Quality & Continuous Improvement Leader (Manufacturing)

Tricon Wear Solutions LLC; Irondale (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tricon Wear Solutions LLC seeks a Quality & Continuous Improvement Manager to lead and mature the quality function across fabrication, welding, hardfacing and machining. You will own the QMS, drive process improvements, and raise first-pass quality while reducing variation across sites.

You will be floor-present, perform root-cause investigations, and partner with Engineering and Operations to improve drawings, handoffs, and throughput.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing quality role with leadership.
• Hands-on background in welding, fabrication, or machining; able to walk the floor and read drawings.
• Demonstrated continuous-improvement with Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with ISO 9001 standards and audits.
• Certifications such as Six Sigma Green/Black Belt, CQE, or CMQ/OE are a plus.
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training is a plus.
• Willingness to travel periodically to other Tricon manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature the ISO 9001 Quality Management System, building on the existing certification.
• Serve as the independent quality authority — hold release authority on quality holds and make ship/no-ship decisions when standards are at risk.
• Own continuous improvement — using Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen to deliver measurable reductions in defects, rework, lead time, and cost of quality.
• Set the improvement agenda and drive it at pace, holding functions accountable to committed actions and timelines.
• Drive consistent quality standards and acceptance criteria across Tricon sites, reducing plant-to-plant variation in how work is inspected, documented, and released.
• Own a consistent final inspection and release standard so conformance and product presentation are reliable regardless of site of production.
• Improve promise-date reliability so production and engineering can prioritize against accurate, dependable dates.
• Drive root-cause problem solving on internal and escaped nonconformances, closing corrective actions to true root cause.
• Verify adherence to the common standard through periodic site audits, and qualify inspection personnel to consistent criteria so acceptance decisions are reliable.
• Manage supplier and incoming quality, including supplier corrective actions and conformance to specification.
• Own customer quality communication and resolution; support key customer accounts.
• Partner with Engineering to improve first-pass drawing and design accuracy and the drawing-to-production handoff; work with Operations on throughput and prioritization.
• Track cost of quality and report improvement results to leadership on a regular cadence.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the quality team, fostering a culture where quality is owned on the floor.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Root cause analysis

GD&T

Welding

Fabrication

Machining

ISO 9001 audits

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Tricon Wear Solutions LLC seeks a Quality & Continuous Improvement Manager to lead and mature the quality function across fabrication, welding, hardfacing and machining. You will own the QMS, drive process improvements, and raise first-pass quality while reducing variation across sites.

You will be floor-present, perform root-cause investigations, and partner with Engineering and Operations to improve drawings, handoffs, and throughput.