Americas Quality Manager

Are you passionate about ensuring top-tier product quality and driving continuous improvement? Under the general mentorship of the Global Director of Quality, the Americas Quality Manager will be responsible for improving out-of-box quality performance across North American manufacturing sites, improving supplier quality, and overseeing the maintenance and continuous improvement of quality management systems.

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:


* Mentor, guide, and support North America sites' quality managers


* Facilitate continuous improvement activities (i.e., Root Cause Analysis) focusing on Operational Excellence metrics, First Pass Yields, and ISO and Certification audit results.


* Evaluate customer complaint trends and Supplier nonconformance trends to ensure all complaints and nonconformances have root causes, corrective and preventive measures in place


* Ensure continuous compliance to various quality management programs, ISO-9001, Nuclear, and IEC80079-3,4 and monitor site and product certifications to stay current


* Drive internal audit program at sites by facilitating and engaging in audits as needed


* Review opportunities for automation on inspection and validation


* Drive maintaining and improving training program for sites


* Assist in evaluating and implementing Inspection plans for sites


* Monitor quality dashboards and review trends and conduct site dashboard reviews ona  monthly basis

 
Who You Are:

You keep up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace.

You maintain a positive attitude and forward-thinking approach despite troubling circumstances or setbacks.

You contribute to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.

You separate and combine tasks into efficient and simple workflows.

You create competitive and breakthrough strategies that show a clear connection between vision and action.

 
For This Role, You Will Need:


* Bachelor's degree in Engineering 


* 6 or more years management/leadership quality experience in a manufacturing environment


* Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings


* Experience developing and implementing systems to demonstrate compliance with standards such as API, PED, FM, CSA, ATEX, IECEX, ASME, NACE, GOST, or customer specifications such as Shell-DEP


* Understanding of non-destructive testing techniques such as magnetic particle, dye penetrant, and UT


* Proven track record to lead in an environment requiring detailed quality certification document packages, full material traceability, and customer or third-party inspections


* Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
 

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:


* Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering 


* Experience in the manufacture of valves, actuators, or other quarter turn industr...