Quality Control Manager

Job Title: Quality Control Manager

Location: Menomonee falls, WI

Job Type: Full-time

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Stop production if serious product defects are present.
• Review and update standard operating procedures or quality assurance manuals.
• Monitor performance of quality control systems to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
• Review quality documentation necessary for regulatory submissions and inspections.
• Analyze quality control test results and provide feedback and interpretation to production management or staff.
• Verify that raw materials, purchased parts or components, in-process samples, and finished products meet established testing and inspection standards. Oversee workers including supervisors, inspectors, or laboratory workers engaged in testing activities.
• Direct product testing activities throughout production cycles.
• Instruct staff in quality control and analytical procedures.
• Direct the tracking of defects, test results, or other regularly reported quality control data.
• Participate in the development of product specifications.
• Identify quality problems or areas for improvement and recommend solutions.
• Collect and analyze production samples to evaluate quality.
• Produce reports regarding nonconformance of products or processes, daily production quality, root cause analyses, or quality trends.
• Communicate quality control information to all relevant organizational departments, outside vendors, or contractors.
• Monitor development of new products to help identify possible problems for mass production. Identify critical points in the manufacturing process and specify sampling procedures to be used at these points.
• Create and implement inspection and testing criteria or procedures.
• Document testing procedures, methodologies, or criteria.
• Review statistical studies, technological advances, or regulatory standards and trends to stay abreast of issues in the field of quality control.
• Coordinate the selection and implementation of quality control equipment, such as inspection gauges.
• Generate and maintain quality control operating budgets.
• Instruct vendors or contractors on quality guidelines, testing procedures, or ways to eliminate deficiencies.
• Confer with marketing and sales departments to define client requirements and expectations.
• Evaluate new testing and sampling methodologies or technologies to determine usefulness.
• Review and approve quality plans submitted by contractors.
• Audit and inspect subcontractor facilities including external laboratories.

OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Prefer experienced Quality Department Leader with 5 years or greater.
• Must have great interpersonal skills to work with subordinates, peers, executive staffs.
• Understand and deals with ISO standards in a precision machining environment