Quality Manager

About the role

Eaton's Light Safety division is seeking a Quality Manager to join their team in Long Branch, NJ. The position offers an annual salary range of $107,800 - $158,125.

Responsibilities

• Manage the quality function and direct reports to meet plant quality objectives and drive the quality culture with the leadership team
• Lead the timely response to customer concerns
• Deploy "I own Quality" culture to reduce internal and external DPPM
• Lead cross-functional teams to effectively introduce New Products to full production
• Understand and adhere to EQMS to ensure compliance with ISO 9001, customer specific requirements, and all regulatory requirements
• Review daily in-process metrics to determine team priorities
• Deploy 5S and foster/expand 5S culture
• Interact with divisional resources to improve product quality
• Develop internal product validation methods to ensure process quality consistency
• Drive employee engagement in continuous improvement and lean manufacturing practices
• Lead the quality team utilizing the Eaton Leadership Model to effectively communicate requirements and expectations
• Leads and supports team to facilitate risk assessments to identify critical EHS hazards
• Works with leadership team to create targets and objectives based on key EHS risks
• Determines appropriate leading and lagging indicators to track performance against targets and objectives
• Supports EHS goals to drive EHS culture, compliance, and results
• Assigns MESH element champions and facilitates their ownership of and development in the MESH elements
• Facilitates annual MESH self-assessments and corporate MESH assessments every three years
• Drives and promotes zero incident EHS culture throughout site
• Creates EHS engagement through employee involvement in EHS teams (Safety, Ergonomic, First Aid, etc.)
• Works with leadership team and MESH champions to complete regular compliance evaluations and checks of federal, state, and local regulations
• Uses established EHS data processes such as MESH PRISM and Benchmark to manage data such as injuries and illnesses, environmental metrics, risk assessments, EHS actions and other pertinent information
• Creates training matrices to ensure that all training is defined and tracked to completion
• Ensures that all key EHS operational controls are in place, on a PM program, and that EHS action items are resolved on a timely basis
• Leads monthly divisional report outs on EHS related goals, actions and culture development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution required
• Minimum of 3 years of combined experience in manufacturing or quality
• Thorough experience with ISO9001
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• No relocation benefit is offered. Candidates must reside within 50 miles of Long Branch, NJ.
• Active Duty Military is exempt from this geographical location

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of ERP systems (preferably SAP)
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma Certification by the American Society for Quality as Six Sigma Black Belt or Certified Quality Engineer
• EHS Experience