Scott West
President CQEC Board of Governors Vice President Quality Management Granite Construction, Inc. |
" I'm excited to be a member of the CQEC because it provides a forum to share the knowledge and best practices that advance quality in the construction industry."
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Scott joined Granite Construction in 2016 and is responsible for quality, sustainability and operational excellence across the organization. His mission is to deliver customer satisfaction, prevent risk, and drive continuous improvement throughout the organization by getting it right the first time.
Founded in 1922, Granite is America's Infrastructure Company. Granite tackles the nation's largest infrastructure, highway, rail, tunnel and bridge projects and is an industry leader in underground pipe lining, water resources, power, electrical transmission, and government projects. Granite‘s diverse business units manufacture cast-in-place-pipe liners, mine aggregates, design and produce hot mix asphalt materials, and provide paving services from over 130 plant, mine, project, and regional office locations around the US and the Americas.
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 has served 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. He has also served on the Board of Directors for Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc. and the Construction Quality Executives Council.
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.
Contact Scott at scott.west@gcinc.com
Founded in 1922, Granite is America's Infrastructure Company. Granite tackles the nation's largest infrastructure, highway, rail, tunnel and bridge projects and is an industry leader in underground pipe lining, water resources, power, electrical transmission, and government projects. Granite‘s diverse business units manufacture cast-in-place-pipe liners, mine aggregates, design and produce hot mix asphalt materials, and provide paving services from over 130 plant, mine, project, and regional office locations around the US and the Americas.
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 has served 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. He has also served on the Board of Directors for Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc. and the Construction Quality Executives Council.
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.
Contact Scott at scott.west@gcinc.com