Quality Manager

Amsted Industries; Oregon (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ConMet, a division of Amsted Industries, seeks a hands‑on Quality Manager for its Northwest plants in Clackamas, OR and Vancouver, WA. The role leads quality assurance, coordinates customer concerns, and drives corrective actions, PPAP, and supplier quality initiatives.

The position requires management of IATF16949 systems, compliance documentation, and testing per customer requirements, while promoting safe operations and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5–10 years of experience in quality assurance in a similar production environment.
• Experience working in an IATF 16949 certified manufacturing environment is required.
• Experience with SAP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review daily on‑the‑floor quality issues with other management to determine corrective actions.
• Review incoming customer returns and determine disposition (nonconforming vs restock).
• Manage customer reviews of nonconforming product and corrective actions (8D) and customer visits.
• Issue supplier corrective actions and address supplier quality issues.
• Oversee PPAP submissions and ensure full PPAP packages to customers.

Skills

Quality management

Communication

Problem solving

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

5–10 years QA experience

Tools

SAP

Job description

At ConMet, product quality is a key pillar of our success, and our commitment to our customers. We are seeking a hands‑on, forward thinking Quality Manager for our Northwest plants in Clackamas, OR and Vancouver WA.

The Quality Manager directs and coordinates all quality assurance issues to ensure enhanced quality and consumer acceptability with ConMet’s product and achieves this objective with a focus on maintaining cost effectiveness. Serves as the primary contact for all customer quality related concerns and manages the plant quality group to ensure key activities are completed efficiently and effectively. This role specifically covers our die cast and machining plants.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews daily on-the-floor quality related issues with other applicable department management to determine need for corrective actions.
• Reviews incoming returned product from customers as either nonconforming product or returns for restock.
• Works directly with customers on review of nonconforming product to include issuance and management of corrective actions (8D’s), as required, and visits to the customer facilities to report on actions taken to address quality concerns.
• Works with suppliers on incoming product quality issues to include issuance of supplier corrective actions, as necessary.
• Manages the company’s Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) to ensure completion and submission of full PPAP packages to customers.
• Ensures the dimensional review of incoming supplier product is completed as part of the supplier PPAP process and provides feedback to the ConMet Corporate Supplier Quality Group on results.
• Manages the company’s IATF16949 system as the designated “Management Representative” to ensure compliance to TS requirements and maintenance of system documentation.
• Reviews customer documentation to include Supplier Quality Manuals and Packaging Guidelines; incorporates customer requirements into plant system documentation to ensure compliance.
• Ensures required testing (i.e. dimensional, X-Ray, material, chemical) is completed per customer requirements.
• Maintains awareness of the relevance and importance of activities and how each contributes to achieving quality objectives.
• Works safely and without injury.
• Other duties may be assigned.

At ConMet, product quality is a key pillar of our success, and our commitment to our customers. We are seeking a hands‑on, forward thinking Quality Manager for our Northwest plants in Clackamas, OR and Vancouver WA.

The Quality Manager directs and coordinates all quality assurance issues to ensure enhanced quality and consumer acceptability with ConMet’s product and achieves this objective with a focus on maintaining cost effectiveness. Serves as the primary contact for all customer quality related concerns and manages the plant quality group to ensure key activities are completed efficiently and effectively. This role specifically covers our die cast and machining plants.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews daily on-the-floor quality related issues with other applicable department management to determine need for corrective actions.
• Reviews incoming returned product from customers as either nonconforming product or returns for restock.
• Works directly with customers on review of nonconforming product to include issuance and management of corrective actions (8D’s), as required, and visits to the customer facilities to report on actions taken to address quality concerns.
• Works with suppliers on incoming product quality issues to include issuance of supplier corrective actions, as necessary.
• Manages the company’s Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) to ensure completion and submission of full PPAP packages to customers.
• Ensures the dimensional review of incoming supplier product is completed as part of the supplier PPAP process and provides feedback to the ConMet Corporate Supplier Quality Group on results.
• Manages the company’s IATF16949 system as the designated “Management Representative” to ensure compliance to TS requirements and maintenance of system documentation.
• Reviews customer documentation to include Supplier Quality Manuals and Packaging Guidelines; incorporates customer requirements into plant system documentation to ensure compliance.
• Ensures required testing (i.e. dimensional, X-Ray, material, chemical) is completed per customer requirements.
• Maintains awareness of the relevance and importance of activities and how each contributes to achieving quality objectives.
• Works safely and without injury.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four year college or university; plus five to ten years of experience in quality assurance with similar production environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working in an IATF 16949 certified manufacturing environment is required.

• Experience with SAP preferred.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Knowledge of aluminum manufacturing principles and processes.
• Excellent communication, problem solving skills, and Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

ConMet is…

A division of Amsted Industries. We’re a leading global supplier of wheel hubs, aluminum castings, and structural plastics for original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket channels in the commercial vehicle industry.

A Solutions Provider

We’ve been driving the commercial vehicle industry forward with transformative solutions since 1964. In fact, ConMet solutions and products are installed as OEM first-fit equipment on virtually all heavy‑duty trucks in North America.

People-First

Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. We focus on creating an environment where our people can thrive by improving our workplaces and our communities across all our global locations.

Customer Focused

For decades, ConMet has been a trusted partner to OEMs, fleets, Tier 1 suppliers, and the aftermarket. We supply forward‑thinking, high‑performance solutions that bring value to our customers.

Committed To Sustainability

Today’s biggest global challenges require transformative change, and we’re committed to doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint and drive environmental sustainability in the commercial vehicle industry.

ConMet provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws (“Protected Characteristics”). Ensuring fair wages is an important Company value. Accordingly, the Company will not pay wages to any employee at a rate less than the Company pays to other employees for work that is substantially equivalent and requires comparable skills unless a bona fide factor justifies a pay differential. The Company prohibits pay disparity based on Protected Characteristics or prior salary history. The Company prohibits retaliation against employees for discussing compensation.

Employer will not sponsor visas for position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full‑time basis.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

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