Silgan Closures is hiring a Quality Manager at our Richmond, IN plant. This position plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the integrity of our plant's Quality and Food Safety programs, driving continuous improvement, and supporting our commitment to delivering safe, high-quality products to our customers.

What You Will Do as the Quality Manager

• Lead all Plant Quality and Food Safety programs, including serving as SQF Practitioner. Ensure program integrity and communicate essential quality requirements to all relevant departments.
• Manage the Quality team, providing leadership, coaching, training, and development to 2-13 Quality Inspectors.
• Coordinate and maintain the Plant SPC Program, including Gainseeker system oversight. Partner with IT to troubleshoot and resolve SPC-related computer or software issues.
• Conduct quality audits across all departments to verify proper safeguards, compliance with standards, and alignment with SQF and GMP expectations.
• Investigate customer complaints, communicate customer needs to internal teams, and partner with operations to drive accountability in quality ownership.
• Make decisions on non-standard or suspect products, using structured problem-solving tools to address issues both in-plant and at customer locations.
• Prepare Certificates of Analysis for customers who require them.
• Lead plant Continuous Improvement efforts, working with operations to reduce variability, improve processes, and optimize raw material usage (plastisol, coatings, etc.).
• Maintain all quality systems and tools, including gages, computers, calibration equipment, and software.
• Manage the Quality budget and support capital or process-related projects tied to quality initiatives.
• Review and monitor SPC data by shift and line, ensure data accuracy and completeness, and drive timely corrective actions.
• Oversee plant and customer audits to ensure readiness and successful outcomes.
• Perform additional quality-related responsibilities as assigned.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Quality, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent industrial experience.
• Minimum of six (6) years of industrial experience in quality, manufacturing, engineering, or a technical field.
• Strong knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC), Continuous Improvement, and quality systems management.
• Experience with ISO 9000, SQF, GMP, and other quality or food safety standards.
• Proficiency with Windows, ERP systems, spreadsheets, and data analysis tools.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, engineering, and customers.
• Strong project management capability and the ability to solve complex problems.
• Desire to grow into larger operations or manufacturing management roles, including relocating to other plants across the country.

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an "at-will" basis.