QA Manager OMS

Duties and Responsibilities

• Learn, apply and promote the Vision, Mission, and Values of O’Neal Steel.

• Effectively communicate quality goals and objectives to plant personnel and lead achievement efforts.

• Manage QA department activities to ensure that resources are effectively utilized and customer goals and deadlines are routinely met.

• Develop and deploy development plans for QA personnel to ensure department is functioning at a high level.

• Staff and equip the QA function for all critical quality functions including product inspection, metrology, auditing, process control, and continual improvement such that customer requirements and expectations are met.

• Communicate effectively and proactively with customers to ensure problems are addressed and impact to OMS is mitigated.

• Lead plant PPAP activities and coordinate with other plant staff to ensure seamless product launches.

• Investigate root cause and implement permanent corrective actions for all customer complaints.

• Respond to customer corrective action requests in a timely fashion and in the format required. (5-Why, 8-D etc.)

• Ensure that corrective actions are initiated in MQ1, root causes are identified, and countermeasures are deployed and effective for internal and external quality issues.

• Oversee the containment process when problems are encountered so as to mitigate the impact of the problem throughout the supply chain.

• Conduct statistical capability studies on parts / processes and utilize the data to make process / equipment improvement recommendations.

• Evaluate and implement measurement tools to assist in the production of a quality product.

• Administer the company Layered Process Audit (LPA) program to drive improvement in product and process quality and overall customer satisfaction.

• Write and implement work instructions to prevent the manufacture of defective products.

• Identify and implement quality gates to prevent defects from being passed to the next process.

Skills and Qualifications

• Must have or be pursuing a Bachelors or Associates degree in a related technical field or have equivalent related experience.

• 5 or more years of relevant quality experience working in a manufacturing environment.

• Prior experience managing an ISO9001 based quality management system.

• 3 or more years’ experience supervising/managing people.

• Experience working with automotive core tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, and MSA).