QA Assurance Manager

Quick USA Inc.; Belvidere (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Quick USA Inc. in Belvidere, IL seeks a Quality Assurance Manager to lead QA/QC for incoming materials, in-process parts, and finished products. This role drives ISO 9001/14001 compliance, PSI preparation, and process improvements with the COO and engineering leadership.

The candidate will perform regular quality assessments, reject non-conforming items, document outcomes, and coordinate audits and training. Strong cross-functional communication with customers is essential.

Qualifications

• QA/QC experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and 14001.
• Sufficient PC skills to compile reports and create documents.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular quality assessments on incoming materials and outgoing products according to standards.
• Reject non-conforming products and fill out reject tags.
• Document inspection results with organized reports for internal use.
• Lead PSI preparation and coordinate with external inspectors until completion.
• Manage ISO certification tasks including internal audits and training.
• Communicate with customers' quality or procurement teams to resolve non-conformances.
• Read blueprints, plans, and specifications to understand requirements.
• Measure product dimensions and evaluate final product against specs.
• Suggest improvements to production and inspection processes for quality and cost control.
• Lead First Article Inspection (FAI) for new projects.
• Monitor scrap and QC holds and collaborate with production to resolve issues.

Skills

QA/QC experience

Read blueprints

Process improvement

Customer communication

Tools

ISO 9001 knowledge

ISO 14001 knowledge

PC skills

Job description

Quality Assurance Manager

Quality inspection of incoming materials and outgoing finished products along with the inspection of in-process parts. Taking a lead to find a cause and solution for defective products and PSI (Pre-shipment inspection) preparation and process. Also, lead and improve ISO procedure in the company with COO and head of engineering. The person in charge have to be responsible for all QC/QA related work.

Essential Duties

• Perform regular quality assessments on incoming materials from vendors and outgoing products for shipping according to documented quality and inspection standards.
• Reject all products and materials that fail to meet standards and fill out reject tags.
• Document inspection results by organizing inspection reports and records that the internal final inspection dept. filled out.
• Prepare PSI (Pre Shipment Inspection) including documentations and lead whole PSI process. Take care an external inspector until whole PSI process is done. PSI prep documents have to be done by specific timing prior to the PSI and send to an inspector for their prep work.
• Manage the company ISO certification process including internal audit, internal training/seminar, and scheduling Audit date with the external auditor and working with coworkers to improve the company ISO related tasks.
• Communicate with customers quality department or procurement department for resolving non-conformance products and rejection report.
• Read blueprints, plans, and specifications to understand the requirements of products and services.
• Measure product dimensions, examine functionality and evaluate the final product to the specifications.
• Recommend improvements to the production and inspection processes to ensure quality and cost control and work with the production team to schedule a training plan to enhance the productivity and reduce risks in the production process.
• Resolve quality-related issues in a timely manner.
• Follow all company policies and safety policies.
• Lead to compile FAI (First Article Inspection) package for any new projects.
• Watch scrap and QC hold products condition and trend daily, and work closely with Production and Engineering to solve issues.

Working Hours / Working style

• Schedule: Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
• Employment Type: Full-time

Working Location

Belvidere IL

Salary

90K～110K

Qualifications

• Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and 14001.
• Sufficient PC skills to compile reports and make new data and documents.