This position is accountable and responsible for managing the Quality Assurance/Quality Control activities including quality inspection, gage calibration, NDT special testing and floor inspections, quality control coordination with vendors, ensuring API, ISO, DNV, ABS and other source certifications, and managing general technical support for the business. This position reports to the Plant Manager and is involved with strategic decisions and operating policies affecting the Coraopolis SLB Technology Center. Major functions reporting to this position are Quality Assurance, Quality Control Inspection, Quality Control Coordination, and Technical Support.
Roles & Responsabilities- Responsible for developing a Quality Control organization to ensure that all products manufactured and purchased by the Technology Center meet the defined specifications and accountability standards. The organization will accomplish this goal by inspection, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting of results for corrective action. The field of activity includes vendor qualifications, manufacturing conformance, and customer warranties. This group also coordinates all customer inspection requirements.
- Organize staff and manage a competent Quality Assurance/Quality Control to provide directions for Quality to promote growth and profitability.
- Control the development, implementation, and maintenance of Quality activities including policies, procedures and programs.
- Ensure quality conformance throughout the operating Technology Center to minimize product liability exposure and loss. Act as plant spokesman as well as in-house technical authority on all product liability disputes and ensure compliance for certifying agency requirements to meet customer demands for all products.
- Provide timely resolution of product technical/quality problems in Manufacturing.
- Provide direction and duty assignments to subordinates to ensure efficient, timely inspections and smooth flow of material through operations.
- Render decisions for acceptance or rejection of questionable parts to achieve balance between quality demands of plant products and the expenses of high scrap rates.
- Develop and maintain a quality awareness throughout the organization and create a zero defect atmosphere to support customer quality expectations.
- This position should effectively communicate plan updates and metrics to team members as appropriate.
Education & Experience - Bachelor's degree, Engineering degree, Associates Degree in Quality Control Technology, or equivalent years of experience in a related field of study.
- Minimum of 5+ years of Quality experience and/or experience in Manufacturing equivalent. Managerial experience of not less than three years is required in quality control for manufacturing-related activities.
- Must be a US Citizen
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