Quality Assurance Manager
About The Position
The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for leading, developing, and overseeing all quality assurance activities across the business. This includes managing QA/QC personnel, ensuring compliance with client, regulatory, and company requirements, and maintaining effective quality systems that support successful project execution. This role requires exceptional communication, strong technical judgment, and the ability to manage both strategic and day-to-day quality operations in a fast-paced engineering and fabrication environment. You’ll collaborate closely with production, engineering, project management, and client teams to maintain quality standards and resolve technical challenges.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance and/or Quality Control, including leadership responsibilities
- Strong understanding of quality systems, regulatory compliance, and inspection methodologies
- Ability to read, write, and comprehend technical documentation and verbal/written instructions
- Ability to travel as required
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience managing QA/QC programs within fabrication, welding, or industrial manufacturing environments
- Strong working knowledge of inspection methods, quality systems, and regulatory or customer compliance requirements
- Experience leading root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage quality assurance personnel, providing direction, mentorship, and performance oversight
- Ensure compliance with client, regulatory, and internal quality requirements
- Guide administrative aspects of the quality program, including planning, budgeting, staffing, and forecasting
- Shape and influence company quality policies, standards, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Develop, implement, and maintain inspection, testing, and sampling procedures
- Direct product testing and inspection throughout production cycles
- Oversee the work of inspectors, supervisors, and others engaged in quality activities
- Track, analyze, and report quality results, defect trends, and system performance indicators
- Communicate quality requirements and findings to production, engineering, project management, and external stakeholders
- Interpret inspection and test results and provide clear feedback to internal teams
- Support marketing, sales, and project teams in defining and clarifying customer requirements
- Maintain documentation for testing procedures, methodologies, and quality criteria
- Identify opportunities to enhance quality systems, reduce defects, and improve efficiency
- Support and lead corrective/preventive action processes and root cause analyses
- Promote consistent application of quality practices across office, shop, and field environments
- Perform additional quality-related assignments as needed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
