Supervisor, Assembly Quality

Scout Motors • Blythewood, SC

5d • $95,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Scout Motors is reviving an iconic American vehicle brand, electrifying and digitizing it with American innovation. The company emphasizes respect for the past, communities, work/play balance, and customers, offering both all-electric and range-extender powertrains. Scout Motors empowers its teams to innovate, seeking visionary leaders, knowledgeable doers, and passionate individuals to shape the future of transportation. This role is an opportunity to be part of revolutionizing the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in automotive manufacturing, quality operations, assembly, inspection, end-of-line, or a related production environment.
• 3+ years of experience leading, supervising, coaching, or coordinating teams in a high-volume manufacturing setting.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, automotive technology, manufacturing, quality management, or a related field. An equivalent amount of relevant work experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong understanding of quality gates, containment, defect verification, rework coordination, non-conforming material controls, audit readiness, and product release standards.
• Experience using structured problem-solving methods such as 5 Why, fishbone analysis, PDCA, layered process checks, or similar continuous improvement tools.
• Ability to interpret quality standards, work instructions, inspection criteria, escalation requirements, and objective evidence used to support release decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners, communicate clearly, and drive accountability in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, positive attitude, and a growth mindset.
• Comfort with change and flexibility in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily Quality Gate operations to ensure vehicles, parts, and assemblies meet established quality standards before release to the next process, final disposition, or customer-facing milestone.
• Supervise inspection flow, defect confirmation, containment activity, vehicle hold management, rework coordination, and release readiness.
• Set clear daily priorities for team members through start-up meetings, performance reviews, staffing plans, and escalation routines.
• Monitor quality KPIs, defect trends, audit findings, throughput constraints, open containment actions; initiate countermeasures when targets are not met.
• Partner with Assembly, Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Maintenance, Logistics, Launch, Production Control, and other teams to resolve issues and prevent recurrence.
• Drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, layered process checks, and disciplined follow-up for quality gate issues.
• Ensure non-conforming vehicles, parts, and assemblies are properly identified, contained, documented, tracked, escalated, and dispositioned according to standards.
• Maintain quality gate standards, work instructions, inspection criteria, escalation paths, and objective evidence required for audits and customer protection.
• Coach, train, and develop team members while reinforcing standardized work, safety expectations, quality discipline, and continuous improvement behaviors.
• Support pre-series, launch, and start-of-production activities by validating quality gate readiness, inspection coverage, staffing plans, containment needs, and escalation routines.
• Lead improvement activities that reduce defects, repeat issues, rework, waiting time, unnecessary movement, and process variation.
• Promote a safe, respectful, proactive team culture built on urgency, ownership, collaboration, problem solving, and customer focus.
• Support any shift, overtime, or schedule adjustments as needed to meet business, production, launch, and quality requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Pay Transparency
• Annual performance bonus program

What This Job Offers

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