Corporate Quality Manager

Fabcon•Columbus, OH

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Corporate Quality Manager is an actively engaged, site-focused quality leader responsible for improving quality performance across all manufacturing sites. Partnering with plant and functional leaders, this role strengthens quality ownership, standardizes critical processes, builds site capability, and leads cross-site initiatives. The manager coaches quality and operations teams, removes barriers to sustained execution, and uses performance data to drive accountability. The role also supports PCI, ISO, and other compliance requirements, while primarily focusing on quality culture and manufacturing results.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Business, or a related field;
Minimum of 7 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing operations, quality, or continuous improvement, including responsibility for influencing performance across multiple sites or business units.
Demonstrated success leading enterprise or multi-site change initiatives that produced measurable improvements in defects, rework, first-pass quality, customer performance, or cost of quality.
Strong people leadership, coaching, facilitation, conflict-resolution, and change-management skills.
Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, structured problem solving, root cause analysis, corrective action, process control, and performance-management systems.
Ability to interpret quality and operational data, identify systemic trends, and convert insights into focused action plans.

Nice To Haves

Experience in precast concrete, construction products, or another complex manufacturing environment is preferred.
Knowledge of PCI, ACI, ISO 9001, CSA, or DOT quality requirements is preferred; certifications are beneficial but are not the primary qualification for this role.

Responsibilities

Lead the quality step-change strategy and execution plan across all eight manufacturing sites, translating priorities into clear site-level actions and measurable results.
Lead the enterprise quality improvement strategy, translating priorities into clear site-level actions, ownership, and measurable results.
Partner with plant and functional leaders to strengthen accountability, disciplined follow-through, and alignment around common standards.
Coach and develop plant quality leaders, supervisors, and frontline teams in problem solving, decision making, and quality leadership.
Establish a consistent operating rhythm to review performance, address barriers, assign actions, and confirm sustained improvement.
Provide enterprise level leadership with clear assessments of quality performance, risks, priorities, and progress.
Use In-Process Accuracy, First-Pass Quality, defects, scrap, cost of quality, customer issues, and other measures to identify trends, set priorities, and drive corrective action.
Lead cross-site problem solving for recurring or high-impact issues, ensuring corrective actions address root causes and deliver sustained results.
Standardize critical manufacturing and inspection processes while maintaining clear site ownership for execution.
Identify, validate, and scale effective practices across the manufacturing network.
Partner with Production, Engineering, Drafting, Project Management, and other functions to prevent quality issues and improve manufacturability.
Facilitate site level implementation of practical visual controls, layered process audits, standard work, and daily quality-management routines.
Build a culture in which operations owns quality and employees consistently demonstrate accountability, prevention, standardization, and continuous improvement.
Develop and deliver leadership, problem-solving, and quality-process training that strengthens site capability.
Ensure customer quality concerns receive timely containment, effective root-cause analysis, and permanent corrective action.
Partner with the corporate compliance function to support PCI, ISO, and other certification requirements.
Use audits and assessments to identify operational risks, strengthen processes, and uncover improvement opportunities.