Quality & Continuous Improvement Leader - ISO & Lean

Carlisle; Tooele, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Carlisle is seeking a Quality Leadership role to direct quality initiatives and manage QMS/ISO commitments across plant operations. You will drive continuous improvement, supervise the quality team, and coordinate with R&I and Quality Services to maintain high product standards.

The position emphasizes leading audits, process optimization, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory and customer requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry or engineering with coursework in polymer sciences, management, finance, and statistics.
• Four (4) years of progressively responsible processing experience, quality techniques, and supervision of technical personnel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Plant Quality System / Program, overseeing the quality management system in plant operations.
• Ensure compliance with internal standards, ISO requirements, customer requirements, and regulations.
• Lead and promote Carlisle Operating System (COS) initiatives involving lean manufacturing and six sigma.
• Oversee raw material and finished goods oversight; ensure materials meet specifications.
• Develop and enforce production process specifications and a finished goods grading standard.
• Develop and implement a quality management system and maintain ISO certifications.
• Apply audit results, customer feedback, scrap data, and defect reports to direct process improvements.
• Identify improvement opportunities across production processes and direct resources to implement solutions.
• Provide leadership to the quality department and supervise technicians.
• Justify expenditures and manage resources for quality initiatives.
• Lead root cause analysis on defects, scrap, or process issues; drive corrective actions.
• Lead audits and document control; ensure accurate quality records.

Skills

Prioritization

Public speaking

Supervising personnel

Planning work

Performance appraisal

Recruiting and hiring

Training quality concepts

MS Office

Statistics in decision making

Budget justification

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemistry or engineering

Job description

Carlisle is seeking a Quality Leadership role to direct quality initiatives and manage QMS/ISO commitments across plant operations. You will drive continuous improvement, supervise the quality team, and coordinate with R&I and Quality Services to maintain high product standards.

The position emphasizes leading audits, process optimization, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory and customer requirements are met.