Quality Assurance Manager - QMS/NDT

BENTELER; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BENTELER Automotive Corporation seeks a Quality Manager to lead the NDT program and global QMS at our Shreveport, Louisiana site. This role requires extensive knowledge of NDT methods (UT/MT/ET) and API/ISO/ASTM standards, with a focus on continuous quality improvement and process control.

Responsibilities include developing quality control systems, auditing supplier and internal processes, and guiding corrective actions while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering/Technology required or equivalent combination of education and experience
• MS in engineering or MBA is a plus
• Minimum 5 years in manufacturing or related field
• Minimum 6 years in Quality Control/Assurance; steel tube manufacturing preferred
• Knowledge of API/ASTM/ISO standards and NDT testing

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage quality control systems to ensure continuous production
• Support QMS development and revise procedures
• Validate quality processes and document evidence and qualifications/demonstrated capability studies
• Analyze test results and prepare statistical reports for plant management
• Lead and manage NDT program and QMS
• Maintain and improve product quality through audits and inspections
• Investigate customer claims and complaints and support corrective actions

Skills

NDT expertise

Quality management

SAP knowledge

MS Excel

Education

BS in Engineering/Technology

MS in engineering or MBA (plus)

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Division: BENTELER Steel/Tube
Functional Area: Quality Management
Career Level: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time
Weekly Working Hours: 40.00
Required Languages: English
Requisition ID: 45725

At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities - at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage quality control systems designed to ensure continuous production of product.
• Support the QMS development and revision of procedures.
• Validate quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes; measuring production; documenting evidence; determining operational and performance qualifications/demonstrated capability studies.
• Analyze test results and prepare statistical reports for plant management.
• Design, develop, approve, and implement NDT training courses, procedures, and exams.
• Prepare quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends including product non-conformances, demonstrated capability studies, corrective actions, and re-validations.
• Assist in investigating customer claims and/or complaints.
• Assist in quality audits including customer, API, and ISO
• Maintain and continually improve the QMS.
• Interpret Standards (API/ISO/ASTM/ASME or Customer Specs) to update/ revise procedures and communicate with the team.
• Maintain and improve product quality by completing product, compliance, and surveillance audits.
• Investigate and evaluate NDT imperfections and/or defects via hands-on and/or by signal chart review.
• Lead and manage the NDT program.
• Lead and manage the QMS.
• Manage the team's work schedules to support production.
• Evaluate and audit other NDT systems/programs as required by Benteler Shreveport.
• Assist with customer claims and/or complaints regarding NDT defects and/or imperfections

Job Requirements

• BS in Engineering/Technology or equivalent combination of education and experience is required or10 years of experience in NDT Level II UT, MT, ET, and Magnetic flux inspection of tubular products
• Appropriate advanced degree (MS in an engineering or technical field and/or MBA) is a plus
• At least 5 years of experience in manufacturing or related field required.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in the Quality Control or Assurance area, as the Quality Manager or Team Lead in steel tube manufacturing preferred.
• Knowledge of tubular and/ or steel manufacturing required.
• Knowledge of API / ASTM/ ISO standards and specifications required.
• Knowledge of NDT testing is required.
• Knowledge of Mechanical Testing of tubular products required.
• Must be able to manage all aspects of process control development preferred.
• ISO/Q1 Audit certification preferred,
• Ability to organize and explain complex data in a clear manner.
• Demonstrated capability of results through people, technology, and process.
• Strong safety awareness and experience.
• SAP & general knowledge preferred (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Your contact

Samantha Ann Metoyer
BENTELER Human Resources

The BENTELER Group always has the answer. That's because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with around 23,000 colleagues in nearly 26 countries.

The same is true in our BENTELER Steel/Tube division. Here, we develop and produce custom, precision pipes for customers from energy production, automotive engineering, and other industrial sectors. In this division, we enable the unerring application of our products, from the concept up to process integration and thus to integration into our customers' value chains. Along with that, our diverse fields of application make sure you can be and become anything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

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