Quality Inspection Manager

Accountabilities

• Lead and manage the Quality Inspection team across manufacturing locations, ensuring appropriate staffing, coverage, and skill alignment.
• Own inspection resource planning, including headcount, shift coverage, cross-training, and workload balancing to support production schedules.
• Ensure inspection activities are executed in alignment with daily, weekly, and forecasted production requirements.
• Partner with Manufacturing leadership to prioritize inspection activities based on production flow, bottlenecks, and critical build schedules.
• Establish and monitor inspection performance metrics, including throughput, backlog, first-pass yield, rework, and defect trends.
• Direct daily execution of in-process and final inspections to minimize production delays and quality escapes.
• Identify and escalate quality risks that may impact production output, delivery commitments, or customer satisfaction.
• Develop standardized inspection procedures, work instructions, and acceptance criteria to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) related to inspection failures, defects, and production disruptions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on inspection efficiency, defect prevention, and operational effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Engineering to improve manufacturability, inspection methods, and design-for-quality practices.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality standards, certifications, and regulatory requirements (ISO, UL, ASME, etc.).
• Support internal and external audits related to inspection processes and execution.
• Provide clear and timely reporting to leadership on inspection capacity, staffing needs, risks, and quality performance.
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, safety, and collaboration within the inspection and operations teams.
• Serve as a key quality interface for production-related customer concerns, audits, and issue resolution when applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or related experience required; Master’s preferred.
• 8–10+ years of experience in Quality or Manufacturing environments, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience leading inspection or quality execution teams in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong understanding of production workflows, inspection capacity planning, and quality systems.
• Experience balancing quality compliance with production efficiency and operational demands.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 or equivalent Quality Management Systems.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies (certification preferred).
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Data-driven mindset with experience using KPIs and metrics to drive decisions.
• High degree of professionalism, integrity, and accountability.