Reporting to the General Manager, the Quality Control position is responsible for conducting and coordinating internal & external testing onsite while maintaining a safe working environment by complying with all safety guidelines.

This position is based out of Kirkfield with additional responsibilities for various site locations which currently include Erin/Kirkfield/Stouffville/Manvers & possible future locations (internal or external) depending on work demands. Position works very closely with internal operations & the sales team.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures all aspects of his/her role are executed in a safe manner; ensures the lab and any vehicle is operated and maintained to the highest standards while ensuring all safety guidelines are met.
• Work collaboratively to efficiently operate the laboratory equipment, and conduct field samples and laboratory tests in compliance with various standards and procedures.
• Complete all reports as required, while documenting and notifying the appropriate personnel of any trends, outliers and issues immediately.
• Work with the various team(s) on proactively recognizing and resolving production or shipping challenges or opportunities for improvement.
• Greet and work with all customers, vendors and consultants in a professional manner, and resolve/escalate issues as required.
• Become familiar with all products that are produced and/or delivered; as well as the end user/our customer’s various requirements.
• Coordinate third party testing as and when required.
• Ensure timely sampling, testing and reporting of all required gradation & physical property testing.
• May occasionally be asked to work (in the strictest of confidence) on projects related to creating mining plans or exploring our physical assets for strategic/creative business implementation strategies.
• Assist with hiring QC co-op students, and is responsible for on-boarding, training and coaching student(s) throughout their work term.
• Proper maintenance and repair of all assets that support QC operations including lab equipment, IT items and Vehicles.
• May occasionally be asked to work outside the listed hours to deal with customer issues or training.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining appropriate production & shipping testing frequency targets for all our sites and products.
• Responsible for maintaining production & shipping gradation targets for all our sites and products.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in a civil engineering or related technical field is an asset.
• Technical knowledge of aggregates materials and/or construction.
• Ability to routinely obtain samples and lift aggregate samples that weigh up to 50 lbs.
• Must possess a valid Ontario G-class driver’s license, with an acceptable driver’s abstract.
• Must be available to work 7am-5pm Monday to Friday with adjustment of hours as per requirements of work.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite, database management, and comfortable with computers.
• Ability to execute on strategic Goals, Objectives and / or KPI’s.
• Must be highly organized and be able to manage multiple tasks at various stages of completeness throughout a day, week or month.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, and able to manage competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must have excellent attention to detail.
• Strong leadership skills, and comfortable with training personnel utilized in the QC department.
• Team player.
• Comfortable working both indoors and outdoors.

While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all stages of the selection process