Lead Quality Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Lead Quality Engineer serves as a key leader within the Quality Control department, responsible for overseeing daily QC functions, leading compliance inspections, and ensuring all precast concrete products meet company standards, customer specifications, and applicable industry and transportation agency codes. This role takes ownership of quality documentation, audits, and regulatory compliance while supervising, scheduling, and training a team of 3–5 QC technicians and floor personnel. Reporting to the Quality Control Manager, the Lead Quality Engineer acts as a hands-on leader who drives a culture of quality, mentors team members, and supports continuous improvement throughout the facility.

Why This Role Matters

As a Lead Quality Engineer at United Concrete, you are the front line of our 70-year reputation for excellence—every structure we produce supports the safety and infrastructure of communities across New England. This is a high-impact leadership role where your expertise directly shapes product quality, mentors the next generation of QC professionals, and positions you for continued growth within our organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This position requires the employee to lead and perform a variety of QC functions, including but not limited to:

Perform and oversee daily compressive strength testing of hardened concrete specimens

Conduct and supervise fresh concrete testing (slump, air content, temperature, unit weight, and specimen casting)

Perform inspections of manufactured precast structures, including dimensional checks, finish quality, and embedment/reinforcement placement verification

Lead daily compliance inspections to ensure adherence to quality standards and procedures

Provide hands-on enforcement of the quality control program throughout the facility

Maintain detailed documentation for DOT and transportation agencies in the New England area

Maintain comprehensive records for raw materials, certifications, equipment, calibrations, and test results

Manage logs for Nonconformance Records (NCR), Requests for Information (RFI), and site inspections

Prepare comprehensive daily, weekly, and monthly reports for the QC area

Develop and execute internal quality audits

Facilitate DOT and transportation agency audits

Facilitate PCI and NPCA audits

Supervise, schedule, and train a team of 3–5 QC technicians and floor personnel

Assist the QC Manager in investigating root causes of defects and implementing corrective actions

Prepare for and lead quality meetings and manage punch lists

Report to the management team on process improvements, repetitive mistakes, and quality concerns

Other duties may be assigned as needed