HSEQ Manager

Responsibilities

• Serve as the owner of plant-level Quality Management System execution, ensuring procedures, controls, and standards are consistently applied across all manufacturing sites.
• Drive process discipline and adherence to standard work, ensuring quality is built into operations rather than inspected at the end.
• Implement and sustain in-process quality controls, including critical control points, inspections, and process monitoring to prevent defects and variability.
• Lead efforts to improve process capability (Cp/Cpk), off spec creation, scrap reduction, and First Pass Prime performance.
• Own the customer complaint and non-conformance process, ensuring strong root cause analysis (RCA), corrective/preventive actions, and feedback loops into plant operations.
• Partner directly with plant leadership, operations, and maintenance teams to identify, prioritize, and resolve chronic quality issues impacting production and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure effective use of data and real-time metrics at the plant level to monitor quality performance and drive immediate action when deviations occur.
• Maintain and enforce clear, practical, and auditable procedures and work instructions that support execution on the shop floor.
• Lead site-level problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and structured RCA methodologies.
• Drive initiatives focused on defect elimination, waste reduction, and variation control within manufacturing processes.
• Facilitate Gemba-based engagement, working directly on the shop floor to identify improvement opportunities and reinforce quality standards.
• Support implementation of the Operational Excellence model, ensuring quality principles are embedded in daily plant operations.
• Lead the Quality Network to share plant-level best practices and standardize successful approaches across facilities.

HSE & Safe Operations Integration

• Lead HSE initiatives with a focus on safe execution of manufacturing processes and risk elimination at the source.
• Ensure HSE controls are fully integrated into daily plant operations, including procedures, training, and accountability systems.
• Develop and track site-level HSE performance metrics, ensuring alignment with operational and quality objectives.
• Champion a proactive approach to incident prevention, near-miss reporting, and corrective actions, ensuring lessons learned are embedded into plant processes.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and corporate HSE requirements through disciplined execution and monitoring.

Culture & Capability Building

• Build and sustain a plant culture where quality and safety are core operational priorities, owned by all employees.
• Develop and coach plant teams on quality tools, process control methods, and problem-solving techniques.
• Reinforce accountability at all levels for meeting quality and HSE expectations in daily operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 6+ years as a quality owner.