Plant Quality & Continuous Improvement Lead

Pratt Industries; Lewisburg (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt Industries in the United States is seeking a Quality Manager to lead continuous improvement initiatives within Safety and Quality at the plant. This position will provide leadership, planning, technical direction, communication and coaching skills to ensure safe production of high quality products to meet customer needs in the most cost effective manner.

Reports to Plant Manager and drives the Quality Management System while coordinating with manufacturing, sales and design teams, vendors

Qualifications

• College degree in manufacturing, engineering, logistics or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in a variety of manufacturing areas (production, logistics).
• Experience in quality system management or manufacturing leadership preferred.
• Competent with MS Office and Statistical software.
• Previous ISO certification desired.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification desired.

Responsibilities

• Directs the Quality Management System at the plant.
• Train and educate the organization and implement continuous improvement methodologies such as 6 Sigma, 5S, Lean, OE and others.
• Drives Continuous Improvement to quantitatively and qualitatively improve costs, quality and service.
• Drives plant accountabilities in the areas of: tracking vendor performance, resolution and disposition of customer complaints, investigating critical quality defects on in-process and finished products, generation and analysis of quality data and reports.
• Insures all customer feedback is promptly dealt with and any complaints are acted upon by the plant using root cause analysis and implementing corrective action.
• Supports safety as a top priority in training, job design and regulatory compliance.
• Ensures product quality. Establishes and manages systems for “right first time” performance and incorporates this philosophy in the continuous improvement teams.
• Focuses on plant wide issues and inter-plant initiatives including developing synergies and business opportunities to optimize other manufacturing plants

Skills

Leadership

Quality Improvement

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

Problem Solving

Coaching & Mentoring

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Education

College degree in manufacturing / engineering / logistics or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Statistical software

ISO standards

Job description

Pratt Industries in the United States is seeking a Quality Manager to lead continuous improvement initiatives within Safety and Quality at the plant. This position will provide leadership, planning, technical direction, communication and coaching skills to ensure safe production of high quality products to meet customer needs in the most cost effective manner.

Reports to Plant Manager and drives the Quality Management System while coordinating with manufacturing, sales and design teams, vendors