Quality Assurance Manager with CWI

NWPX Infrastructure • Portland, OR

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About The Position

The Quality Assurance Manager plans, coordinates, and directs the Quality Control program for the Portland manufacturing facility to ensure continuous compliance of Water Transmission Products with established standards. The role may perform these duties personally or through subordinate supervisors or lead persons. It develops and analyzes statistical data and product specifications to determine current standards and establish proposed quality and reliability expectations for finished products. It formulates and maintains quality control objectives and coordinates them with production procedures to maximize product compliance and minimize costs. The manager communicates the quality control philosophy to key personnel, directs inspection and testing activities to monitor production and finished products, organizes product-quality training, and assists with investigating internal and external customer complaints regarding quality.

The QA Manager supervises and leads QA/QC personnel, including other regular full-time employees temporarily assigned to the role. The manager performs supervisory duties in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, training, assigning and directing work, evaluating performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university and five years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 10 years, including a minimum of five years of managerial experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Better-than-average communication skills.
• Ability to work with probability, statistical inference, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems involving varied situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-form instructions.
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI).

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and direct the Quality Control program for the Portland manufacturing facility.
• Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine present standards and proposed quality and reliability expectations for finished products.
• Formulate and maintain quality control objectives and coordinate them with production procedures to maximize compliance and minimize costs.
• Communicate the quality control philosophy to key personnel in the organization.
• Direct workers engaged in inspection and testing to ensure ongoing monitoring of production and finished products.
• Plan, promote, and organize training related to product quality.
• Assist in investigating internal and external customer quality complaints.
• Supervise and lead QA/QC personnel and other regular full-time employees temporarily assigned to the role.
• Interview, hire, and train employees; plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; address complaints; and resolve problems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager