Quality Control Supervisor

The Quality Control Supervisor is responsible for the performance of the inspection team. This position is a working management/leadership position.

Responsibilities

Production Support:

• Assess daily workloads and priorities and assign work to inspectors.
• Oversee and assist inspectors to assure that assignments are completed in a timely manner, with high quality.
• Establish metrics to measure the inspection team’s performance and use these metrics to determine manpower requirements and team performance improvement goals.
• Manage the nonconforming material control and disposition process and assure that nonconforming product is dispositioned accurately and in a timely manner.
• Escort NDE Personnel and ensure they have needed information to complete operations. Serve as primary contact for onsite vendor related to inspections.
• Work with project management team to ensure proper NDE scheduling.
• Determine inspection equipment needs for both manufacturing and inspection. Review needed equipment at project kickoff.
• Establish inspection methods and procedures and assure the personnel are familiar with and operating in compliance to these methods and procedures.
  
  

Calibration of Measuring Devices:

• Develop and manage the calibration requirements of all measuring devices of the company.
• Ensure all measuring devises are available at the point of use, are within their calibration limits, and are properly cared for.
• Work with calibration vendors and supply chain to make sure all devices are calibrate properly with certifications.
• Participate in implementing company strategic plan goals, quality program initiatives, safety objectives, continuous improvement efforts, lean manufacturing techniques, good housekeeping practices, corrective action implementation, quick changeover initiatives, and other company-wide initiatives at improving productivity and increasing profitability.
• Develop and conduct training for all employees on the proper use, handling and care of all precision measuring devices.
  
  

Develop and conduct training for all employees on the proper use, handling and care of all precision measuring devices.

Required Skills and Experience:

• High School Diploma, or GED.
• Preferred: A College degree in Quality, Manufacturing Business Administration, Engineering or related field and/or the equivalent combination of education with 5 years industry experience. Additional training in the quality functions, sciences, disciplines to include 6-sigma desired
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years leadership experience as a Quality Control Supervisor in a manufacturing organization.
• Thorough understanding of measuring devices and their calibration requirements.
• Experienced in training and educating mechanical technicians in the proper use of inspection tools, use and care.
• Knowledgeable of Quality standards, references, guidelines and can interpret those standards to best fit our culture and climate.
• Participated in and understands the requirements to ISO 9001:2015 and/or API
• Experience with NDE techniques including MT, PT, RT, UT, AUT and visual inspection.
• Familiarity with welding and welding inspection.
• Experienced in interpreting technical standards.
• Must be able to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization both orally and through written procedures and policies.
• Understanding of and can promote process improvement, developing standards, managing processes supporting manufacturing methods and procedures.
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  
  

Work Environment/Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The ability to work planned and unplanned overtime.
• On-Site presence is required.
• This position will require working primarily indoors in a smoke-free office and manufacturing facility but may also require the employee to be outdoors approximately 20% of time.
• Limited travel will be required to support offsite personnel and business projects.
• Occasional assignments may include evening or weekend shifts as necessary.
• The noise level is usually moderate. Employee will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts.

Candidates are required to be authorized to work in the United States. All employees must be able to comply with the company Drug and Alcohol Policy, which includes participation in Company random drug testing. Employment is subject to background checks appropriate to the position.