This is a great opportunity to step into a highly visible Quality leadership role supporting one of nVent's growing operations. You'll have the chance to shape the site's quality strategy, build and develop a team, and make a direct impact on product performance and customer satisfaction.
Located in
Hitchcock, Texas (just outside Houston), this site offers the best of both worlds - a close-knit, team-oriented environment with access to the broader Houston area.
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:- Own the site's quality system - audits, ISO compliance, procedures, and continuous improvement
- Lead and develop the quality team (supervisors, technicians, and inspectors)
- Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions to resolve issues quickly and prevent recurrence
- Partner with operations to improve performance - reducing scrap, rework, and variation
- Oversee inspections, testing, and quality metrics to ensure consistent product performance
- Act as the point of contact for customer quality concerns, returns, and escalations
- Build and deliver training to strengthen quality awareness across the plant
- Provide clear updates and insights to plant and corporate leadership
YOU HAVE:- Bachelor's degree (engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related) or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience leading quality in a manufacturing or construction environment
- Strong working knowledge of ISO standards and audits
- Proven experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions (CAPA, 8D, etc.)
- Leadership experience managing teams and driving accountability
- Ability to analyze data and turn it into actionable improvements
- Experience handling customer quality issues
Nice to have:- Certifications (CQE, CQA, Six Sigma, Lean)
- ISO Lead Auditor experience
WE HAVE:- A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
- Benefits to support the lives of our employees
Benefit OverviewAt nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
- A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan - both include a company match.
- Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.
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