Quality Manager

Quality Manager – Manufacturing & Engineering Solutions

Join a team that values innovation, growth, and long-term career development. We’re seeking a Quality Manager to lead all Quality Assurance functions at the plant level, overseeing product launch and lifecycle processes. This role is critical in ensuring that products and processes consistently meet stringent specifications while driving quality improvements across the organization.

Position Overview

The Quality Manager serves as a cross-functional team leader, working closely with internal departments and external customers to ensure compliance with quality, reliability, and safety standards. This position plays a key role in maintaining and enhancing the company’s Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring alignment with AS9100/ISO 9001 and other regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities (include but are not limited to)

• Establish and maintain procedures for high standards of quality, reliability, and safety.

• Enforce quality and safety requirements in accordance with company needs and regulatory standards.

• Organize and promote companywide quality improvement initiatives.

• Develop improved techniques for controlling quality, reliability, and safety processes.

• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of the company’s QMS; report system performance to senior leadership.

• Act as the primary liaison with external parties on quality-related matters.

• Oversee APQP activities, including the development and documentation of Process Flow, PFMEA, Control Plans, and PPAP submissions.

• Direct preparation and maintenance of Quality Control work instructions, statistical programs, and training for plant personnel in the use of statistical methods.

• Manage corrective action processes, RMA material reporting/disposal procedures, and control charting to improve product quality.

• Supervise the Quality Control Technicians, Lab operations, and AS/ISO Administrator to ensure product compliance with customer standards.

• Monitor and review internal processes to maintain alignment with customer, internal, and regulatory requirements.

• Ensure timely inspection and calibration of measuring devices and oversee customer corrective action requests.

• Collaborate with sales, engineering, programming, and manufacturing teams to develop and meet product requirements.

• Lead quality improvement efforts by identifying opportunities, implementing new methods, and fostering growth and succession planning within the quality department.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent years of experience).

• 4–5 years of senior-level Quality Engineering experience, including 5+ years in management or leadership roles.

• Proficiency in SPC, APQP, PPAP (Process Flow, FMEA, Control Plans, Gage R&R, Capability Analysis).

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing tools in an automotive or similar manufacturing setting.

• Demonstrated ability to define problems, collect data, analyze results, and implement solutions.

• Skilled in building credibility and trust, influencing leaders, and collaborating across all organizational levels.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Minitab statistical analysis software.

Preferred Skills & Attributes

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to inspire and guide teams.

• Comfortable leading cross-functional teams without direct authority.

• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

• Detail-oriented with a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.