaboration with engineering, contracts, operations, and program management is critical to the role.
• Provide leadership to the organization to help drive a proactive approach leading to improvements in design, testing, manufacturing, selecting suppliers, and support for customers.
• Partner with Manufacturing Operations to solve problems while maintaining manufacturing efficiencies, meeting competitive business deadlines, and increasing customer satisfaction.
• Strengthen quality systems and ensure Corporate and Divisional processes are implemented and adequately followed.
• Developing and deploying work instructions/procedures and associated process controls.
• Establish and implement metrics (process capability, control charts, measurement quality) for monitoring system effectiveness and to enable managers to make sound product quality decisions.
• Drive continuous improvements in all areas, focusing on key performance indicators.
• Assist plants with the deployment of corporate quality policies, and auditing practices, and ensure adherence to the company's Quality and Regulatory strategies in accordance with the established strategic plan.
• Must become proficient at various methods of problem-solving and process improvement (8D, 5-Why, Kaizen, Six Sigma, etc) to champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers and customers to eliminate recurrence of non‐conformances.
• Maintain the evaluation and/or qualification of new suppliers and materials.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
What You Will Need:
- Energetic and strong work ethic
- Experience in leading teams and project management
- Degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent field
- Lean and Six Sigma experience
- Very strong communication skills
- Ability to develop strong relationships with customers and plant-level teams
- Ability to facilitate collaboration and communication with all operational teams as well as support functions worldwide presentation delivery
- ASQ certification preferred
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to work with limited supervision. No instructions are needed on routine work and general instructions are given on new lines of work or special assignments
- Strong computer skills with working knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Outlook
- Excellent observational, analytical, and problem-solving in a Quality Assurance role
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
- Ability to bring creative solutions
- Ability to stay disciplined and focused on high-priority tasks
- Strong written and verbal communication as well as presentation skills
- Able to be productive and effective working independently or as part of a team
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Familiarity with concrete construction norms and standards, ASTM, ACI, AASHTO
- Have a passionate, energetic, can-do attitude
- Ability to maintain a positive, professional attitude.
Working Conditions and Physical Environment: The central lab is air-conditioned and heated in Norman, OK. Production plants will be inside and outside work environments.
The above statements describe the general nature and responsibilities of the position. All employees may be required to perform other duties or responsibilities as assigned.
Arcosa Specialty Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We activate the potential of our people, care for our customers, optimize operations, integrate sustainability, and promote a results-driven culture aligned with long-term value creation.
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