Quality Manager

Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Manager will be a hands-on, "on the plant floor" person with proven experience leading effective behavioral change in processes, procedures, and implementations within a functional area to ensure performance and productivity in a manufacturing environment. This role involves developing and implementing quality standards, inspecting and testing materials and processes, and collaborating with operations to ensure quality specifications and safety regulations are met.

Requirements

Associate Degree or five years industry experience
Bilingual: English/Spanish
Minimum of three years of experience managing Quality Control/ Operational Standards in a manufacturing needed.
The successful candidate will be a hands-on, "on the plant floor" person who has proven experience leading effective behavioral change in the process, procedures, implementations with a functional area to ensure performance and productivity in a manufacturing environment.
Knowledge and experience in 5S, continuous improvement, and lean manufacturing.
Excellent project management skills.
Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving skills.
Persuasive communication and interpersonal skills.
Must work well in a cross-functional, dynamic, collaborative environment.
Works directly with all departments in quality issues and in preventative and corrective actions.
Actively pursue learning goals for added opportunities in growth and development in production and quality.
Contribute to continued process improvement updating and writing new process procedures.
Create understanding of workflow, employee relations and processes through hands-on experience with production equipment and working with production supervisor.
Aid production supervisors in training, motivating, and instructing employees engaged in process improvement, documenting, and recording activities.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement quality standards, quality control systems and quality measures.
Inspect and test materials, equipment, processes, and products to ensure quality specifications are met.
Develop and implement quality improvement parameters by finding statistical methods relevant to manufacturing processes.
Develop statistical confidence by finding sample size and acceptable error and setting up confidence levels.
Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data; and making recommendations.
Develops sampling and experimental plans by applying attributes and variable sampling methods.
Collaborate with operations to develop and implement controls and improvements.
Ensuring that workflows, processes, and products follow industry and safety regulations/standards.
Investigates operational errors to find the cause and effect, making recommendations for corrective action.
Required to work in a team environment with customers, co-workers, production supervisors, shipping and receiving, customer service, sales, and company management.
Assist COD and sales in resolving customer quality complaints.
Process all returned RGA's (Return Goods Authorization) evaluating reason for return and decide and recommendation to the plant manager for resolution.
Use accepted methods to inspect, sample and test materials for quality control and quality control tolerance.
Monitor, Inspect, and test process functions, product, and materials daily at all stages to ensure our products meet or exceed industry standards.
Record and log all test data per production process and report weekly to the plant manager.
Oversee all aspects of Quality Control including overall implementation of the quality program and supply support as needed to the key personnel who manage the processes.
Daily reviews of key metrics to ensure budgeted goals are being met. Interpret information and coordinate any required changes or new directives with employees.
Review daily production statistics and ensure implementation of measures for continuous improvement in safety, quality, efficiency, and preventive loss.
Work with Supply chain (Purchasing) team on supplier quality related issues.
Daily inspections -- Look for any unsafe objects, check equipment, etc.
Maintains safe operations by adhering to safety procedures and regulations.
Performs other duties as assigned.