Quality Manager
Wieland North America · Warwick, RI
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $67k–$84k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Metals
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Wieland North America (metals) in Warwick, RI. To lead root cause investigations and determine effective corrective and preventative actions.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause
- Base pay
- $67k–$84k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Rhode Island: typical posted base $75k–$127k. This one lists $67k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 10 quality engineer openings in Rhode Island, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Rhode Island plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 9 other live quality postings in Rhode Island.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 70%
- ISO 9001 60%
- AS9100 40%
- CAPA 30%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 30%
- FMEA 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- 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?
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Responsibilities
Quality Manager
Responsibilities
- ◆Demonstrate “Safety Excellence” by complying with all safety and rules/processes and supporting the Safety Elements; contribute to the overall Safety culture of the organization.
- ◆Maintain the ISO quality system and meet customer Automotive and Electronic
requirements
through various initiatives including training and updating to ensure compliance.
- ✓Prepare annual Strategic Quality Plan to document and communicate current objectives within each department related to quality, on-time performance and overall customer satisfaction.
- ✓Collaborate with customers on ongoing quality or improvement issues to assist customer in elimination actual or perceived problems, reduce customer cost, and improve customer perception on our product reliability.
- ✓Lead management team in identifying root cause of customer complaints, verify and implement corrective action to eliminate recurring customer complaint and reduce the cost of non-conformance.
- ✓Represent Wieland Global Services (WGS ) with competency from a technical/quality standpoint in dealing with customers (internal and external), suppliers and subcontractors.
- ✓Prepare Quality Reports, Work Instructions, SOP drafts, visual aids, and other quality-related documentation as required.
- ✓Utilize problem-solving concepts, principles, and tools such as A3/8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa diagram, etc. to lead root cause investigations and determine effective corrective and preventative actions.
- ✓Other related duties as required in support of the WMS QMS and business goals/objectives.
Quality Manager
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
- ✓2+ years of Quality Management experience.
- ✓ISO/QS experience.
- ✓Experience in metallurgy and/or technical training.
- ✓Provide leadership and guidance of Laboratory Technicians and Quality Coordinator.
- ✓Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- ✓Knowledge of metal industry preferred.
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Overview
Wieland - Creating Value for Generations!
Wieland is a global leader in copper and copper alloy manufacturing, processing, and distribution. We provide a large product and service portfolio including power, automotive, ammunition, coinage, construction materials, refrigeration, electronics and many other industries. To us, metal is more than material.
Wieland's Cultural Values
Wieland’s culture is what makes for a fun and rewarding place to work! As a company, we benefit daily from our employees' knowledge and abilities. With our cultural vision, we place our core values at the heart of everything we do: safety , ambition , optimism , reliability , ownership , diversity , & respect .
Wieland is hiring a Quality Manager . The Quality Manager will be responsible for managing the quality system to maintain the company's registered certification, to enhance the continuous process and to increase customer satisfaction at both Warwick, RI and Waterbury, CT locations. The role located in Warwick, RI and will be fully on-site.
At Wieland, we recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, our ranges reflect our good faith estimate to pay fairly. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be based upon various factors unique to each individual that may include but are not limited to years of experience, industry knowledge, technical skills, education, qualifications, etc.
Joining Wieland’s team gives you…
- •Benefits - Starting on Day 1! Including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life & more!
- •Retirement Savings - 401(k) contribution + match.
- •Work/Life Balance - Paid Vacation & Holidays.
- •Growth Opportunities - We have over 9,000+ employees worldwide and 40+ locations in North America alone. Growth opportunities are limitless!
- •Wellness Programs – Wieland encourages participation in our unique and personalized approach to wellness, where you are eligible to earn healthcare premium discounts as well as HSA employer contributions based on your status within the program.
- •Sustainability - Wieland continues to break ground with eco-friendly solutions and push the barrier in sustainability for future generations .