Quality Supervisor - Ladysmith, WI

Pella Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Pella Corporation in the United States seeks a Quality Supervisor to lead QA activities at the facility level, mentor QA Technicians, and sustain the quality system.

You will ensure production meets quality and process requirements, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and support continuous improvement initiatives; experience in manufacturing QA preferred; MS Office skills required.

Qualifications

• Follow instructions and suggest production improvements.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specs and procedures.
• Ensure the department meets quality and production requirements.
• Timely and accurate work is expected.
• Develop positive working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities at the facility level.
• Mentor Quality Technicians.
• Support the Quality Management System (QMS) and perform critical quality duties.

Skills

Follow instructions

Read and interpret drawings/specs

Quality assurance

Team collaboration

Education

Certification in quality, preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The quality supervisor leads and sustains quality assurance activities at a facility level. Mentors and supports Quality Technicians. Supports QMS by expertly performing critical quality duties.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED :

• Must be able to follow instructions and offer suggestions on how to improve production.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as drawings, specifications and procedure manuals
• Work to ensure the department's quality and production requirements will be met.
• Timely and accurately performed work.
• Development of positive working relationships.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

EDUCATION :

• Additional Professional Certifications preferred

EXPERIENCE:

• 1+ year of manufacturing experience
• 1+ year of QA experience preferred

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• MS Office

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by employee assigned to this position. It does not state or imply that these are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to the job. The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested. All requirements are subject to change over time. Modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability are available.