Quality Manager

Summary

Responsible for overall effectiveness of inspection of precision machined parts. Manage operations of each inspection team to ensure compliance to quality standards, processes, and the customer’s technical requirements. Oversee hiring, training, and responsibilities of inspection teams. Ensure that all quality related processes are documented and adhered to as necessary.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Determine best practices for inspection of precision machined parts.
• Ensure that best practices are thoroughly documented in QMS system.
• Ensure that inspectors are trained in necessary inspection techniques and Acutec’s quality procedures.
• Manage and oversee personnel allocation. Oversee hiring and assign inspectors and new hires to appropriate inspection teams to effectively manage capacity and workload.
• Determine metrics for measuring effectiveness of inspection teams and hold teams accountable.
• Ensure that non-conformances are recorded thoroughly.
• Collaborate with operations team to ensure that operations team has sufficient resources, training, and oversight to complete all necessary inspection as effectively as possible.
• Work with production, quality planning, quality programming, and inspection teams to improve inspection processes and identify new technology and methods for improving throughout and accuracy.
• Collaborates with production team to ensure that inspection responsibilities for operations team are for both are well understood, and expectations are met.
• Attend various planning and/or management meetings and provide necessary input and guidance related to new projects, production scheduling, problem solving, and staffing levels.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Key Roles

• Lead, Manage, and Hold inspection teams accountable.
• Develop inspection workforce by overseeing hiring, allocation of inspectors, and training progress for all inspection teams.
• Work with production, quality planning, and inspection teams to improve inspection process, document the actual expectations, and ensure that procedures are followed. 
• Collaborate with production team to ensure that inspection responsibilities for both machinists and inspectors are well understood and the necessary data is captured in an efficient and cost effective way.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Education & Experience Requirements

Five to seven years of experience working in a manufacturing environment, at least two of those years in a Quality Assurance role, with at least three years supervisory experience required or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills

The employee must possess the ability to communicate effectively with all internal and external customers in both written and oral form.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Responsibilities include supervision, training and assisting employees. 

Physical Demands

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, and/or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud. 

Travel and overtime are required when necessary.

Safety and Policy Practices

The employee in this job must be knowledgeable in regard to the safety policies and procedures of the Company as described in the Company safety manual. The employee must adhere to all said policies and procedures while supporting the goals and objectives of the organization and recognize the Company’s need to achieve its business objective. Employee is responsible for complying with company hazardous waste disposal procedures.