Quality Project Lead, Greenfield Startup

Ultipro; Montevideo (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultipro is seeking a Quality Engineer Project Leader to drive readiness for a new BAC manufacturing facility. You will lead quality activities from planning and validation through launch, ramp-up, stabilization, and transition to the site team.

You will collaborate across Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure supplier readiness, process controls, and customer-specific requirements are met while establishing robust SAP quality processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience with quality management systems, ISO 9001, process validation, control plans, inspection systems, process capability, and supplier quality in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting plant startups and complex manufacturing readiness initiatives is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of SAP quality workflows and system tools, including NCN and DMN, and Turnbacks.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality readiness for greenfield plant from planning through launch, ramp-up and stabilization.
• Develop quality procedures, work instructions and training materials for workforce readiness and startup.
• Establish and validate the site quality management system per ISO 9001, BAC standards and customer requirements.
• Develop and validate quality plans, control plans, inspection systems and process capability requirements before production launch.
• Lead supplier quality readiness and coordinate customer approvals to ensure materials and processes meet launch requirements.
• Define, monitor and communicate quality KPIs to support startup decisions and continuous improvement.
• Validate SAP quality processes and related workflows including NCN, DMN and Turnbacks.
• Build site quality capability through documentation, training, and hands-on support, then transition ownership to site leader.

Skills

Quality management systems

ISO 9001

Process validation

Launch containment

SAP quality workflows

Cross-functional leadership

Training & communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related technical field

Tools

SAP quality system

Job description

Ultipro is seeking a Quality Engineer Project Leader to drive readiness for a new BAC manufacturing facility. You will lead quality activities from planning and validation through launch, ramp-up, stabilization, and transition to the site team.

You will collaborate across Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure supplier readiness, process controls, and customer-specific requirements are met while establishing robust SAP quality processes.