TN location 1st shift Quality Supervisor I

Shoals Technologies; Portland (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Shoals Technologies Group is hiring a Quality Supervisor for our Portland, TN facility. You will oversee quality control processes, manage a team of inspectors, coordinate audits, testing, and continuous improvement initiatives to meet internal standards and customer specs.

You will collaborate with production and engineering to address quality issues, maintain regulatory compliance, and implement operator training to uphold high quality performance across the line.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Associate degree preferred.
• OR in lieu of associate degree must have at least 5 years quality leadership experience.
• Quality Assurance experience and excellent communication and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct and assign work within their area, coordinating with operation managers.
• Promote teamwork and maintain a positive work atmosphere through collaboration.
• Provide solutions to daily issues among Inspectors that do not require higher-level guidance.
• Ensure sufficient coverage in their section with trained QC personnel.
• Ensure Inspectors perform duties correctly.
• Maintain attendance records for operators.
• Manage disciplinary actions and time-off requests.
• Support hiring, evaluation and discipline processes.
• Support operator training programs and cross-training.
• Maintain quality operator training records.
• Attend daily Operations meetings and report quality issues.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis of internal quality escapes.
• Ensure data entry into SPC system.
• Support Shoals quality and safety objectives.

Skills

Read drawings

Arithmetic skills

Units knowledge

Quality testing equipment

MS Office

Effective communication

Inspection forms

Quality tools training

Bilingual EN/ES

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree

5+ years QA leadership

Tools

None

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Portland, TN - Portland, TN, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Manufacturing, Are you ready to join a fast-paced, innovative team making a real impact in the renewable energy industry? Join Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ: SHLS), a leading provider of electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions for solar and energy storage. Headquartered just north of Nashville, Tennessee, we have been driving industry innovation since 1996 by delivering cutting-edge technologies that improve efficiency, safety, and reliability for solar systems worldwide. With over 60 GW of solar systems deployed globally, we’re setting the standard for the renewable energy industry.

We are a collection of engineers, renewable advocates, curious minds, and collaborators. Our manufacturing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama, along with sales teams across Spain and Australia, enable us to power clean energy solutions across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia‑Pacific. We push boundaries and challenge each other to design, develop, and deliver solutions with the potential to change the world. We are the rebellious hero.

Inventing Simple® isn’t just a slogan to us, it’s a way of life. Using simple plug‑and‑play ideology, we revolutionized solar installations in 2003 with our Interconnect SystemTM. Our harnessing system is now the gold standard EPC’s use around the world. By using simple ideas, we are making solar energy a more affordable and clean power source for future generations.

Job Summary:

The Quality Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the quality control processes within a manufacturing facility to ensure that products meet internal standards and customer specifications. This role manages a team of quality inspectors or technicians, coordinates inspections, audits, and testing activities, and works closely with production, engineering, and management teams to identify and resolve quality issues. The Quality Supervisor also plays a key role in maintaining compliance with regulatory standards and driving continuous improvement in quality performance.

Qualifications:

Duties:

• Direct and assign work within their working area, this includes working with team members, operation managers, prioritizing work.
• Promote teamwork and maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a collaborative manner with peers and team.
• To provide solutions to daily issues that might arise among Inspectors in their section, which do not require higher-level guidance.
• Work strategically to ensure there is sufficient coverage in their section with properly trained QC personnel.
• Ensure that the Quality Inspectors in their section are performing their duties correctly.
• Maintain employee attendance records for the operators in their section.
• Execute disciplinary procedures, write‑ups etc., and manage vacation/time‑off requests for the operators in their section.
• Support the hiring needs, employee evaluation, and employee discipline & termination.
• Support the implementation of operator training programs that will ensure a deep and continuing level of job training and cross‑training.
• Maintain Quality operator training records.
• Attend Operations daily meetings and be prepared to report quality issues to the team.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis of internal quality escapes.
• Ensure data entry into the SPC (Statistical Process Control) system is completed.
• Support and adhere to Shoals quality objectives and safety objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, etc.).
• Associate degree preferred.
• OR in lieu of associate degree must have at least 5 years quality leadership experience.
• Quality Assurance experience and excellent communication and writing skills.

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to read technical drawings.
• Have strong arithmetical skills.
• Understand both Standard and Metric Units for length, force, torque, weight.
• Know how to use all Quality testing equipment on the floor, viz. floor‑tape, calipers, micrometer, depth gauge, pull‑force testers, hi‑pot testers, multimeter, continuity tester.
• (basic functions) in MS Office programs: Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Ability to communicate effectively and write cogently.
• Ability to fill out inspection forms.
• The ability to train and use quality tools such as 5 Why’s, RCA etc.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required.

Physical requirements:

• Must be able to stand, walk, push, bend and/or squat for 10+ hours in a day.
• Must be able to lift up to 25-50 Ibs at a time.
• Regularly perform repetitive tasks
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to work in an office environment; including looking at screens for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to work in a manufacturing facility environment.