Quality Manager
On-site · Mason City, Iowa, United States
Job Summary
Quality Manager leads the company's quality functions, developing, implementing, and maintaining a strategic quality system in manufacturing. Responsibilities include establishing and sustaining ISO 9001 compliant quality processes, collaborating with customers and suppliers on quality requirements, leading RMA reductions, supporting APQP, defining KPIs, organizing product-quality training, and driving data analysis to improve quality performance across the plant. Requires a 4-year degree in a related field and 5-7 years of quality leadership/engineering experience in manufacturing, with strong tools knowledge (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC) and metrology expertise; ASQ certification and Six Sigma credentials are advantageous; experience with ISO9001 and related quality systems (ISO14001, ITAR, AS9100, TS16942, ISO14981) and continuous improvement methodologies is preferred.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Quality Sciences, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5-7 years of progressive experience in Quality Management leadership and Quality Engineering within a manufacturing or process environment
- Strong preference for quality-related experience in a manufacturing/foundry setting
- 4-year degree in a relevant field
- Proficiency with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC
- Experience deploying statistical quality methods including sampling plans, DOE, Cpk
- Metrology proficiency with calipers, micrometers, hardness testing, x-rays, CMM
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and establish quality standards
- Experience with ISO9001 Quality Management System
- ASQ Quality Engineer certification is advantageous
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification is a plus
- Experience with ISO14001, ITAR, AS9100, TS16942, ISO14981 quality systems
- Familiarity with continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, kaizen, lean)
Desired Qualifications
- ASQ Quality Engineer certification is advantageous
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification is a plus
- Experience with ISO14001, ITAR, AS9100, TS16942, ISO14981 quality systems
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