QA Manager - Quality & Compliance Leader

Clayton Homes; Buccaneer (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Clayton Homes is seeking a QA Manager to oversee production quality, ensure compliance with codes and company policies, and train team members on the line. You will drive documentation control, change management, and audits across the fabrication and assembly processes.

The role requires strong leadership, reading prints, and a focus on customer experience for retail stores. Join Clayton’s mission to deliver attainable housing with quality standards across a large scale operation.

Qualifications

• Previous experience preferred in manufactured housing
• Leadership / management experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• 5+ years’ experience in Quality department preferred
• Certification relating to quality preferred
• Expert level of knowledge of material
• Ability to read and understand both orders and prints
• Provide a great customer experience to retail stores
• Leadership ability to ensure parts are pulled in a timely manner
• Communicating clearly and constructively at all levels of the organization

Responsibilities

• Maintain current master copy of all documents in the office including supplier data, supplier audit reports, DAPIA, ECR’s, record of changes, CEF forms, etc.
• Distribute materials in a meeting environment with full explanation of changes or additions.
• Review all change orders.
• Review service trends on a weekly basis to reveal any weak areas in the production process.
• Initiate ECR’s for proposed changes or modifications of the DAPIA designs or Floor Plans.
• Follow-up with all paper-work distributions to assure changes are being made in accordance with distributed drawings and specifications.
• Perform a systematic documented line inspection, in a 14- day rotation of CCI items, material installation, and observation of testing equipment.
• Daily inspection of a labeled unit.
• Follow-up inspections of yard work and re-testing.
• Ensure that the QA Administration - FTC Database is updated routinely and monitor for repetitive issues or other quality issues.
• During IPIA inspections, ensure Asst. QA Department Manager routinely walk with the IPIA while in their respective departments.
• De-brief General Manager and Production Manager of daily IPIA findings
• Responsible for ensuring HUD 302 reports, Alternate Construction reports and Energy Star reports are completed properly and reviewed monthly.
• Responsible for ensuring weekly DAPIA training with team members (more frequently as necessary in areas identified by repetitive or other quality issues).
• Ensure QA Administrative database for Training is updated routinely.
• Assist with training all new team members and department transfers.
• Training and review of new floor plans, DAPIA designs, Product Standards, supplier data, etc.
• Responsible for ensuring All testing personnel and their back-ups are certified as required.
• Report all quality control and IPIA findings.
• All IPIA findings are to be answered properly by the QA Manager and Department Manager.
• Each Department Manager that had a non-conformance found in their area by the IPIA or is a repetitive non-conformance must be documented and answered with the use of a C.E.F. (Compliance Education Form). These forms must be filed and maintained to eliminate repeat issues.
• Keep the General Manager and Production Manager aware of problem areas and the top three issues.
• Keep the Home Office aware of repetitive issues, new materials, and any new code interpretations.
• Maintain any QA information boards as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Clayton Homes is seeking a QA Manager to oversee production quality, ensure compliance with codes and company policies, and train team members on the line. You will drive documentation control, change management, and audits across the fabrication and assembly processes.

The role requires strong leadership, reading prints, and a focus on customer experience for retail stores. Join Clayton’s mission to deliver attainable housing with quality standards across a large scale operation.