Automotive Quality Programs Lead — Plant Champion

Challenge Manufacturing; Northlake (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Challenge Manufacturing in Northlake, TX is seeking a Quality Manager to lead our site quality management system and continuous improvement initiatives. This role focuses on maintaining customer-focused quality culture, meeting customer specifications, and coordinating with plant leadership on QMS performance.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, 3+ years in automotive quality, and strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to drive improvements across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent field.
• Minimum 3 years in a quality role within automotive, including SOPs, project timelines, layouts, APQP, quality core tools, layered audit, TS, etc.
• Automotive industry experience required.

Responsibilities

• Support a CUSTOMER-FOCUSED culture within the organization.
• Communicate quality objectives with customers and corrective actions to maintain the QMS.
• Ensure Customer Specific Requirements are met and the plant delivers finished product quality.
• Maintain the QMS with plant process owners and supervisors.
• Collect data, monitor metrics, and publish statistics on plant performance against corporate measures.
• Advise the Plant Manager and Corporate Quality on QMS performance at the site.
• Identify needs of the quality system to improve or support customer requirements.

Skills

Quality management

APQP

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

APQP

IATF 16949

Job description

Challenge Manufacturing in Northlake, TX is seeking a Quality Manager to lead our site quality management system and continuous improvement initiatives. This role focuses on maintaining customer-focused quality culture, meeting customer specifications, and coordinating with plant leadership on QMS performance.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, 3+ years in automotive quality, and strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to drive improvements across