Position Overview:

This position has the responsibility to support our project teams in all aspects of Quality.  The QA/QC Manager is a resource to our projects and support teams, monitors compliance, provides training, investigates incidents, and performs regular audits.  The Quality Control Manager reports to the President.

Essential Functions - The individual in this role must be able to perform the essential functions of the role, and meet the following occupational demands, with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Understand, follow, and enforce the requirements laid out in the Quality Management Plan, our customer specifications, and all applicable regulations and standards, consistent with the company’s mission, vision, and values.
• Ensure the quality system is established, communicated, and implemented by all persons doing work that impacts quality.
• Develop and maintain the Quality Management Plan and required documents.
• Acts as a resource to the project team, support teams, and subcontractors.
• Works with field leaders to identify and correct non-conformances or potential quality issues.
• Develop understanding of project contract requirements and specifications.
• Conduct new employee quality training, including an overview of the Quality Management Plan, appropriate processes, and documentation.
• Perform formal, documented project quality audits. Reviews all audit findings with project leadership including the Field Leader and Project manager. 
• Report all non-conformances to the Management.
• Review all findings and corrective actions for all non-conformances.
• Review and audit construction reports including but not limited to ITP’s, Receiving Reports, Torque Reports, Coating/Painting Reports, Weld Logs, Quality Drawings, and Hydrotest Reports.
• Work with our customer’s quality representatives in a professional and cooperative manner.
• Lead a team of quality control professional including project and shop-based inspection of self-performed and subcontractor performed work.
• As a leader, mentor direct reports consistent with the company’s mission, vision, and values.

Companywide Expectations

• ZERO incidents.
• Compliance with all federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
• No ethics violations.
• A drug and alcohol-free workplace.
• Assist in accident investigations on assigned jobs.
• Honesty, integrity, ethical behavior.
• Do what’s right, when you say you are going to do it, the first time.
• Embrace a commitment to learning and development, recognizing areas you need improvement on and a responsibility to mentor and coach others.
• Be self-motivated, demonstrate an ability to think outside of basic fundamentals of the job description to add value in the furtherance of company vision, goals, and success.
• Be actively engaged.
• Share information and offer and receive feedback (both positive and negative).
• Respect company and customer property including vehicles and equipment.
• Conduct self with “can-do” attitude.
• Be accountable to your individual and departmental performance metrics.

Core Competencies:

• Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
• Communication: the ability to share ideas and information both externally and internally.
  • Verbal and written communication skills are equally important.
• Organizational skills: the ability to handle and process information in a tidy, efficient manner.
• Logistical skills: the ability to process and generate information directly related to the movement and organization of people and events.
• People skills: the ability to be comfortable talking and interacting with a variety of people from a variety of backgrounds and make them feel comfortable talking to you.
• High attention to detail: the ability to manage and track details in the midst of a large quantity of information and requirements and the ability to recognize discrepancies.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overseeing and directing Quality Team.

Work Environment:

• Office, job-site office, or field environment (variable)
• Job-site office and field environments may include loud noise, dirt and dust, reduced climate control, exposure to weather, and the need to wear protective clothing and/or PPE

Physical Demands – The individual in this role must be able to meet the following occupational demands:

• Working on a computer for 2+ consecutive hours
• Standing for long periods of time, often in weather or low or high temperatures
• Climbing up and down ladders and into and out of ditches or trenches
• Crouching and moving under overhead hazards or around pipe in a trench

Position Type & Expected Hours of Work:

• This role has the option to work a combination of the hours remotely and in the office with your supervisor’s discretion.
• Occasional evening and weekend hours are to be expected.

Travel Requirements:

• This role will require frequent travel, including by air.

Required or Preferred Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Hold quality-related certifications such as CWI, NACE
• Have a minimum of 10 years of oil and gas pipeline construction experience.
• Be willing to travel for extended durations.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Bluebeam, and willing and able to learn new and different software and internet-based platforms.

Benefits and Compensation:

This role will be eligible for hybrid work flexibility based out of our either our Duluth, MN or Yorkville, IL office. The pay range is $117,100 - $175,600 annually, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for annual bonus and profit sharing based on company performance in addition to other benefits that support the total well-being of you and your family.  Some benefits include:

• Comprehensive Insurance coverage, Medical, Dental, Vision, and more
• Wellness Program
• 401K with employer match
• Discounted company stock (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
• Profit Sharing
• Generous paid time off
• Hybrid work environment
• Growth opportunities through company sponsored leadership development courses and trainings

This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

All offers of employment are expressly contingent upon the satisfactory completion, in accordance with Company policy, of a pre-employment drug screening and background check.