Scott West
Vice President Quality Management Granite Construction, Inc. CQEC Member at Large |
" I am excited to be a member of the CQEC because it provides a forum to share knowledge and advance quality within the construction industry."
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Scott joined Granite Construction in 2016 and is responsible for execution of the quality system across the organization. He focuses on customer satisfaction, risk prevention, and driving continuous improvement throughout the business. Granite‘s diverse business units mine aggregates, design and produce hot mix asphalt materials, and provide paving services from over 130 plant, mine, project, and office locations around the country. Granite tackles the nation's largest infrastructure, highway, and bridge projects and is an industry leader in tunneling, power, electrical transmission, and government projects.
Prior to joining Granite, Scott was the Director of Quality at Mortenson Construction in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their wide-ranging portfolio of projects included office and commercial buildings, high-rise towers, sports stadiums and arenas, hospitals, hotels, museums, education and research facilities, municipal facilities, military and government projects, utility scale wind and solar projects, and power infrastructure and transmission. He provided leadership to the quality team across the company and was responsible for developing, deploying, and improving their quality system. He leveraged principles of lean, ISO 9001, Malcolm Baldrige, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a system that supported the company’s enormous growth. He also managed a group dedicated to assisting customers with facility start-up, operations and maintenance, and transition to sustainable operations.
Earlier in his career, Scott worked as an engineering and quality manager at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a shipyard located on the Maine coast. He was responsible for the company’s ISO 9001 certified quality program, quality assurance, quality control, accuracy control, and surveying. He also managed a materials engineering group, a weapons integration team, and was the process superintendent for the paint and blast department where he helped drive improvement using lean.
Scott started his career as a mechanical engineer at Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc., a consulting firm in Bangor, Maine, and eventually helped manage operations. He engineered and designed office and commercial buildings and structures as well as industrial construction projects including bridges, dams, airport expansions, fuel storage, and secondary containment facilities.
Scott continues to serve on the Board of Directors for AccessAbility, Inc., a Minneapolis non-profit organization that helps people with personal challenges overcome barriers to employment and community inclusion.
Scott received a Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Maine.
Prior to joining Granite, Scott was the Director of Quality at Mortenson Construction in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their wide-ranging portfolio of projects included office and commercial buildings, high-rise towers, sports stadiums and arenas, hospitals, hotels, museums, education and research facilities, municipal facilities, military and government projects, utility scale wind and solar projects, and power infrastructure and transmission. He provided leadership to the quality team across the company and was responsible for developing, deploying, and improving their quality system. He leveraged principles of lean, ISO 9001, Malcolm Baldrige, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a system that supported the company’s enormous growth. He also managed a group dedicated to assisting customers with facility start-up, operations and maintenance, and transition to sustainable operations.
Earlier in his career, Scott worked as an engineering and quality manager at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a shipyard located on the Maine coast. He was responsible for the company’s ISO 9001 certified quality program, quality assurance, quality control, accuracy control, and surveying. He also managed a materials engineering group, a weapons integration team, and was the process superintendent for the paint and blast department where he helped drive improvement using lean.
Scott started his career as a mechanical engineer at Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc., a consulting firm in Bangor, Maine, and eventually helped manage operations. He engineered and designed office and commercial buildings and structures as well as industrial construction projects including bridges, dams, airport expansions, fuel storage, and secondary containment facilities.
Scott continues to serve on the Board of Directors for AccessAbility, Inc., a Minneapolis non-profit organization that helps people with personal challenges overcome barriers to employment and community inclusion.
Scott received a Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Maine.
