Quality Assurance Manager

Confidential; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead QA/QC in an industrial manufacturing environment focused on plastic piping systems. Strong hands-on and leadership in QA/QC, audits, NCR/CAPA, and ISO 9001.

You will supervise QA/QC teams, coordinate with production, maintain quality standards for HDPE, PVC, PPR, CPVC, DWC pipes, and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field required.
• 10+ years in QA/QC within industrial manufacturing.
• 5+ years in managerial quality role.
• Experience in plastic pipe manufacturing.
• ISO 9001 knowledge and audits.
• Strong leadership and English communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA/QC activities across manufacturing operations, production lines, inspection areas, and laboratory testing.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, product specifications, customer requirements, and internal procedures.
• Oversee incoming material inspection, in-process inspection, final inspection, testing, calibration, NCR, CAPA, and quality reporting.
• Monitor quality performance for plastic piping products such as HDPE, PVC, PPR, CPVC, DWC pipes, fittings, or similar products.
• Lead root cause analysis for product defects, customer complaints, internal rejections, non-conforming products, and repeated quality issues.
• Support and maintain ISO 9001 Quality Management System requirements, internal audits, external audits, and certification activities.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Technical, Warehouse, Procurement, Sales, and other departments to resolve quality-related matters.
• Manage, guide, and develop the QA/QC team to ensure strong technical performance, discipline, and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects, rework, scrap, customer complaints, and cost of poor quality.

Skills

QA/QC leadership

Quality management

Audits & CAPA

English communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead the quality function within an industrial manufacturing environment specialized in plastic piping systems and related plastic products.

The ideal candidate must have strong hands-on and leadership experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Control within plastic pipe manufacturing, with solid knowledge of production processes, product testing, inspection activities, quality standards, audits, non-conformance management, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage QA/QC activities across manufacturing operations, production lines, inspection areas, and laboratory testing.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality standards, product specifications, customer requirements, and internal procedures.
• Oversee incoming material inspection, in-process inspection, final inspection, testing, calibration, NCR, CAPA, and quality reporting.
• Monitor quality performance for plastic piping products such as HDPE, PVC, PPR, CPVC, DWC pipes, fittings, or similar products.
• Lead root cause analysis for product defects, customer complaints, internal rejections, non-conforming products, and repeated quality issues.
• Support and maintain ISO 9001 Quality Management System requirements, internal audits, external audits, and certification activities.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Technical, Warehouse, Procurement, Sales, and other departments to resolve quality-related matters.
• Manage, guide, and develop the QA/QC team to ensure strong technical performance, discipline, and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects, rework, scrap, customer complaints, and cost of poor quality.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Quality Management, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Control within industrial manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a managerial or senior supervisory quality role.
• Strong experience in plastic pipe manufacturing or plastic products manufacturing is required.
• Experience with HDPE, PVC, PPR, CPVC, DWC pipes, fittings, extrusion, testing, inspection, and product certification is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, quality audits, NCR, CAPA, root cause analysis, testing methods, calibration, quality KPIs, and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of applicable quality standards such as ISO, ASTM, DIN, EN, SASO, or customer/project-specific requirements is preferred.
• Professional certifications such as ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Root Cause Analysis, or Quality Management certifications are preferred.
• Strong leadership, reporting, problem-solving, and English communication skills.