Quality Manager

About the role

Recommend, implement and maintain a quality system that best supports the activity of this engineering environment. This will require defining and documenting standard work to be followed and audited, as well as managing all levels of quality within a cross‑functional team of business and engineering disciplines. The quality function establishes the principles of product and service quality evaluation and control, provides independent oversight and review of project deliverables throughout the lifecycle, and ensures implementation and maintenance of the Quality Management System.

Responsibilities

• Understand and apply product and control methodologies to maintain a stable manufacturing process that meets customer expectations.
• Develop, operate, and continuously improve the quality control system.
• Apply and analyze testing and inspection procedures, using metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct quality issues.
• Incorporate human factors, motivation, and variation reduction techniques to improve outgoing product quality.
• Develop and administer management information systems for quality data.
• Audit quality systems to identify deficiencies and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure familiarity with product quality standards, industry specifications, codes, and standards.
• Lead the Quality Engineering department in developing and implementing systems that ensure products and services meet or exceed customer requirements.
• Participate in change management processes to maintain compliance with customer requirements.
• Manage a team of highly skilled quality professionals, fostering expertise in quality philosophies, principles, tools, standards, supplier performance, leadership, training, and professional ethics.
• Oversee the audit process, including planning, execution, reporting, and follow‑up for all audit types.
• Develop and implement quality programs encompassing tracking, analysis, reporting, and problem solving.
• Plan, control, and assure product and process quality through planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems.
• Plan, control, and assure product application, including design and manufacturing considerations.
• Utilize problem‑solving and quality improvement tools, including management and planning tools, preventive and corrective actions, and strategies to overcome barriers to quality improvements.
• Acquire and analyze data using standard quantitative methods to facilitate process analysis and improvements.
• Apply risk analysis philosophies and methodologies to quality activities.
• Understand readiness processes and requirements.

Qualifications

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (hardware) or ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer (software) as appropriate.
• Prior experience with APQP and PPAP processes.
• Hands‑on experience with precision grinding operations and manufacturing processing.
• Proficiency with sophisticated measurement equipment (CMM, surface finish, form testers, etc.); programming experience on such equipment is a plus.
• Experience with TS16949 and ISO quality standards.
• B.S. degree in Engineering, Business Operations, Quality, or a related field; advanced coursework preferred.
• 10+ years of active experience in a manufacturing environment.