Division Quality Manager

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This position is responsible for overseeing and directing all project-level Quality Control Managers within the Federal Division. The role ensures consistent implementation of the company’s quality standards and contract-specific requirements across all projects. It includes managing technical and administrative quality issues, providing guidance and support to QC teams, and serving as the primary liaison with clients on quality-related matters to ensure alignment and compliance across the board.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Manage and support all QC personnel including hiring, firing, performance evaluations, training, and development to ensure a highly competent and engaged workforce.  

• Facilitate and assure effective and efficient collaboration and sharing of resources among Federal Projects.

• Implement a Quality Management System to ensure compliance with quality standards and/or contract specific documents that may include QC and QA inspection and testing programs, accredited lab facilities, and quality communication.

• Provide technical and engineering support for proposals, plants/materials, construction, sales, and estimating teams during pre-bid, construction, and post-construction phases of a project to ensure quality opportunities are optimized and all aspects of QMS are met.

• Conduct specification reviews, develop project QC/QA plans, generate material submittals, develop and review and stamp mix designs, review quality data and inspections, and manage QC/QA subcontractors to assure timely project success.

• Provide customer service to help provide customer satisfaction.  This could include internal and external technical training on materials production and/or construction processes.

• Perform professional engineering services for operations (including stamping/sealing) in accordance with the Granite PE Stamping Policy and applicable State Statutes.

• Establish, maintain, and leverage relationships with local public agency technical staff, customers, and local inspection and testing companies.

• Support evaluation and implementation of new material technologies throughout the region, area, or large project well applicable.

• Prepare budgets, forecasts, project quality estimates, and manage all quality management finances to achieve positive cost center/project financial performance.

• Participate in and promote Granite’s safety procedures to promote a safe working environment including compliance with OSHA and MSHA rules and regulations.

Education/Certification

• BS in Engineering required, MS in Engineering desired

• Registered Professional Engineer required

• American Society for Quality (ASQ), International Organization for Standards (ISO), or other quality management training and certification desired.  

Work Experience

• 15 years technical/managerial experience

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Technical knowledge of materials and construction concepts

• Proficient with database operations and Microsoft Office Suite 

• Ability to properly manage and prioritize resources, people and projects

• Sound decision-making ability with the experience to balance consensus against authority as appropriate

• Team player, with strong leadership skills, who can operate effectively within a matrix management environment

• Excellent consultative and communication skills and ability to interface effectively with all levels of management

• Ability to work in high production environment and respond quickly and effectively under pressure and deadlines

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Training Skills

Physical Demand

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard.

• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional requirements

• Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment

• Ability and willingness to abide by Granite’s Code of Conduct on a daily basis

• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive for extended periods of time

Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace.  That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.

 

Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents.  Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

 

As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.

 

Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.

Base Salary Range: 

$135,875.00 - $203,812.00

Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.  ​

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