Quality Manager

Pure Power Technologies Inc; Jacksonville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanadyne seeks a Quality Manager to lead and advance the quality system across engineering and manufacturing. You will oversee development, implementation, and auditing of procedures to ensure products meet customer expectations and industry standards.

You will drive metrology usage, statistical analyses, and continuous improvement while managing a team of skilled quality professionals in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• ASQ certified Quality Engineer required for hardware roles; APQP/PPAP experience preferred.
• Experience with precision grinding operations and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with metrology equipment (CMM, surface finish, form testers) and programming is a plus.
• Experience with TS16949 and ISO standards.
• Strong understanding of quality systems and auditing.

Responsibilities

• Recommend, implement, and maintain a quality system supporting the engineering environment.
• Develop and operate the quality control system.
• Apply and analyze testing and inspection procedures.
• Use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose quality issues.
• Audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Plan and assure product and process quality per standards.
• Manage a team of quality professionals.
• Participate in change management to maintain customer requirements.
• Develop and implement quality programs including tracking and reporting.
• Understand risk analysis philosophies and readiness requirements.

Skills

ASQ certified Quality Engineer

APQP/PPAP experience

TS16949 & ISO knowledge

Statistical analysis

Metrology familiarity

Education

B.S. in Engineering & Business Operations, Quality

Tools

CMM programming

Precision grinding ops

Measurement equipment (CMM, testers)

Job description

Recommend, implement and maintain a quality system that best supports the activity of this Engineering environment. This will require defining and documenting standard work to be followed and audited, as well as managing all levels of Quality within. Quality is part of a cross-functional team with other business and engineering disciplines. Quality establishes the principles of product and service quality evaluation and control for the system. Quality provides independent oversight and review of the project deliverables throughout the lifecycle.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Quality Manager understands the principles of product and control methodologies to maintain a stable manufacturing process that produces a product that conforms to the customer's expectations.


• The development and operation of the quality control system.


• The application and analysis of testing and inspection procedures.


• The ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices.


• The understanding of human factors and motivation.


• The understanding of Variation Reduction to continuously improve the outgoing quality level of the product.


• The knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems.


• The ability to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.


• The understanding and familiarity with product quality.


• The knowledge and familiarity with industry specifications/codes/standards.


• Assuring the implementation of the Quality Management System within Stanadyne, as well as for the maintenance of the Quality Management System.


• The Quality Engineering department is involved in developing and implementing systems to ensure products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations.


• Participate in the change management process to ensure the products or services continue to meet customer requirements.


• Manage a team of highly skilled Quality professionals who understand of quality philosophies, principles, systems, methods, tools, standards, organizational and team dynamics, customer expectations and satisfaction, supplier relations and performance, leadership, training, interpersonal relationships, improvement systems, and professional ethics.


• Understanding of the audit process including types of audits, planning, preparation, execution, reporting results, and follow-up.


• Develop and implement quality programs, including tracking, analyzing, reporting, and problem solving.


• Plan, control, and assure product and process quality in accordance with quality principles, which include planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems.


• Plan, control, and assure product application, including design and manufacturing


• Thorough understanding of problem-solving and quality improvement tools and techniques. This includes knowledge of management and planning tools, quality tools, preventive and corrective actions, and how to overcome barriers to quality improvements.


• Acquire and analyze data using appropriate standard quantitative methods across a spectrum of business environments to facilitate process analysis and improvements.


• Understand risk analysis philosophies and methodologies and their applications.


• Understand readiness processes and requirements.

Qualifications:

• An ASQ certified Quality Engineer for positions involving hardware or an ASQ certified Software Quality Engineer for positions involving software. Previous experience is APQP and PPAP required.


• Hands on experience with precision grinding operations and Manufacturing processing


• Hands on experience with sophisticated measurement equipment. (CMM, surface finish, form testers, etc.). Programing experience on such equipment is a plus.


• Experienced in TS16949 and ISO

Education and/or Experience:

B.S. degree in Engineering and Business Operations, Quality. Advanced course work preferred.

10+ years of active experience in a manufacturing environment.