Quality Manager – Metallurgy & SPC Leader

Aalberts Ht; Defiance (OH); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalberts Ht is seeking a Quality Manager to lead quality systems across Defiance, OH and Saginaw, MI facilities. You will train teams in SPC, oversee inspections, and drive continual quality improvements in a manufacturing environment.

The role requires a metallurgy background, five years of manufacturing experience, and expertise in heat treating and quality control using SPC techniques. Occasional travel to MI is required.

Qualifications

• Degree in metallurgy or related field is required.
• Minimum five years of manufacturing experience or equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge of heat treating principles, SAE steels, hardness and microstructure.
• Experience with SPC techniques and quality control.

Responsibilities

• Analyze rejected work and disposition using chemical and microstructural analyses and heat treating data.
• Specify processing parameters for new jobs from PO, specs, and drawings.
• Prepare initial sample reports on customer requests.
• Train employees in SPC, inspection techniques, and basic heat treating principles.
• Maintain complete quality records per QA manual including calibration and non-conforming records.
• Communicate process changes to staff and supervisees; ensure proper equipment and procedures.
• Write SOPs, control plans, and process specification sheets; analyze trends via charts and logs.
• Assist customers with quality problems and follow up on corrective actions.
• Ensure QA procedures are maintained plant-wide and complete annual safety training.
• Know and apply environmental legal requirements; travel up to 25% to Saginaw, MI.

Skills

Quality management

Quality systems

Supervision

MS Office

Plex

Math skills

Education

Metallurgy degree

Tools

Plex

Job description

Aalberts Ht is seeking a Quality Manager to lead quality systems across Defiance, OH and Saginaw, MI facilities. You will train teams in SPC, oversee inspections, and drive continual quality improvements in a manufacturing environment.

The role requires a metallurgy background, five years of manufacturing experience, and expertise in heat treating and quality control using SPC techniques. Occasional travel to MI is required.