Plastics QA Lead: Quality, Lab & Process Improvement

Confidential Search; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Search in Louisville, KY is seeking a hands-on Quality Manager to lead the plastics site quality function. You will drive product consistency, oversee QA/QC, lab operations, and supplier quality initiatives to strengthen customer confidence.

In this leadership role, you will partner with Operations and Engineering to minimize scrap, manage audits, and train personnel to uphold quality ownership across the plant in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Five+ years of quality experience in plastics manufacturing including injection molding, polymer compounds, masterbatch/color concentrates, coatings, adhesives, sealants, or related materials.
• Experience with recycled resins, material variability, contamination control, color consistency, and mechanical testing is preferred.
• Strong experience with quality systems, root-cause analysis, data, and continuous improvement is essential.
• Experience with raw materials, laboratory testing, contamination control, ISO 9001 and polymer testing standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance, quality control, lab operations, and the site quality team.
• Maintain and improve quality systems, documentation, material traceability, and audit readiness.
• Oversee incoming material and finished product testing, specifications, lab practices, and equipment calibration.
• Lead investigations into quality issues and customer complaints, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to improve process consistency, reduce scrap and rework, and control contamination.
• Support supplier quality, customer audits, new product qualifications, and employee training to build quality ownership across the plant.

Job description

Confidential Search in Louisville, KY is seeking a hands-on Quality Manager to lead the plastics site quality function. You will drive product consistency, oversee QA/QC, lab operations, and supplier quality initiatives to strengthen customer confidence.

In this leadership role, you will partner with Operations and Engineering to minimize scrap, manage audits, and train personnel to uphold quality ownership across the plant in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.