Quality Assurance Manager

Company overview

The Hol-Mac Companies are family owned, and driven by family values. Hol-Mac Corporate Headquarters and Corporate offices remains in its founding location of Bay Springs, Mississippi, with other manufacturing facilities located throughout Mississippi. We proudly remain American made and American owned.

Our vision statement: "Do It Right"

Hol-Mac Corporation specializes in excellent steel fabrications and manufacturing, for some of the world’s largest Original Equipment Manufacturers, as well as our own Proprietary Brand product lines. With seven state of the art facilities, Hol-Mac Corporation is committed to providing excellent products while supporting American manufacturing.

Job Description

The Quality Manager will manage the Quality team, which includes the Weld Inspection Department. This team supports the Pac-Mac production team in ensuring that in-process material and finished product leaving the Pac-Mac plant meets or exceeds internal and external quality standards.

The Quality Manager must exhibit and proactively motivate others in the behaviors of the Hol-Mac Production System (HPS):

• Teamwork - welcomes an environment of a team approach that reflects the QA team’s strengths
• Accountable – celebrates our successes, learn from failures, avoid excuses, and own the outcomes of our efforts
• Determined – takes initiative, share ideas and find solutions to win and achieve our goals
• Transparent – promotes open and honest communication and constructive feedback for clarity and truth

The ideal Candidate must have the skills necessary for managing our Quality Systems in an ISO 9001 qualified facility. The Candidate will be an integral member of the Pac-Mac facilities Operations Team, and will utilize their experience, structure, and personal character to embody the key behaviors of the Hol-Mac Production System; Teamwork, Accountable,  Determined, Transparent. The Candidate will also be responsible for managing a talented team of individuals, with tenured industry knowledge.

Essential Functions

• Operate as the key Stakeholder of the Quality Management System, which operates under ISO 9001, and HPS.
• Run the Business by tracking annual budgets and monthly KPIs, investigating customer complaints and ensuring root cause corrective measures adequately address deficiencies within the production and quality systems
• Improve the Business by ensuring new products and processes are deployed successfully, identify key technological improvements to improve first-pass yield while reducing downtime, and accelerate process refinements that result in improved product performance in the field
• Regularly work with Plant Engineering, Maintenance, R&D Engineering, Procurement, and other functional groups to address risks and opportunities for the Pac-Mac manufacturinhg facility.
• Act as the liaison to internal and external suppliers to identify non-conformities and solutions in upstream processes
• Represent Hol-mac (Pac-Mac) in the presence of Customers and End Users, acting with professionalism and proper etiquette, while utilizing business acumen to solve problems and offer solutions
• Drive the use of the Hol-Mac Production System Pillars to document Problem Solving and measure the effectiveness of solutions
• Active participant in the implementation of the Hol-Mac way. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Project Management skills or PMP certification
• Six Sigma (Lean) Background Preferred
• Weld knowledge preferred
• Truck assembly knowledge a plus

Experience And Skill Requirements

• Safety Focused Actions at all times in the workplace
• 5-10 years of manufacturing experience, some management experience preferred
• QMS Management Experience – ISO 9001
• Superior computer skills
• Familiarity with ERP Systems, data extraction, and data analysis
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing tools and concepts around VSM, 5S, 5Why, 8D, and Rapid Problem-Solving
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for interaction with employees ranging from the production floor to executive management
• Leadership skills to develop a workforce through reward and recognition, coaching, and corrective action
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and react to changing and heightened priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Quality System Internal Auditor experience
• 3-5 years Quality Engineering
• 3-5 years of Management/Supervisory experience

• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability