Quality Manager

The Quality Manager leads the plant’s quality strategy to ensure the consistent production of specification-compliant ductile iron castings while driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. This role combines quality leadership, foundry process expertise, and advanced metrology knowledge to reduce variation, improve process capability, strengthen measurement systems, and enhance customer satisfaction. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, and Production teams, the Quality Manager promotes a culture of innovation, integrity, collaboration, and accountability while maintaining a strong presence on the manufacturing floor and supporting the site's ISO 9001 Quality Management System.

• •Lead the plant’s quality function, establishing quality objectives, key performance indicators, and improvement strategies that support business goals and customer requirements.
• •Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Production teams to strengthen process controls across melting, molding, core making, pouring, shakeout, finishing, and machining operations while reducing defects, scrap, and rework.
• •Oversee advanced metrology systems, including CMMs, 3D scanning equipment, calibration programs, and measurement system analysis activities to ensure reliable and accurate product verification.
• •Facilitate structured problem-solving and corrective action processes for quality concerns, customer complaints, supplier issues, and process variation using data-driven methodologies.
• •Serve as the primary quality representative for customer interactions, audits, new product introduction activities, PPAP/FAI approvals, and quality performance reviews.
• •Maintain and continuously improve the ISO 9001 Quality Management System, including internal audits, document control, risk management, and process standardization.
• •Lead, coach, and develop quality team members while building quality awareness and technical capability across all levels of the organization.

• •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent foundry and metrology experience.
• •Five (5) years or more of experience in manufacturing quality, with leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
• •Proficiency in structured problem solving and quality methodologies, including 8D, CAPA, Statistical Process Control (SPC), capability analysis, FMEA, control plans, and Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA).
• •Strong expertise in GD&T interpretation and dimensional metrology.
• •Experience supporting PPAP, FAI, customer quality portals, and ISO 9001 auditing activities.
• •Ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate effectively with employees, customers, suppliers, and leadership.
• •Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and standard business software applications.
• •Ability to work in a heavy manufacturing or foundry environment while maintaining compliance with required personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety standards.

• •Experience in ductile iron or gray iron foundries and/or heavy green sand manufacturing operations.
• •Knowledge of ductile iron metallurgy, sand systems, core assembly, melt treatment processes, and solidification principles.
• •Demonstrated success implementing quality improvements in casting, machining, or other heavy manufacturing environments.
• •Experience with CMMs and 3D scanning technologies.
• •Experience leading customer audits, supplier quality initiatives, or new product introduction quality activities.

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