Quality Control Specialist

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Quality Control Specialist

**Requisition ID**:9354**Location**:Ottawa, ON, CA, K1G 3K2**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 70,000 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.

**Objective**:
**Responsibilities**:

- **Support to Operations / Sales**: Manage processes to ensure compliance of all products with relevant Codes, Standards, and Specifications. Monitor product properties at the plant and site to ensure a quality product. Education & training for QC Technicians, Plant & Operations personnel. Identify and recommend Appropriate Mix Designs and Proposal of VAP Alternatives in Support of Marketing/Sales Initiatives, and in compliance with relevant codes, standards and specifications. This position includes a daily order review as well as weekly quote reviews. Provide input to ensure alignment between Sales and Operational staff to ensure product performance meets customer expectations.
- **Technical Support**: Implement Quality Control initiatives with the objective to increase quality, reduce claims, reduce raw material costs and help identify VAP opportunities. Maintain excellent relationships with Sales, Operations and Customer Support teams. Provide Customer support by visiting customer job sites for technical troubleshooting. Assist in administrative activities and ensure all documentation is updated in order to maintain our RMCAO Certification. Support the Sales, Production or Administrative teams when necessary (report preparation, special projects or other special requests). Participate in corrective/preventive action plans preparation and achievement to improve quality. Review test results, QC KPIs and report to QC Manager if required.
- **Quality Control and Quality Assurance**: This role has a significant hands-on component. Handle independently all quality activities at a plant or on job site. Performs and documents quality control test in accordance with established local or national standards (CSA, ACI, ASTM) and within the precision standards established. Maintain a documentation of all testing conducted at the plant and on site. Must interpret test results and recommend changes if needed. Maintain communication with appropriate Lafarge batchers on measurements of air entrainment and slump in concrete obtained in the field and required dosage changes. Direct testing at the jobsite for slump, air and making of concrete cylinders, in addition to lab testing such as compressive strength and aggregate sieve analysis. Responsible for ongoing maintenance, calibration and documentation of testing equipment. Review the daily shipping schedule and draft the testing plan, and join daily calls. Assist in the development of new mix designs for lab trials as per guidance by the Quality Manager or Quality Supervisor. Able to adjust mixes independently using the Quadrel system. Conduct coaching and training sessions for the drivers, new hires and batchers. Assist in promoting and launching new and Value added products among internal and external customers. Assist in pre-pour meetings and in coordinating QC activities at the plants and on site.
- **Materials and Specifications**: Ensure quality materials through the active testing of raw materials. Sample raw materials for validation at the lab and conduct mix adjustments (at the plant or in the field) using admixtures as required. Independently conduct materials moisture tests, and calibration of the moisture probes of the plant. Review job specifications developing mix costs entered on the PMMs for sales to quote. Create mix design submissions based off of either quotes from the sales group or from design specifications.

**Relationships with Others’ Jobs**:

- Reporting to the Quality Control Manager; the QC Specialist is to work in conjunction with the plant managers, operations team, QC supervisors,