Director of Quality & EHS

Principal Responsibilities

• Ensures processes and items are in compliance with applicable quality assurance and industry standards, company, customer, supplier, government and regular requirements (ISO, Six Sigma, Lean, etc.)
• Manages the design and installation of testing equipment, and product testing and analysis to maintain quality levels and minimize defects and failure rates.
• Reviews various Quality Engineering and other related analyses, data and reports and provides appropriate support where necessary; recommends corrective action or improvement plans when necessary.
• Interfaces with and coordinates activities or internal cross-functional teams, customers, suppliers, third party certifying bodies and other external stakeholders appropriately.
• Provides guidance for quality systems, quality tools, technical support, improvements and the provision of others quality expertise as appropriate, e.g., root cause analysis, sampling plans, Pareto analysis, statistical process control, etc.

Job Level Specifications

• Provides leadership and direction through managers and senior managers.
• Accountable for the performance and results of a major function that has cross-organizational impact and is comprised of multiple departments and/or teams.
• Establishes policies appropriate for the function.
• Interprets and recommends modifications to enterprise-wide policies and practices.
• Adapts and executes functional business plans and contributes to the development of functional strategies.
• Responsible for efficient utilization of significant resources within the function.
• Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior management and results assessed with a long-term perspective.
• Decisions are guided by functional strategy and priorities.
• Collaborates with senior management and others concerning matters of significance to the company.
• Routinely conducts briefings for senior management and/or key external contacts.
• Influences senior management or customers/clients.

Job Level Specifications

• Decisions likely have serious impact on the overall success or failure of a function.
• Erroneous decisions or recommendations result in critical delays or modifications to company objectives and cause long-term harm to business operations.

Qualifications

• Typically 10+ years including 5+ years of management experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.