What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Manager - MB position at Aebi Schmidt North America?
Quality Manager
At MB, an Aebi Schmidt brand located in Chilton, WI, we pride ourselves on innovation, collaboration, and dedication to excellence. As part of the Aebi Schmidt Group, we are committed to delivering superior solutions to our customers as well as providing rewarding career opportunities.
Position
The Quality Manager oversees all programs and processes to ensure that company products are built in accordance with customer and company quality requirements while maintaining production flow.
Responsibilities
Report and present on accurate and timely financial information for various stakeholders including management, creditors and other interested persons who rely on financial information. This includes working on annual financial reporting, organizational revenue/expense reporting, development and monitoring of organizational budgets.
- Reviews all design drawings and changes, operation sheets, process procedures, test procedures, procurement documents, quality manuals, and inspection analyses to ensure that the division's and customer's quality requirements are met on assigned products, programs, areas, and functions.
- Leads Quality Team and Steering Committee to implement standardized quality initiatives.
- Provides support to his or her assigned operation group including visual aids and inspection analyses and includes a key role serving as “referee” in making “accept” or “reject” decisions.
- Provides support to the Design Engineering group on engineering hardware, to the Customer Service Department on the analysis of hardware returned from the field, and to the Purchasing group for procurements.
- Reviews quality trends based on quality data system information and interaction with inspectors and production personnel, and participates in the generation and implementation of defect-reduction programs for his or her assigned product or program.
- Assists in identifying the root causes of a problem and instituting corrective action such as changes to operation sheets, generation of “Engineering Change Requests, installation of fixtures, changes in workstations, changes to inspection analyses and changes to process procedures.
- Evaluates discrepant hardware in accordance with quality requirements,and determines its disposition.
- Interacts with representatives from a variety of functional groups, including design engineering, manufacturing engineering, purchasing, and all production and inspection personnel in the assigned product or program area.
- Provides recommendations to improve procedures that apply to quality and other functions, such as configuration management and operations functions.
- Reviews quality trends to prevent or reduce defects, determine problem causes, and initiate actions to correct them, convincing others of the validity of potential solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in quality control/assurance preferred or 4 years related experience in R&D, quality control/assurance.
- 4 years of related experience in Manufacturing environment.
Benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Time Off (PTO) Program
- Paid Holidays
- Reimbursement for Select Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
