COE Quality Floor Leader (Off Shift)

GE Appliances•Louisville, KY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Floor Leader owns, executes, and ensures compliance with the Quality Management System. This role provides leadership and resolution for daily production-floor quality issues and manages the Quality Floor team, improvement projects, and related processes. The position leads the 2nd- and 3rd-shift Quality Floor team at the Louisville, Kentucky location. The role requires work in a high-volume manufacturing environment, including frequent walking, working around heavy equipment, and potentially lifting materials or products weighing up to 30 pounds. Required safety equipment includes eye protection, hearing protection, safety boots, and hardhats. Some weekend work may be required. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at hire and maintain that authorization without current or future employer or school sponsorship; GE Appliances will not sponsor employment-based visas for this role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline or five years of equivalent experience in floor quality in a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment.
Experience with product and process Quality Management System development and implementation.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite products.
Ability to analyze quality data.
Strong cross-functional communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with customers and operations.
Ability to work 2nd and 3rd shifts.
Legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and able to maintain authorization without current or future employer or school sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Quality leadership experience.
Lean Manufacturing experience.
Experience in injection molding, appliances, or similar high-volume manufacturing processes.
Familiarity with union contracts and leadership of union members.
Familiarity with gauging and other measurement tools.
Ability to interpret part prints and specifications.
Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and leadership-influencing skills.

Responsibilities

Lead and direct the 2nd- and 3rd-shift Quality Floor team.
Establish and monitor goals and metrics for each team.
Expand hourly Quality Inspectors’ capabilities to include problem solving alongside their existing responsibilities.
Ensure Manufacturing Control Plans (MCPs) are followed, review them for discrepancies, and facilitate resolution with Manufacturing Quality Engineers.
Provide the first response to the highest-level quality issues.
Ensure containment actions are implemented and followed.
Facilitate, track, and ensure closure of all CARs/CAPAs.
Manage implementation of new Quality System Procedures within the plant as they apply to the Quality Floor Team.
Communicate quality issues, containment, and root-cause/corrective-action plans for critical defects raised during daily production and escalation meetings.
Review data collection results for trends and issues.
Coordinate quality, manufacturing, supplier quality, and technology resources to drive solutions.
Train and coach Shop Operations, the Quality team, and Process Engineers on quality acceptance standards as needed.
Coordinate training for the team.
Understand contract rules.