Quality Supervisor

Tenneco; Athens (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco in Athens, Alabama is seeking a quality supervisor to lead the QA team in a manufacturing setting. The role involves training staff, directing QA activities, and ensuring compliance with internal standards and ISO 14001.

Responsibilities include audits, process improvement, and enforcing safety and integrity policies, with supervisory authority as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical degree preferred.
• Experience supervising in a manufacturing quality environment is desirable.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 and quality systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Train employees; plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees.
• Supervise employees in the quality assurance department/lab.
• Issue written and oral instructions to subordinates.
• Schedule, perform, and assign audits; follow up on internal audit actions.
• Participate in advanced quality planning processes.
• Review and standardize procedures to improve efficiency of subordinates.
• May be given authority within job scope by Manager.
• Ensure compliance with Federal-Mogul Integrity Policy and plant safety policy.
• Support as requested by management.
• Be aware of customer-specific requirements as impacted by lab measurement.

Skills

Employee training

Supervisory experience

Quality assurance

Auditing

ISO 14001

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Technical degree preferred

Job description

• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees
• Supervises employees in the quality assurance department/lab.
• Issues written and oral instructions to subordinates.
• Has subordinates perform audits on-site, corrective action, and other quality related activities.
• Schedules, performs, and assigns audits to subordinates. Follows up and other activities related to the internal audit program.
• Participates in advanced quality planning processes.
• Reviews and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency of subordinates.
• May be given certain authority within job scope by Manager
• Each employee has the authority to initiate action to prevent a violation of the Federal-Mogul Integrity Policy.
• All employees will abide by the plant’s safety policy, comply with the legal and other requirements and operational controls established, work toward achieving established objectives and targets, and conform to procedures consistent with the ISO 14001 standard. An employee should report, and if necessary stop, any activity that does not conform to the policy or may injure himself/herself.
• Capable of providing support as requested by manager.
• Awareness of customer specific requirements as impacted by quality technicians / lab measurement (can be learned during role).

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees
• Supervises employees in the quality assurance department/lab.
• Issues written and oral instructions to subordinates.
• Has subordinates perform audits on-site, corrective action, and other quality related activities.
• Schedules, performs, and assigns audits to subordinates. Follows up and other activities related to the internal audit program.
• Participates in advanced quality planning processes.
• Reviews and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency of subordinates.
• May be given certain authority within job scope by Manager
• Each employee has the authority to initiate action to prevent a violation of the Federal-Mogul Integrity Policy.
• All employees will abide by the plant’s safety policy, comply with the legal and other requirements and operational controls established, work toward achieving established objectives and targets, and conform to procedures consistent with the ISO 14001 standard. An employee should report, and if necessary stop, any activity that does not conform to the policy or may injure himself/herself.
• Capable of providing support as requested by manager.
• Awareness of customer specific requirements as impacted by quality technicians / lab measurement (can be learned during role).

EDUCATION

High School graduate or equivalent. Technical degree preferred.

EXPERIENCE

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Minimum 1-3 years experience or training in quality in a manufacturing environment. Previous experience in supervision role preferred.