Quality Manager - Own Site QMS, ISO 9001 & CAPA Lead

Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing; Sycamore (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the site quality function at a manufacturing plant in Sycamore, IL.

You will own the site Quality Management System and develop a local team in a hands-on leadership role, ensuring audit readiness to ISO 9001 and API standards. You will drive data-informed improvements, supervise CAPA, nonconformances, and supplier quality programs, and manage the quality department budget while partnering with internal teams and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3+ years in a Lean manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience implementing and sustaining quality systems (ISO 9001; API a plus).
• Demonstrated leadership with coaching and mentoring ability.
• Strong data analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience owning nonconformance, root cause analysis, and CAPA in a production setting.
• Able to read and interpret engineering prints and customer specifications.
• Experience in a unionized manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the site Quality Management System; keep the plant compliant and audit-ready to ISO 9001 and applicable API standards.
• Lead and develop the local quality team and drive a consistent, high-performing quality culture across operations and support functions.
• Run quality event management end to end: nonconformance handling, risk assessment, root cause analysis, and CAPA, with verified, sustained closure.
• Own quality KPIs — track them, turn the data into action, and hold the plant accountable for closing the gaps.
• Manage the supplier audit program, the equipment calibration program, and external material and product testing.
• Prepare and manage the quality department budget.
• Partner with internal teams and customers to resolve quality concerns professionally and keep the relationship intact.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Quality metrics

Root cause analysis

CAPA

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

ISO 9001

API standards

Job description

Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the site quality function at a manufacturing plant in Sycamore, IL.

You will own the site Quality Management System and develop a local team in a hands-on leadership role, ensuring audit readiness to ISO 9001 and API standards. You will drive data-informed improvements, supervise CAPA, nonconformances, and supplier quality programs, and manage the quality department budget while partnering with internal teams and