Job Description

Peckham Industries

Location: Athens, NY
Salary Interval: Full Time
Date Posted: 07/10/2023

About Us:

Peckham Industries Inc. (PII) has been a family-run business since 1924 and we believe our \xe2\x80\x9c \xe2\x80\x9d philosophy delivers value as the trusted supplier of construction materials, products, and services in the communities we serve. Through our extensive network of hot mix asphalt and ready-mix concrete plants, quarries, and liquid asphalt terminals, PII delivers the highest quality materials and custom solutions to thousands of road construction and road maintenance customers. In addition, the company\xe2\x80\x99s construction operations include paving and road reclamation services, as well as precast/pre-stressed concrete production and erection of multi-level parking structures, specialty buildings, and bridge components.

Become part of our mission by realizing your purpose, serving our community interests, and delivering growth for our customers. Peckham Industries educates, innovates, and applies technology in a way that is safe, sustainable, inclusive, and profitable.

Job Summary:

The Director of Quality is a key leadership role with the responsibility of positioning the Quality department as a strategic partner to the business units it supports and will lead a team of quality managers to build a customer-focused quality culture. The Director of Quality will be responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating quality programs that are part of the Quality Charter to ensure the organization\xe2\x80\x99s operations from raw materials to finished products, meet the quality, integrity, and efficiency standards set by the organization, industry, and customer contracts. The Director of Quality will lead all efforts associated with ensuring compliant products are released to customers free from defects and with expected or better performance.

Essential Functions:

• Protect family and friends. Promote and direct safety initiatives within the QC function to align with PII\xe2\x80\x99s goal of zero incidents.
• Committed to serve. Demonstrate strong working knowledge of performance-based testing to help develop and implement projects as part of the Quality Charter through the quality team and other internal stakeholders to continually improve the overall quality of products, processes, and services to customers.
• Dedication. Maintain an awareness of changing material specifications (aggregate, liquid AC, HMA, concrete \xe2\x80\x93 in all forms) such that quality department is aware and compliant with all state and industry initiatives and acquires industry knowledge of technical advances in facility operations (e.g., binders, RAP, emulsions, rejuvenators, admixtures, etc.).
• Respect and engage. Interface with customers, suppliers, partners, and internal stakeholders regarding quality in both the plant and at customer/supplier locations. Facilitate quality audits and inspections as appropriate.
• Communicate with DOT personnel and inspectors, plant operators, project superintendents, sales representatives, and project staff to coordinate schedules, review submittals, review project testing and reporting, and to negotiate material quality and/or placement issues to a positive resolution for all parties.
• Measurement. In accordance with project specifications, actively coordinate, oversee and ensure that all required lab testing across regional facilities and projects are completed according to applicable standards to ensure all finished products are in conformance with job specifications and submitted to approving agencies in a timely fashion.
• Innovation. Manage and oversee creation of mix designs to increase flexibility of PII\xe2\x80\x99s HMA facilities and aggregate sources to provide materials in multiple states and DOT Regions.
• Ownership and caring. Oversee the scheduled maintenance, repair and upgrade of laboratory equipment to ensure material testing laboratories meet or exceed required standards.
• Results matter. Innovate and drive enhanced reporting on facility, laboratory, and placement performance for senior management review. Use reporting to help enhance efficiency and enhance pay factors and bonuses.
• Honesty and truth. Evaluate and develop the performance of the Quality Team to facilitate performance feedback, develop talent for successorship or broadening experience with lateral assignments.

Requirements, Education and Experience:
1. Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree required and preferably with material testing and performance evaluation certifications.
2. 15+ years of progressive career experience with at least 10 years preferably in hot mix asphalt, aggregate, liquid asphalt, concrete and quality control.
3. The ability to identify, evaluate, and implement cost effective resolution of complex quality issues arising in product design, materials, and production processes.
4. Intimate knowledge of HMA placement techniques, troubleshooting and dispute resolution experience with state agencies.
5. Strong understanding of asphalt mix designs and aggregate quality control, knowledge of all aspects of paving, HMA plant properties and mix designs.
6. Has been in roles leading quality teams and quality professionals, proven managerial experience.
7. Proven ability to effectively solicit, develop, organize, and communicate ideas, recommendations, and project status.
8. Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and travel as necessary.

Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Travel:
Position may require up to 50% travel by personal vehicle to PII facilities and project sites throughout the states of New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island based on the needs of the business.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:
This job operates in an office, professional and field/industrial environments. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers. On occasion the job will require going out in the field to quarries, hot mix plants, and in and around industrial equipment. This position works both in an office setting and in the field on or near moving mechanical parts and loud equipment. Requires the ability to sit or stand for long periods of time as well as lifting, bending, kneeling, squatting, climbing, walking, reaching, driving, and repetitive motion.

Peckham Industries, Inc. (PII) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to provide EEO to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, if you have a disability and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Peckham, please contact Recruitment@peckham.com.

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