Job Description

The Quality Manager – Is responsible for leading the quality assurance and continuous improvement efforts within the manufacturing plant. This role ensures that all products meet customer, industry, and regulatory standards while driving a culture of quality excellence. The Quality Manager will develop and implement strategic quality initiatives, oversee compliance programs, and lead a team of quality engineers and technicians to optimize manufacturing processes and minimize defects. This hands-on leadership role requires close collaboration with production, engineering, and corporate teams to ensure plant-wide quality improvements

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with operations leadership to foster a culture of quality ownership and accountability across all plant functions.

Develop and lead the plant’s quality strategy, aligning it with business goals and customer r requirements.

• Manage the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure compliance with ISO 9001, and other industry regulations.
• Oversee plant-wide quality improvement initiatives, reducing defects, scrap, and rework through data-driven methodologies.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCCA), corrective actions (CA), and continuous improvement (CIP) to address recurring quality issues.
• Implement and maintain Statistical Process Control (SPC), to drive process improvements.
• Work closely with engineering and production teams to assure compliance and standard work.
• Lead and develop the quality team, providing coaching, training, and mentorship to quality engineers and technicians.
• Drive supplier quality initiatives, including supplier audits, corrective actions, and process capability improvements.
• Monitor and report on key quality performance indicators (KPI’s), providing insights and recommendation to plant leadership.
• Serve as the primary liaison for customer quality concerns, third-party audits, and regulatory compliance assessments.
• Creating and documenting quality procedures
• Collaborating with customers on PPAP’s
• Daily interaction with customers and vendors related to quality.

Aligns Goals with Strategy

• Serve as technology advisor to the business on all aspects of quality trends and novel solutions specific to their respective domain or feature set
• Be innovative. Think outside the box when crafting solutions and considering impact
• Exercises a significant latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments
• Use long term strategic thinking to guide and develop your team to help them meet overall product goals
• Be a subject matter expert in your area of the product lines
• Stay on the top of the latest technological progress and use this knowledge to ensure company deliverables remain marketable and competitive

Required Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Business or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in quality engineering within a manufacturing environment, preferably in OEM operations, or industrial equipment production.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 standards, and regulatory compliance.
• ISO Auditor certification a plus.
• Proven leadership experience in managing quality teams and driving strategic quality initiatives or strong experience indirectly leading teams.
• Expertise in Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and advanced quality methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with manufacturing processes such as welding, CNC machining, assembly, and UT testing.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in quality data analysis tools
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Ability to motivate people, instill accountability and achieve results

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