Quality Manager - FSC

Parker Aerospace; Michigan; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

401(k) with company matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Parker Hannifin seeks a Quality Leader at its Otsego, MI site to oversee daily quality operations, supervise staff, and ensure products meet internal and customer requirements. The role translates quality policies into shop-floor actions, drives CAPA, and champions continuous improvement on-site.

Responsibilities include leading inspectors, ensuring control plans, PFMEA, SPC, and MSA usage, and coordinating with customers and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in quality analysis or similar; strong problem solving.
• Experience leading hourly or non-exempt staff is preferred.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and audit practices is required.
• Proficient with QMS tools and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead site quality inspectors/technicians and manage multiple value streams.
• Drive PQP adoption, audits, CAPA, and document control effectiveness.
• Monitor metrics like FPY, scrap, and cost of quality with action plans.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

Skills

Quality leadership

CAPA

ISO 9001

QMS principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

ASQ certifications (CQE/CQA)

Tools

CAPA

8D/A3

PFMEA

Control Plans

SPC

MSA

Gage R&R

Job description

Position Summary

The Quality Leader supports the operations of the location by overseeing day-to-day quality operations, supervising quality personnel, and ensuring products/processes meet internal standards and customer/regulatory requirements. This role translates quality policies into executable shop floor and operational activities, drives corrective actions, and promotes a culture of continuous improvement. This is an onsite position out of the Otsego, MI location.

Reports to the Plant Manager or Division Quality Manager. As management’s representative for quality, manages department resources and coordinates the implementation of the quality management system to cost effectively facilitate quality and compliance. Interacts routinely with all functional areas as well as with customers, field sales, regulatory agencies, division/group/corporate management, and suppliers. Directly supervises quality inspectors/technicians on the production floor. Single Site

Responsibilities

QMS Ownership and Compliance

• Owns and drives adherence to Parker Quality Process (PQP) methodologies and principles through deployment of PQP tools within the site.
• Execute and sustain the site QMS (e.g., ISO 9001 or applicable standards), including internal audits, document control, training, and management review inputs.
• Ensure effective corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes with timely closure and verification of effectiveness.
• Maintain audit readiness, coordinate responses to internal, customer, and third-party assessments.

Manufacturing Quality Leadership

• Lead the site quality inspectors/technicians in daily execution across one or more value streams (inspection, testing, nonconformance management, MRB support).
• Ensure adherence to control plans, standard work, and change control; validate effectiveness of process controls.
• Monitor and improve key metrics (e.g., FPY, scrap, rework, customer complaints, cost of quality) with clear action plans.

Structured Problem Solving and Risk Reduction

• Facilitate root cause analysis using tools such as A3, 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone; deploy solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain and improve PFMEAs and Control Plans; support SPC and process capability analysis where applicable.
• Oversee MSA/gage R&R for critical measurements and ensure calibration compliance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Customer/Supplier Interface

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues, support NPI/ECN changes, and improve process capability.
• May oversee performance of suppliers/service providers, including incoming quality, SCARs, and supplier containment activities.
• Interact with customers on quality topics (e.g., complaints, containment status, corrective actions, and verification of effectiveness).

People Leadership and Development Enforce safe work practices and procedures

• Lead, coach, and develop quality inspectors/technicians; manage staffing, priorities, and training to build capability.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, problem solving, and accountability across the site.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality analysis or software testing (manual and/or automated)
• 1 year of experience leading or supervising hourly or non-exempt employees
• Knowledge and Skills Working knowledge of QMS principles and requirements (e.g., ISO 9001) and audit practices.
• Proficiency with quality tools and methods: CAPA, 8D/A3, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, and nonconformance/MRB processes.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings/specifications; familiarity with GD&T preferred.
• Data-driven decision-making with competency in KPI dashboards and basic statistical analysis. Strong communication, collaboration, and influence skills; effective across shop-floor, engineering, and leadership levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across more than one value stream or related process.
• Certifications (preferred, not required) Other Internal Auditor (ISO 9001 or applicable), ASQ certifications (e.g., CQE, CQA), and/or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.
• Occasional interaction with customers and suppliers; limited travel may be required

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Pay, Benefits, Work Schedule

Competitive Compensation

• Participation in Annual Incentive Program

Benefit & Retirement Plans

Parker offers competitive benefit programs, including:

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement.
• Other benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.
• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.
• Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and affirmatively Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations. ( 'Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor' )

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