Get ready to grow with us!

Northwest Pipe Company is the nation’s leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products—and with over 50 years of 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 to join our Geneva Pipe and Precast team in Salt Lake City, UT.

WE OFFER:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D Insurance (1st of month after hire)
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Weekly Paycheck
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Bonus Potential
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (day 1 of employment)
• On-Site Refreshments
• Employee Assistance Program
• 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:
Plans, coordinates and directs quality control and quality assurance of the production of products consistent with established standards by performing the following duties personally or through supervision of Corporate QC Management

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Safety: Safety always starts with PPE, and an attitude for safe practices. It must be promoted by one’s self throughout the day.
• Morning walk through: QC personnel are required to do a morning walk through the plant, to observe, the prior day’s activities, including curing procedures, products being tipped out and also documenting any irregularities.
• Pre-pour Inspections
• Reinforcement inspections (measure and record)
• Initial form work and hole location
• Machine set-up prior to running
• Final pre-pour inspections and sign off for the product being cast
• Concrete Samples and Cylinders
• Post pour Inspections
• As cast dimensions are per the DWGS or the Geneva Pipe standards
• Products are stenciled and/or marked correctly
• All repair work is completed and satisfactory before QC sign off
• Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Daily Duties
  • Observe all production practices
  • Observe and mentor Quality at the source
• Evening walk through: Make sure that all the products are protected from the elements and are ready for the curing process. Double check that cylinders and data recorders are set to be cured with the products they are intended to represent

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Basic skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work well as a team member
• Well organized with attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED
• Previous experience in concrete desired
• Precious experience in quality control desired
• Concrete Certifications desired (will be required to obtain upon employment paid by the company)
• ACI – Field Testing, Concrete Cylinders, Aggregates
• PCI – Level I, II, III
• UDOT Certifications

Northwest Pipe is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the Company considers individuals for employment according to their abilities and performance. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, age, religion, color, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law. All employment requirements mandated by local, state, and federal regulations will be observed

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet by an employee to successfully perform 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.

Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Physical Activity

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, Stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.)
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.)
• Stooping: Positions self to 90 degrees (This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.)
• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to make inspections or testing
• Crawling: Moving about to make inspections
• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side
• Standing/Sit: Remain upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward of outward
• Lifting: Raising object from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position (this factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles)
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in using hand tools, computerized equipment and maintaining machinery
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to use hand tools
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• 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 wrists, hands, and/or fingers such as using computerized equipment

Physical Requirements

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Visual Acuity

The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned (i.e., custodial, food services, general labor, etc.) or to make general observations of facilities or structures (i.e., security guard, inspection, etc)

Up to 2/3 of the time

• The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• The worker is required to have 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)
• The worker is required to have depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
• The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Weather Condition

Over 2/3 of the time

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: protections from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather
• The worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways. The worker is exposed to infectious diseases

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect
• The worker is subject to oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.

Less than 1/3 of the time

• The worker frequently is in close quarter, crawl spaces, shafts, man holes, small enclosed rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia.
• The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body
• The worker is required to wear a respirator

Noise Levels

Up to 2/3 of the time

• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)
• Loud noise (Examples: metal can manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment)
• Very loud noise (examples: jack hammer work, front row at rock concert)

Less than 1/3 of the time

• Very quiet conditions (examples: forest trail, isolation booth for hearing test)
• Quiet condition (examples: Library, private office)

Supervision Received

General Direction: The incumbent exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments. Generally, the incumbent is in charge of an area of work, and typically formulates policy for this area but does not necessarily have final authority for approving policy