Quality Manager

Your Job

Guardian Industries is looking for a talented Quality Manager to join our team in Richburg, SC!

In this role, you are responsible for implementing quality assurance for products, projects and processes across the plant.

You will lead company initiatives related to quality within the plant and will proactively identify and mitigate customer dissatisfaction, defects, and cycle time risks through advanced planning and use of quality management principles.

What You Will Do


* Manage quality related issues and actively solve quality problems


* Partner with our production team to identify and close quality gaps and implement improvements


* Perform spot checks for specific projects and make recommendations for correction


* Monitor project performance in cooperation with the Project Manager/Product Owner and ensure that preventive and corrective actions have been implemented


* Create/update quality processes as required


* Coach team members on the use of quality processes, tools, metrics, etc.


* Investigate, select and facilitate use of new quality methods and tools


* Ensure compliance with specifications and quality standards


* Apply standardized tools including FMEA, Pareto Charts, and 8D Root Cause Analysis


* Drive knowledge sharing by capturing best practices and lessons learned


* Support and coach other quality specialists

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience in a quality related role within a manufacturing setting


* Experience using standard quality tools (8D, DMAIC, FMEA, multiple RCA techniques)


* Experience leading and motivating a team

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree in Engineering


* Experience with quality improvement techniques (Six Sigma, Lean, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen)


* Statistical analysis experience

This role is not open to visa sponsorship.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions.

We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications.

You'll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in...