Quality Manager
Tenneco · Athens, AL
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Tenneco (automotive) in Athens, AL. Develop, train and assist other areas in statistical analysis methods and tools for problem solving.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, IATF 16949, Supplier quality
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 464 live postings that list pay, out of 1137 quality engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Alabama plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 12 other live quality postings in Alabama.
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 62%
- ✓ Supplier quality 38%
- ✓ Team leadership 38%
- GD&T 38%
- New product launch 38%
- Control plans 31%
✓ = 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.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Tenneco
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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?
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This plant: Tenneco in Athens
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Full description from TennecoAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Manage the Quality Assurance Program
- ◆Responsible for maintaining effective controls which ensure product integrity from initial sample submission through mass production.
- ◆Ensure sample submission practices meet customer
requirements
completely
- ✓Review and research products/processes for quality improvement.
- ✓Manage customer complain follow-up through root-cause correction action.
- ✓Write, review, revise, and update standard practices to document the control of quality systems.
- ✓Manage QA records and reports to assure compliance to customer requirements.
- ✓Perform Quality Systems audits to assure compliance to customer requirements.
- ✓Follow instructions and directions of Director of Quality Assurance.
- ✓Set and or Manage Quality Objectives determined by or assigned to the facility.
- ✓Perform supplier quality system audits.
- ✓Manage hold area (Material Review Board)
- ✓Supervises Quality Technicians, Lab Technicians, and Quality Engineers
- ✓May give certain authority to assigned staff within their job scope to perform duties, make decisions, and use independent judgments.
- ✓Lead quality systems initiatives such as implementation of new tools, systems, gauging equipment and software.
- ✓Monitor Customer Satisfaction via Customer Portals and or other applicable sources.
- ✓Develop, train and assist other areas in statistical analysis methods and tools for problem solving.
- ✓Organize, prepare and act as management representative during ISO/TS 16949 or other customer and third party audits.
- ✓Each employee has the authority to initiate action to prevent a violation of the Tenneco Integrity Policy.
- ✓All employees will abide by the plant’s safety policy, comply with the legal and other
requirements
and operational controls established, work toward achieving established objectives and targets, and conform to procedures consistent with the ISO 14001 standard. An employee should report, and if necessary stop, any activity that does not conform to the policy or may injure himself/herself.
- ✓Capable of providing support as requested by supervisor.
- ✓Responsible for ensuring customer
requirements
are met.
- ✓Handle/store hazardous waste in a complaint manner with all federal, state, and local regulations.
- ✓Review customer scorecards and work with appropriate personnel to address any concerns.
Education
Bachelors Degree in related field or 3 - 5 years experience in quality related field with experience in automotive manufacturing and TS16949 standards.
Experience
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Exceptional working knowledge of Quality Assurance Systems development and management is mandatory. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.