Quality Leader - Data Center Cooling

Nortek Data Center Cooling; Dyersburg (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nortek Data Center Cooling, located at the Dyersburg, TN manufacturing site, seeks a Quality Manager to lead the quality strategy, culture, and execution across Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain. You will drive prevention, process capability, and continuous improvement to meet customer expectations while enabling growth and manufacturing scale.

You will champion a proactive quality culture, influence cross‑functional teams, andbalance customer requirements with manufacturing realities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, or related field.
• Progressive quality leadership in manufacturing or industrial equipment.
• ISO 9001:2015 knowledge and audit readiness.
• Experience leading root-cause analysis, CAPA, nonconformance management.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and manufacturing documentation.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation and continual improvement of the Quality Management System per ISO 9001:2015.
• Ensure procedures, work instructions, forms, records, and document controls are current and followed.
• Plan and support internal, customer, and third‑party audits; drive closure.
• Monitor compliance obligations and elevate gaps promptly.
• Promote disciplined change control for engineering, process, material, and supplier changes.
• Provide floor leadership for QA throughout incoming, in‑process, final inspection, and testing.
• Define inspection plans, test criteria, control plans, and workmanship standards.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to reduce defects and disruption.
• Establish hold, quarantine, disposition for non‑conforming material and product.
• Ensure measuring equipment is calibrated and used correctly.
• Assess feedback and provide actionable quality recommendations.
• Lead containment, root‑cause analysis, CAPA, and effectiveness verification.
• Govern nonconformance, MRB, CAPA, deviation closures.
• Analyze recurring defects and trends; prioritize improvements by impact.
• Capture lessons learned and apply to future builds and processes.
• Support operational reviews with quality status, risk, and action plans.
• Coordinate quality deliverables for customer/project requirements.
• Support evaluation of field issues, warranty, and installation deficiencies.
• Provide quality feedback to manufacturing and engineering; collaborate with Supply Chain for supplier quality.
• Lead and develop the quality team and raise capabilities across the site.

Skills

Quality leadership

ISO 9001

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Reading drawings

Data-driven

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud

BIM 360

Job description

Nortek Data Center Cooling, located at the Dyersburg, TN manufacturing site, seeks a Quality Manager to lead the quality strategy, culture, and execution across Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain. You will drive prevention, process capability, and continuous improvement to meet customer expectations while enabling growth and manufacturing scale.

You will champion a proactive quality culture, influence cross‑functional teams, andbalance customer requirements with manufacturing realities to