Quality Manager
nVent · Richland, MS
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 9 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at nVent (industrial) in Richland, MS. A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, ISO 9001, Supplier quality
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How this role compares
Against 1045 other live quality postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $95k–$133k, from 428 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 70%
- FMEA 41%
- ✓ Supplier quality 39%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
- Six Sigma 36%
- SPC 36%
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At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at nVent
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
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Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: nVent in Richland
1 other open role at this site.
- Production Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
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What you will experience in this position
- ✓Serve as Management Representative for the Quality Management System.
- ✓Maintain ISO 9001 certification and ensure ongoing compliance with program requirements.
- ✓Develop and maintain quality performance dashboards; track and report trends and metrics.
- ✓Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and field service to drive process and product improvements.
- ✓Support purchasing group in assessing and ensuring supplier quality and performance.
- ✓Plan and implement internal quality audits, host customer quality audits, and maintain documentation of audit results.
- ✓Perform root cause analyses and drive corrective action to resolve issues quickly and permanently.
- ✓Develop and maintain quality system documentation including quality policies, procedures, work instructions, etc.
- ✓Supervise and develop employees; issue assignments, communicate expectations, and provide opportunities for professional growth.
- ✓Develop and deliver training to ensure employees understand the quality program and related expectations.
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We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.
You have
- •3+ years of experience driving quality outcomes in an industrial environment, including leading teams, projects, or key initiatives that improve quality, compliance, or operational performance. ISO-certified manufacturing experience is preferred.
- •Experience performing root cause analyses (e.g., fishbone, 8D, 5-why, etc.)
- •Proven track record to achieve results through positive relationships and personal influence.
- •Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is preferred but not required.
- •Knowledge of metal fabrication operations and experience reading blueprints would be a plus.
- •Proficiency with MS Office products (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and excellent interpersonal skills.
We have
- •A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
- •nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
- •Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com .
- •Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
- •We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
- •Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
- •Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
- •Innovative & adaptable
- •Dedicated to absolute integrity
- •Focused on the customer first
- •Respectful and team oriented
- •Optimistic and energizing
- •Accountable for performance
- •Benefits to support the lives of our employees
At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:
- •Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
- •A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
- •Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.
At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.
