Superintendent Quality

Cemex

About The Position

Founded in 1906, over the last 110+ years' CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on! To learn more about our company culture and why you should join us, visit us at www.cemexusa.com/careers. For direct access to CEMEX Career Opportunities, visit us at https://jobs.cemex.com/. Job SummaryAssure compliance of all quality objectives at all stages of the production process, through coordination and an efficient execution of activities, collaborating with all plant departments. Guarantee the reliable operation of the quality lab and compliance with all internal and external customer requirements, promoting always a safe and engaging work place.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Chemistry or Chemical preferred) or related major
2-5 years progressive experience within the heavy industrial manufacturing industry, preferred.
Availability at all times to work and resolve issues of assigned area
Cement experience and knowledge in quality, operation and maintenance of equipment.
Ability and Leadership to manage and develop people, communication, team work and collaboration with different areas.
Result oriented, identifies issues and drives the decision process, through an analytic mind, coordinate and work on different activities simultaneously
Ability to plan and coordinate activities within supervised personnel and other departments
Self-motivated, fast-learner in high paced working environment
Detail oriented and ability to set priorities and complete goals and objectives in a timely and orderly manner
Ability to work under pressure
Positive customer service attitude
Computer savvy, Microsoft Office software

Responsibilities

Work following the Mission, Vision and Values of CEMEX, lead by example.
Assures training requirements are meet for all personnel in their areas, identifies and creates plans for compliance and delivers training where required.
Assure information and results delivered to the Production Area are reliable and on time.
Establish and follow a strict maintenance, verification, and calibration program for all instruments in the laboratory.
Maintain all laboratory and sampling installations, providing materials and equipment necessary to carry analytic activities.
Verify all procedures and standards are meet and followed according to ASTM and CEMEX quality standards.
Analyze information and conduct improvements to decrease variability of process and quality variables, achieving compliance above 95% of the Quality Index.
Guarantee minimum sampling compliance.
Maintain and manage all quality information, as well as an accurate register of data, both physically and on CEMEX’s historian (PI).
Active participation and support on operational and cost improvement projects, as well as continuous improvement of the quality lab.
Support operational departments during major outages.
Support operational department on process issues and solutions.
Responsible for compliance with all legal and environmental aspects of lab equipment.
Assure equipment calibration and compliance.
Participate in the creation of the Quality budget and assure compliance.
Assure the optimal mix of raw materials is used for both operation and cost effectiveness.
Assure all purchased raw materials and fuels comply with minimum standards according to specifications.
Plan and program together with Maintenance and Production all equipment corrective, preventive and major outages, with the objective of a safe and efficient execution.
Coordinate and work with all Quality Superintendents through CEMEX to homologize and improve best practices and standards.
Assures the correct communication, follow up and execution of procedures, instructions, actions and standards assigned by the Quality Manager.
Adhere to standards and instructions set by CEMEX USA Quality Director.