Quality Manager

Eaton

Davenport (IA)

On-site

USD 93,750 - 137,500

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company is looking for a Quality Manager in Davenport, IA. The role focuses on managing quality systems and ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory standards. Candidates should have a relevant bachelor's degree and experience in quality management systems. Excellent leadership and communication skills are essential. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

3+ years of experience managing and leading teams.
1+ year working in an AS91000 and/or ISO 9001 environment.
Strong understanding of quality systems in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Ensure business processes meet quality system and regulatory requirements.
Drive quality culture within the Integrated Product Team.
Serve as the quality interface for customers.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Management

Root Cause Analysis

ISO 9001 Knowledge

Lean Manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technical field

Tools

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEAs)

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Job description

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Eaton’s AER MSD Mission System Division is currently seeking a Quality Manager. This role is based in Davenport, IA.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $93750.03 - $137500.04 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

In this function you will:

Ensures business processes meet all quality system, customer, and regulatory requirements and the business unit (BU) remains in good standing.
Drives quality culture within the Integrated Product Team (IPT).
Serves as the quality interface for the customer.
Engages, and drive improvement within the IPTs on cost of non-conformance (CONC) improvements in each department.
Maintains quality standards, accreditations, and procedures using internal and external audits to measure gaps and define improvement needs.
Defines and develops the organization’s competency requirements that deliver quality policy and objective expectations.
Ensures quality engineers and the IPT are meeting their quality targets, measures achievement, and facilitates process of developing action plans to address root causes of variances.
Manages all quality assurance and control processes within the IPT.
Proactively improves quality performance by identifying areas of the business where processes need to be strengthened.
Drives Root Cause Problem Solving (RCPS) and Eaton Zero Defects Plan (EZDP) culture throughout the organization and throughout product lifesytles.
Drive a customer centric quality organization aligned with customer performance expectations.
Drive product safety mindset throughout the business.
Designated management representative for third-party accreditations.
Trains, mentors, and coaches individuals on tool use and quality improvement objectives.
Travel 25% domestically and internationally

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing and leading teams, processes, and improving Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
Minimum of 1 year experience working in an AS91000 and/or ISO 9001 environment and proven ability to understand and manage quality systems and regulatory standards within a manufacturing organization.
Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
“This position requires access to export-controlled

information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.”

No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 70 miles of Davenport, IA to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technical field from an accredited institution.
3+ years’ experience with Root Cause Analysis Tools, Lean Manufacturing, Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Lifecycle Management (LCM) experience.
2+ years’ Experience with Quality Management System (QMS) Auditing.
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) experience is highly desired, including associated tools such as characteristics matrices, process flow diagrams, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEAs), Control Plans, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), and the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
Strong understanding of ASME Y14.5 standard - An understanding of budgets and the estimating process
Quality assurance related experience in a design and manufacturing environment.
FAA experience.
National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) experience.

Position Criteria

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Work in a matrix organization within a global virtual engineering organization
Network divisional resources
Develop productive working relationships with functions and organizations outside of Quality
Develop working relationships with customers
Up to 25% travel may be required

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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