Quality & Continuous Improvement Leader

prattexternalcareersite; Lewisburg (WV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt Industries is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the plant's Continuous Improvement initiatives within Safety and Quality. You will provide leadership, planning, and coaching to ensure safe production of high quality products that meet customer needs cost-effectively.

The role acts as the leader for all quality initiatives at the plant, partnering with manufacturing, sales, and design teams, vendors and customers to meet internal and external quality requirements.

Qualifications

• College degree in manufacturing, engineering, logistics or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in a variety of manufacturing areas (production, logistics).
• Experience in quality system management or manufacturing leadership preferred.
• Competent with MS Office and Statistical software.

Responsibilities

• Directs the Quality Management System at the plant.
• Train and educate the organization and implement continuous improvement methodologies such as 6 Sigma, 5S, Lean, OE and others.
• Drives Continuous Improvement to improve costs, quality and service.
• Drives plant accountabilities in tracking vendor performance and handling customer complaints.
• Investigates quality defects on in-process and finished products and analyzes quality data.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Team motivation

Prioritization

Technical skills

Coaching

Accountability

Communication

Education

College degree in manufacturing, engineering, logistics or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Statistical software

Job description

Pratt Industries is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the plant's Continuous Improvement initiatives within Safety and Quality. You will provide leadership, planning, and coaching to ensure safe production of high quality products that meet customer needs cost-effectively.

The role acts as the leader for all quality initiatives at the plant, partnering with manufacturing, sales, and design teams, vendors and customers to meet internal and external quality requirements.