Director of Quality & Technical Services

The County Materials Family of Companies manufactures and delivers concrete construction products to meet the demand for growing communities.

Since 1946, we've relied on our talented and dedicated team members to provide reliable products with personalized service.

We're hiring a Director of Quality & Technical Services to join COUNTY PRESTRESS & PRECAST in Westmont, Illinois

Job Summary:

The Director of Quality & Technical Services acts as a strategic advisor to the Prestress Leadership boosting efficiency through commercial and operations continuous improvement, cross-functional projects, industrial engineer program, and direct oversite of the Prestress Division Quality Control Department.

This is a dual-focused leadership role responsible for improving operational performance across the division while also developing architectural precast capabilities across multiple manufacturing plants.

This role leads continuous improvement initiatives, standardizes processes, drives cross-plant collaboration, and builds the technical, quality, and production foundation required to produce consistent, high-quality structural and architectural precast products.

This individual partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality and Safety to elevate plant efficiencies, adding valuable input into design and manufacturing standards, and support multi - plant development of architectural core competencies.

The role acts as both an operational excellence leader and the primary driver for architectural best practices.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:


* Leads division-wide quality control teams by strengthening standardized processes, systems, and controls.


* Leads cost analysis initiatives to improve profitability, operational efficiency, and data-informed decision-making.


* Evaluate and execute improvements of production standards for mix design, formwork, embedding, finishing, curing, and quality requirements.


* Trains and mentors plant teams on architecture processes, color and texture matching, finish consistency, and inspection techniques.


* Provides input for the selection of architectural-capable plants and conducts readiness assessments for additional facilities.


* Establishes standards for mock-ups, sample approvals, finish benchmarking, and customer-facing product demonstrations.


* Ensure product consistency across plants through audits, feedback loops, and corrective action plans.


* Partners with Engineering to develop standardized architectural details and modeling standards.


* Facilitates cross-plant collaboration to incorporate best practices when practical.


* Leads the development and execution of a multi-year operational excellence roadmap for all plants.


* Partners with plant teams to improve throughput, reduce downtime, and optimize labor efficiency.


* Develop standardized reporting metrics to improve accuracy, completeness, quality, and KPI consistency.


* Provides guidanc...