Quality Team Lead, Manufacturing Excellence

Phillips Medisize; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillips Medisize in Costa Mesa, California, is seeking a Quality Supervisor to lead a team of Quality Technicians and partner with Operations, Engineering, Production, and Quality to drive continuous improvement and ensure customer and regulatory requirements are met.

You will coach staff, manage performance, develop inspection processes, oversee nonconforming material, and support investigations and corrective actions while maintaining a safe, compliant, and collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years coaching direct reports.
• Experience with MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Quality Technician team to foster a culture of learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Manage employee performance, development, communication, and alignment with team and business objectives.
• Partner with Quality, Production, Engineering, Metrology, and Operations to improve quality processes and resolve production concerns.
• Develop and maintain inspection processes, work instructions, sampling plans, inspection documentation, and measurement system studies.
• Oversee nonconforming material, product disposition, sorting, rework, and related inventory control activities.
• Support quality investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Conduct quality audits and ensure applicable quality systems, regulatory requirements, procedures, work instructions, and control plans are followed.
• Coordinate quality training and champion a safe, compliant, collaborative, and environmentally responsible work environment.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching & development

Quality assurance

Manufacturing experience

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Education

Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Quality/Engineering/Manufacturing/Operations/Business

Job description

Phillips Medisize in Costa Mesa, California, is seeking a Quality Supervisor to lead a team of Quality Technicians and partner with Operations, Engineering, Production, and Quality to drive continuous improvement and ensure customer and regulatory requirements are met.

You will coach staff, manage performance, develop inspection processes, oversee nonconforming material, and support investigations and corrective actions while maintaining a safe, compliant, and collaborative work environment.