Quality Control Technical Manager

Kelly Services; Calhoun (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plan

Holiday pay

Transit benefit

Paid sick leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Kelly Science & Clinical is seeking a Quality Control Technician Manager in Calhoun, GA to lead quality control activities at a manufacturing facility. This hands-on leadership role covers ISO compliance, laboratory testing, and driving quality issue resolution.

The ideal candidate will have a chemistry or related science background and strong experience with ISO systems, SAP, and cross-site quality activities. Travel to affiliates and customer sites is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline preferred.
• Experience in quality control, quality assurance, laboratory testing, or manufacturing.
• Experience with ISO 9001:2015 quality systems is required.
• Strong understanding of laboratory testing, chemical analysis, measurements, and product specifications.

Responsibilities

• Establish, implement, and enforce quality control standards for the manufacturing facility.
• Manage and maintain ISO 9001:2015 quality systems and compliance.
• Oversee quality activities across multiple company locations.
• Conduct and oversee testing of raw materials, in-process materials, samples, and finished products.
• Perform chemical analyses, measurements, inspections, and other quality assessments.
• Review and document quality results and ensure reports are completed accurately and on time.
• Investigate quality issues and coordinate defect analysis, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Manage customer complaints through the company’s quality management systems.
• Communicate quality results and issues with operations and account management teams.
• Inspect, calibrate, and maintain laboratory and quality‑testing equipment.
• Maintain calibration records and quality documentation in accordance with ISO requirements.
• Support product launches, pilot batches, and new product development activities.
• Travel to other company facilities, third‑party logistics locations, customer sites, and potentially international locations as business needs require.

Skills

Quality control

Laboratory testing

ISO 9001:2015

SAP

Root cause analysis

Corrective actions

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or related science

Tools

SAP

Job description

Quality Control Technician Manager

Location: Calhoun, GA

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Pay: $80k-$90 (could be flexible)

Shift: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

Travel: Required; primarily between company facilities (~1-2/month), with occasional customer and potential international travel (1-2x/year)

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a Quality Control Technician Manager to lead quality control activities at a manufacturing facility in Calhoun, Georgia. This is a hands‑on quality leadership role responsible for maintaining quality standards, overseeing ISO compliance, supporting laboratory testing and chemical analysis, and driving resolution of quality issues.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in quality control, laboratory testing, chemical manufacturing, and/or ISO quality systems and be comfortable working closely with operations and production teams.

What You’ll Do

• Establish, implement, and enforce quality control standards for the manufacturing facility.
• Manage and maintain ISO 9001:2015 quality systems and compliance.
• Oversee quality activities across multiple company locations.
• Conduct and oversee testing of raw materials, in-process materials, samples, and finished products.
• Perform chemical analyses, measurements, inspections, and other quality assessments.
• Review and document quality results and ensure reports are completed accurately and on time.
• Investigate quality issues and coordinate defect analysis, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Manage customer complaints through the company’s quality management systems.
• Communicate quality results and issues with operations and account management teams.
• Inspect, calibrate, and maintain laboratory and quality‑testing equipment.
• Maintain calibration records and quality documentation in accordance with ISO requirements.
• Support product launches, pilot batches, and new product development activities.
• Work closely with global and regional quality teams.
• Conduct routine inspections of plant equipment and support safe, reliable operations.
• Maintain laboratory housekeeping and ensure samples are properly packaged and labeled.
• Support production activities when needed.
• Operate plant equipment, including powered industrial trucks, when authorized.
• Travel to other company facilities, third‑party logistics locations, customer sites, and potentially international locations as business needs require.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline preferred.
• Experience in quality control, quality assurance, laboratory testing, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ISO 9001:2015 quality systems is required.
• SAP experience required
• Strong understanding of laboratory testing, chemical analysis, measurements, and product specifications.
• Experience with quality investigations, root‑cause analysis, complaints, and corrective actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with supplier quality processes and tools such as FMEA, 8D, PPAP, AP/QP .
• Experience managing ISO documentation, audits, calibration programs, complaints, and corrective actions.
• Chemical manufacturing or specialty chemical/coatings experience.
• Experience supporting product launches and pilot production.
• Experience leading or managing quality teams.

Sponsorship: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work‑related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short‑term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it’s the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

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Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Assertive Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.