Quality Supervisor

About the Role

Plans and conducts activities concerned with the quality control and quality assurance of manufacturing processes, materials, and products.

Responsibilities

• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
• Plans and conducts the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of the assigned product or component.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs forms for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Establishes programs to evaluate precision and accuracy of production, testing, measurement, and analytical equipment.
• Performs quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including vendor quality manuals and company quality records.
• Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate current processes and process changes.
• Reviews purchased products or components and provides input on acceptance and future vendor purchases.
• Documents data obtained during quality activities consistent with company policies and procedures.
• Develops new approaches to solve problems identified during quality activities.
• Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality activities and recommends process improvements to management.
• Prepares reports to communicate involvement and results of quality activities.
• Presents technical and program information to team members and management.
• Directs technical and administrative workers engaged in quality activities.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality codes and standards.
• Develops and implements methods for disposition of discrepant material and assesses cost and responsibility.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university, or four to six years of related experience with a high school diploma or G.E.D., or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to calculate figures such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to walk and climb or balance.
• Occasionally required to stand, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, risk of radiation, and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.