Quality Lead - Nights

IDEX•Brenham, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Lead serves as the primary quality resource and shift leader for PPE’s night-shift manufacturing operations at the Brenham, Texas manufacturing site. Reporting to the Quality Supervisor, this working-lead role provides day-to-day direction, technical guidance, and quality support to Quality Inspectors while ensuring compliance with customer requirements, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards, and internal quality procedures. The role supports production, contains and resolves quality issues, contributes to continuous improvement, and represents Quality during off-shift operations. It does not have direct supervisory responsibility for performance management, disciplinary action, compensation, or employment decisions. The scheduled shift is 8:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., Monday through Thursday. The Quality Lead may stop production, hold material or finished goods, initiate containment, prioritize quality resources and inspection work, and escalate significant risks to the Quality Supervisor, Quality Manager, and plant leadership.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
At least 5 years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience providing work direction, coaching, training, or informal leadership in a manufacturing or quality environment.
Experience interpreting specifications, procedures, manufacturing documentation, and quality requirements.
Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems.
Experience with quality tools including SPC, root-cause analysis, CAPA, problem-solving methodologies, and process auditing.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to prioritize work effectively and make sound decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
Experience with ISO 14001.
ASQ Certified Quality Inspector (CQI), Certified Quality Technician (CQT), Six Sigma, or equivalent certification.
Previous experience as a lead, trainer, mentor, subject matter expert, or informal team leader in a manufacturing or quality environment.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary quality representative and escalation point during night-shift operations.
Provide work direction and prioritize Quality Inspector activities to support production requirements and customer commitments.
Coordinate inspection coverage and support staffing plans during absences and workload fluctuations.
Assist with onboarding, training, coaching, and development of Quality Inspectors.
Promote accountability, continuous improvement, safety, and customer focus.
Ensure compliance with customer requirements, internal procedures, and ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.
Participate in daily management processes and communicate quality metrics, trends, concerns, and improvement opportunities.
Review scrap performance, yield losses, and Material Review Board activity, and initiate containment or escalation as appropriate.
Ensure nonconforming materials and products are identified, segregated, documented, and dispositioned.
Stop production, place product on hold, or prevent shipment when quality requirements are not met.
Lead and participate in root-cause investigations involving internal defects, customer complaints, supplier quality issues, and process nonconformances.
Support corrective and preventive action processes and sustainable issue resolution.
Review and escalate quality-control failures, audit findings, and adverse trends.
Identify and lead improvements to reduce scrap, improve yield, and enhance process capability.
Use SPC, root-cause analysis, trend analysis, and corrective-action methodologies to improve performance.
Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Quality leadership on quality concerns and improvements.
Support receiving inspections and timely disposition of incoming materials needed for production.
Escalate supplier quality issues to appropriate stakeholders.
Support qualification activities, product validation, tooling qualifications, and new product introduction and development requirements.
Communicate significant quality concerns through formal alerts and escalation processes.
Promote safe work practices and compliance with company safety requirements.
Support and enforce 5S and good housekeeping standards throughout quality operations.
Perform other duties as assigned.