Quality Assurance Manager

Nebraska Aluminum Castings; Hastings (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Hastings, Nebraska, is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager. This role involves overseeing quality control processes, leading a team, and ensuring compliance with established standards such as ISO 9001. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, possess a bachelor's degree and have relevant experience. Responsibilities include managing the Material Review Board and conducting internal audits. If you are passionate about driving quality improvements, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university or two to five years related experience.
• Strong understanding of quality management systems including ISO 9001.
• Ability to lead and train a team in quality assurance processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all quality control processes.
• Manage Material Review Board for product disposition.
• Ensure compliance with customer regulatory requirements.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Strategic planning

Root cause problem solving

Leadership

Knowledge of ISO 9001

Education

Bachelor's degree

2-5 years related experience

Tools

Metrology equipment

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a detail‑oriented Quality Assurance Manager to oversee our quality control processes. The ideal candidate will plan and direct activities concerned with development, application and maintenance of quality and reliability standards. Develop, coordinate and initiate programs, methods, and procedures for inspection, testing and evaluation to ensure continuous production of parts consistent with established standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership strategic planning to develop, implement and maintain a QMS program.
• Interpret engineering drawings to understand specified quality and reliability standards. Maintain and control all customer prints.
• Manage Material Review Board for timely disposition of nonconforming products.
• Lead 8D root cause problem solving teams for internal and customer complaints.
• Collaborate with various departments to ensure quality assurance program is comprehensive and is consistent with the strategic plan of the company.
• Prepare and submit PPAP’s, coordinate launch/onboarding of new products in alignment with customer specific requirements.
• Understand, support, and maintain ISO 9001 certification. Review and update QMS as needed. Conduct and document management reviews. Oversee internal audits.
• Ensure compliance with customer regulatory requirements RoHS2, REACH, Conflict Minerals.
• Manage the use of metrology equipment, provide a calibration function to verify accuracy of gauges.
• Examine parts to judge quality of finish and to detect visible flaws in castings, porosity, cold flow, mold deterioration.
• Notify proper people when sampling indicates a progressive deterioration in product quality.
• Prepare monthly performance results and present during company meeting.
• Review all new documents, forms, and revisions to verify compliance with internal quality and ISO 9001 Quality Management System requirements.
• Oversee quality processes and procedures. Hold tag procedure, Gage, and control plan, first‑piece buyoff, Return Material Authorization (RMA) process.

Supervisor Responsibilities

Directly supervises 2 to 4 employees in the Quality Assurance Department. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning, and directing work, performance reviews, addressing complaints and resolving issues.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from a four‑year college or university or two to five years related experience and/or training or combination of education and experience as deemed acceptable by the hiring authority.

If you are passionate about maintaining high‑quality standards, driving process improvements, and ensuring regulatory compliance, we invite you to apply for the Quality Assurance Manager position.