Quality Assurance Manager - Edmonton, Canada - Lafarge Canada

Lafarge Canada
Lafarge Canada
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Edmonton, Canada

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Whatever you do, you'll make a difference at Lafarge Canada. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.

Thanks to our teams' energy, commitment and ideas, we are reinventing how the world builds to make Canada greener and smarter for all.

Quality Assurance Manager


Requisition ID:4004
Location:
Edmonton, AB, CA, T5S 2T8
Pay Type:Salary
WHO IS LAFARGE?

As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world.

With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success.

We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less.

It's all thanks to our 7,000 talented people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments:
Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.


WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?
Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

  • Overview:
  • Reporting to the Director, QA/QC, the objective of this position is to work within the Quality Assurance/Quality Control department to optimize mix design and raw material costs, to implement and manage quality procedures and policies, manage product development and to provide assistance to customers and sales representatives. This position also meets the divisional quality goals and objectives, resulting in the reduction of quality incidents, associated costs and enhanced customer service and leads a team of QA/QC technicians in the field.
  • Responsibilities:


  • Safety

  • Ensures safety is the number one priority; as a safety leader ensuring that Lafarge safety standards are applied. Engages with employees on safety.
  • Communicates on safety initiatives and implements Lafarge safety standards.
  • Advocate for public safety and the environment.


  • Quality Management

  • Administer, develop, implement, and standardize quality plans and processes for the Greater Edmonton / Northern Alberta Area. This shall be achieved by working closely with the General Managers, conducting quality audits and adhering to the WCan Quality Control Manual
  • Lead and develop the Quality Assurance team for region
  • Assess concrete mix designs for quality objectives, opportunities for increasing cement efficiencies and reducing total mix costs. Proper assessment of mix designs will be accomplished by reviewing field data and using appropriate technical software. Laboratory experiments shall be formulated to quantify desired properties of materials for the development of new products to be used in niche markets.
  • Represent the interests of the company in technical associations in throughout Alberta.
  • Work with specification writers, engineering consultants, architects, government agencies and customers to open lines of communication between these groups and Lafarge and to promote Lafarge's products and services.
  • Maintain a close working relationship with the Cement Division with respect to the quality of concrete materials and products as well as the promotion of concrete in general.
  • Work with the concrete & aggregate QA and sales departments to prequalify our construction materials; clarify and modify, where possible, specifications and assist customers with their bids on special projects.
  • Review, prepares and submits mix designs for various projects where required.
  • Utilization of CSA A23, A283, A3000, provincial/transportation/city specs/codes of practices for concrete, aggregates and ASTM standards related to construction materials for compliance and review.
  • Relationships with Other Jobs:
  • Reports to Director of QA/QC, WCAN RMX
  • Leads a team of QA/QC technicians
  • Works directly and daily with Operations, Sales Representatives, Sales Managers and Product Specialist
  • Works directly with Product / Innovation Managers
  • Liaises with other QA/QC Managers in the region

Dimensions:


  • This position has direct reports

m3/year of Ready Mix Concrete- Qualification:

Education:


  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Professional Technologist designation
  • Registered as a P.Eng / P.Tech.(Eng.)
  • ACI & CSA Concrete Testing Certification is an asset.

Experience and Skill Set:

years in a concrete or related industry.

  • Technically sound in the areas of ready mix, concrete, cement and aggregates.
  • Strong analytical skills and report writing skills.
  • Team player, strong communicator, able to multitask.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a team
  • Ability to work long hours when required


  • Safety
-oriented individual


YOUR LAFARGE EXPERIENCE
At Lafarge, there is endless op
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