Quality Manager - Regional

KingRecruitingServices; Augusta (GA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

KingRecruitingServices seeks a Quality Assurance Manager to lead ISO 9001 QMS and laboratory quality across multiple U.S. manufacturing locations. The role supervises a Quality Coordinator and supports site lab teams with quality systems, testing oversight, and continuous improvement.

You will drive audits, training, and CAPA programs, oversee analytical testing, and manage resources and metrics. This remote role requires travel up to 50% and strong leadership in a multi-site setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years QA/QC experience in industrial manufacturing or related processing.
• Minimum 2+ years of supervisory or leadership experience in a lab.
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor certification is required.
• Experience with wet chemistry, materials testing, instrumentation, and SPC.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve ISO 9001 Quality Management System across sites.
• Lead third-party registration and customer audits.
• Provide direction and training to lab personnel.
• Oversee testing of raw materials, in-process materials, and finished products.
• Ensure methods are validated and instruments calibrated.
• Lead quality investigations, root cause analysis and CAPA.
• Manage lab resources, budgets, and quality metrics.

Skills

QA/QC experience

Laboratory leadership

Root cause analysis

Analytical testing

Travel readiness

Statistical process control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related

ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification

ASQ CMQ/OE or CQE certification preferred

Job description

Quality Assurance Manager – Multi-Site Manufacturing

Location: Remote (major city in Eastern US with airport access)
Travel: Up to 50%

Our client, a manufacturer of specialty industrial materials, is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead its quality management system and laboratory quality across multiple U.S. manufacturing locations.

This role directly supervises a Quality Coordinator and provides functional leadership to site laboratory teams. The position combines quality systems ownership, analytical testing oversight, audit management, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the organization’s ISO 9001 Quality Management System, including document control, procedures, and audit readiness.
• Lead third party registration and customer audits.
• Provide direction, training, and support to laboratory and site quality personnel.
• Oversee physical and chemical testing of raw materials, in-process materials, and finished products.
• Ensure analytical methods are validated and laboratory instruments are calibrated and maintained.
• Lead quality investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive action.
• Manage laboratory resources, budgets, and quality performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related scientific discipline.
• 5+ years of QA/QC experience in industrial manufacturing, chemicals, specialty materials, or a related processing environment.
• 2+ years of laboratory supervisory or leadership experience.
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor certification required.
• Experience with wet chemistry, physical materials testing, analytical instrumentation, and statistical process control.
• Willingness to travel regularly.
• ASQ CMQ/OE or CQE certification preferred.