Quality Manager
SPX Technologies · Olathe, KS
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 19 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at SPX Technologies (industrial) in Olathe, KS. Develop, monitor, and report quality metrics, including scrap, non-conformance, customer complaints, returns, and cost of poor quality.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Value stream mapping, Root cause, ISO 9001, Supplier quality, SAP
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $96k–$135k.
Median of the low and high ends of 498 live postings that list pay, out of 1224 quality engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kansas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 8 other live quality postings in Kansas.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 67%
- ✓ Six Sigma 56%
- Team leadership 56%
- ✓ SAP 44%
- Lean 44%
- ✓ ISO 9001 44%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at SPX Technologies
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
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Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
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
Apply with someone vouching for you
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: SPX Technologies in Olathe
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Full description from SPX TechnologiesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)
SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact.
The Senior Quality Manager is responsible for implementing the quality strategy, systems, and performance initiatives across the Cooling business. This role ensures products and processes consistently meet customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and operational objectives while driving a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
The Senior Quality Manager serves as a key leader partnering with Engineering, Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Sourcing, Service, Project Management, and Commercial teams to improve customer satisfaction, reduce the Cost of Quality, strengthen supplier performance, and ensure robust quality planning throughout the product lifecycle.
What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)
While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core
requirements
and applicable customer, industry, and regulatory standards.
- ✓Lead internal, external and customer audits and ensure closure of audit findings.
- ✓Standardize quality processes, metrics, documentation, and corrective action systems across Cooling operations.
- ✓Investigate and resolve customer quality concerns and communicate certification and inspection requirements.
- ✓Partner with Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, and suppliers to resolve nonconforming material and product issues.
- ✓Support supplier quality through vendor ratings, product controls, and supplier audits.
- ✓Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across quality systems and manufacturing processes.
- ✓Lead training activities related to quality
What we are looking for (Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education)
We each bring something to the table, and we are looking for someone who has:
- ✓Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical or related technical discipline.
- ✓At least 10 years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment, including experience leading people, processes, or quality initiatives.
- ✓Minimum 5 years leading quality teams within a manufacturing environment.
- ✓Demonstrated experience with customer quality, supplier quality, and manufacturing quality systems.
- ✓Experience supporting ISO-certified manufacturing organizations.
- ✓Strong knowledge of quality systems, auditing, root cause analysis, corrective action, inspection, and supplier quality.
- ✓Experience with continuous improvement tools such as value stream mapping, A3 problem solving, 8D, or Six Sigma preferred.
- ✓Relevant ASQ quality certification preferred.
- ✓Working knowledge of SAP or other ERP system and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
- ✓Strong leadership, communication, planning, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills.
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Building the people that build the world.
With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world.
As part of HVAC Cooling, SPX Cooling Technologies is a leader in high quality industrial HVAC equipment used to cool large facilities like hospitals, data centers, and power plants. With cooling towers, fans, and refrigeration units, companies rely on brands like Marley, Recold, and SGS to provide comfort and mission critical and industrial cooling solutions.
will be
- •Lead and mentor quality teams across manufacturing, supplier quality, customer quality, and quality engineering functions.
- •Establish a culture of ownership, prevention, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- •Promote a culture of accountability, customer focus, continuous improvement, and effective cross-functional collaboration.
- •Develop, monitor, and report quality metrics, including scrap, non-conformance, customer complaints, returns, and cost of poor quality.
- •Drive root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions to improve product and process quality.
- •Maintain and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS).
- •Ensure compliance with ISO 9001
Travel & Working Environment
- •Primarily an office and manufacturing environment with varying noise levels.
- •Occasional exposure to outdoor conditions, including bad weather and excessive heat.
- •Travel to Americas plant, supplier, and customer locations as required.
Physical Demands
The demands described are representative of those that must be met by someone who successfully performs the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation:
- •Sitting, standing, and walking.
- •Occasional lifting of up to 60 pounds, bending, and stooping.
- •Keyboarding/typing and reading from a computer screen or paper copy.
- •Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and communicate effectively.
How we live our culture
Our culture is at the center of what we do and, more importantly, who we are. Our core values set a standard for how we manage ourselves, and our Leadership Model sets the standard for how we engage with each other. Whether you are an individual contributor or you lead a large team, each of us leads at SPX.
What benefits do we offer?
We know that the well-being of our employees is integral. Our benefits include:
- •Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
- •Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
- •Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
- •Educational assistance, leadershi