Quality Manager

Job Summary

The Quality Manager holds comprehensive responsibility for overseeing the Vulcan Industries Quality System. This role requires familiarity with a broad range of industry concepts, practices, and procedures. The manager leverages extensive experience and sound judgment to strategically plan and achieve objectives. The position involves executing a variety of complex tasks, with a strong emphasis on creativity and independent decision-making.

Job Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 2 years demonstrated work history in a quality role within a manufacturing environment.
• Perform basic math operations with all units of measure. Compute ratio and percent.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to read blueprints, job and technical instructions.
• Ability to write test results using simple sentences, series of numbers, names and addresses.
• Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively in a team environment.
• Good computer skills.
• Must have college associates degree or equivalent.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality Management or a related field.
• Strong understanding of quality assurance processes, methodologies, and relevant standards (e.g. ISO 9001).
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement processes and root cause analysis techniques.
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems (e.g. Global Shop Solutions).

Essential Job Function

• Personnel actions and overseeing day-to-day operations of Quality Technicians on both first and second shifts.
• Writing, revising, implementing, and distributing Vulcan Industries Quality System Manual (QSM) to VI personnel and customers as requested.
• Management of Global Shop System (GSS) quality module including implementation with QA Techs, deployment to plant operations, and coordination of updates with VI IT department.
• Preparing monthly VI Quality reports; scheduling and chairing the VI monthly Quality meeting.
• Supervising QA Tech inspections of products for conformity to customer and engineering specifications.
• Supervising QA Tech inspections of customer returned goods, completion of Quality portion of Returned Material Authorization (RMA) forms, and communication of RMA inspection results to Project Mangers.
• Supervising QA Tech inspections of purchased domestic and imported goods for conformity to engineering specifications.
• Supervising examination of product for flatness, straightness and defects. Verifies dimensions of product, using micrometers, gages, tapes and templates.
• Supervising assembly of products to verify fit of parts, adherence to engineering drawings, adherence to bills of material, and adherence to instruction sheets.
• Operating mechanical and electrical test equipment to check apparatus for conformance to standard requirements.
• Rejects products not meeting specifications and reports defects to appropriate personnel.
• Authorized to inspect, tag, and initial first articles per Vulcan Industries Quality System.
• Authorized to investigate, determine, and complete Non-Conforming Material Rejection (NCMR) disposition entry into GSS quality module.
• Authorized to enter Job Status Change Requests (JSCR).