valmont.jobs

2551 Valmont Dr Brenham Texas 77833-5418

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.

Essential Functions:

This position reports to the Plant Manager and has about 10-to-20 direct reports

Ensure that the Quality Policy is communicated, implemented, and maintained throughout the facility

Serve as the facility’s Management Representative for Quality

Select, onboard, train, supervise, evaluate, and develop quality control employees to be successful in their roles

Serve as an advocate for the customer, clarifying and reinforcing customer expectations, and fostering a culture of quality

Conduct process audits of key manufacturing and business processes to ensure conformance with QMS requirements, and to identify opportunities for improvement

Monitor production processes, and intervene when appropriate to support process control

Contain, evaluate, and disposition nonconforming product; investigate root cause of nonconformances; and develop, implement, and evaluate corrective actions

Support the timely and effective resolution of customer complaints, including performing field work when assigned

Collect, analyze, and report data related to quality, such as costs of poor quality

Review, validate, and retain quality records and associated reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness

Assist team members with interpretation of shop drawings and specifications, QMS requirements, and customer specifications, including obtaining clarification from other functions to ensure that quality requirements are understood and met

Assist with the development, delivery, and evaluation of employee training and development

Assist with the development, review, and implementation of QMS documents

Perform inspection and testing duties assigned, which may include visual/dimensional inspection, welding inspection, coating inspection, and non-destructive testing

Serve on cross-functional teams to support improvements in organizational performance

Establish and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of quality control experience, OR

Associates degree with at least 6 years of quality control experience, OR

At least 9 years of quality control experience

Excellent leadership, problem solving, planning, customer service, and written and verbal communication skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office programs

Knowledgeable about welding inspection, coating inspection, and non-destructive testing

Knowledgeable about basic quality tools, such as a pareto chart, a fishbone diagram, and root cause analysis

Basic knowledge of statistical process control and process capability

Knowledgeable about steel fabrication operations, such as thermal cutting, forming, welding, painting, galvanizing, and non-destructive testing

Able to work independently with minimal supervision

Able to make informed, rational, data-driven decisions

Able to persuade and motivate others

Able to interpret codes and standards, shop drawings, and specifications

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Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

Previous quality control management experience in an AISC-certified heavy fabrication environment

SNT-TC-1A VT Level II, MT Level II, and UT Level II certifications

AWS CWI certification

NACE CIP Level I certification

Certification as a quality manager or quality engineer (e.g. ASQ CMQ/OE or ASQ CQE)

Formal Lean Six Sigma training or experience leading Lean Six Sigma projects

Working Environment and Physical Efforts:

Work is performed in a factory setting, with most of the time being spent moving around different areas of manufacturing and shipping areas. The incumbent is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. This position will be exposed to all hazards located at manufacturing sites including noise, fumes, excessive heat/cold, dust, welding arc, all chemicals associated with the manufacturing areas, fire, smoke, unstable debris and confined spaces. Environment is fast-paced and demanding most of the time. This position may require long days to support the Quality initiative for a multi-shift operation.

The employee is frequently required to use hands to fingers, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer. Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrist rests. The incumbent must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds in working with large files, binders, computer equipment and shop equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

• 401k retirement plan with company match

• Paid time off

• Employer paid life insurance

• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

• Work Life Support

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries.

That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

• That’s the value we add.