Get Ready to grow with us!
ParkUSA, a Northwest Pipe Company, is a national manufacturer of water infrastructure products and with over 50 years of combined experience, we're just getting started! Our business is growing, and we’re looking for great people to grow with us. We’re immediately seeking a QC Inspector with ACI Certification to join our ParkUSA team in San Antonio, TX.
We Offer:
•Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
•Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
•401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
•Bonus Potential (2x per year)
•Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
•Opportunities for Career Advancement
•Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety
Our Values:
•Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
•Commitment is not only promising to do something but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
•Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.
About the Job:
Will conduct pre-pour and post pour inspections of concrete products. Verify rebar placement prior to production. Follow all NPCA/ASTM specifications for testing of concrete. Keep accurate files per NPCA requirements. Communicate with material suppliers to obtain required documents as needed per NPCA.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Examine material or product for surface defects such as cracks, pits, or spalling.
•Creates and keeps detailed and accurate NPCA files for all required documentation.
•Verifies specified dimensions of product or material.
•Marks nonconforming product for repair or rejection.
•Interprets engineering drawings, diagrams, and confers with management or engineering staff to ensure products are produced correctly.
•Selects products for tests at specified stages in production process, and tests for variety of qualities such as dimensions, performance per NPCA Requirements.
•Operates any diagnostic equipment needed to perform job.
•Performs related duties as needed by supervision.
•Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:
•Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
•Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
•Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
•Ability to use computer systems such as Microsoft products such as Outlook, Excel, Word and proprietary systems.
•Ability to follow safety guidelines
•Have or obtain NPCA PQS online level 1 QA/QC within 3 months
•Have or obtain ACI Field Grade I Concrete Testing within 6 months
•Have or obtain ACI Strength testing Level I within 6 months
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
High School diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Northwest Pipe Company, is committed to equal employment opportunity .Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Our organization maintains a drug-free workplace. Except where prohibited by state law, offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, drug test, and/or physical examination, as determined by the essential functions and physical requirements of the position. Northwest Pipe Company, reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.
Job Type: Full-time
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIROMENT:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully performs the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work.
Physical Activity
Over 2/3 of the time:
•Standing/Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.
•Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling to type.
•Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
•Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularity for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
•Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
•Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.
•Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
•Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as moving a mouse and typing.
Up to 2/3 of the time:
•Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward.
•Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
•Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to operate a mouse, phone, computer, and other office machines.
Less than 1/3 of the time:
•Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
•Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to look under or around equipment or areas of production
•Stooping: Positions self to lift items off the floor.
•Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.
•Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects from position to position.
Physical Requirements
•Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Visual Acuity
•The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
Vision Requirements:
Over 2/3 of the time the worker is required to have:
•Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
•Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)
•Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
Up to 2/3 of time the worker is required to have:
•Distance vision (clear feet at 20 feet or more)
•Ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)
Weather Conditions
•The worker is subject to both environmental conditions throughout their day: activities occur inside the office environment and outside in production or the yards.
Noise Levels
Over 2/3 of the time:
•Moderate noise to loud noise when in production
•Quiet conditions when working in the office
Personal Protective Equipment is required when in the Plant, Yard or Construction Areas: