Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager

Hexagon Purus is a global leader in zero emission mobility solutions for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles, buses, maritime, rail, aerospace, and backup power solutions, storage and distribution.

With a legacy of 60 years developing clean fuel systems, we are a growing global team of over 500 employees, with presence in Norway, Germany, Canada, USA and China. Hexagon Purus is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Being in the heart of energy transformation, we lead with purpose, and our goal setting is aligned with our people and our shared mission to drive the transition to zero-emission mobility.

Join us on our innovative journey and work toward a clean energy future!

Hexagon Purus is currently seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for our Mobility and Infrastructure business unit in Westminster, MD. 

The Quality Assurance Manager has the overall responsibility to ensure that every product manufactured by the Company meets customer expectations and industry standards. The Quality Manager is responsible for managing the quality team including quality engineers and inspectors. This position interfaces with both internal and external
contacts and serves as the Company’s quality liaison with both the customer and supplier base.

Responsibilities Include:

• Support the development and launch of new products through effective and proactive product quality planning. 
• Assist manufacturing operations to quickly and permanently resolve quality issues as they arise.
• Take a lead role in completing preventive and corrective actions, for both internal and external customer issues.
•  Plan, oversee and analyze process capability studies and gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) studies.
• Create and implement control plans
• Perform internal Quality Management System and process audits.
• Evaluate the capability and performance of new and existing suppliers through regular communication and on-site audits and assessments.
• Interface with customers on quality issues.  Coordinate containment and improvement actions to resolve issues in a timely manner. 
• Review engineering specifications, drawings and work instructions, for fulfillment
  of customer requirements.
• Represent the Quality Team as a point of contact for daily operational support. 

As a leader, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and you model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. You develop trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement, and respond vigorously to change.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering field with 5 years’ management experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment. (7 years of applicable experience in-lieu of degree may be considered)
• Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and Statistical Process Control (SPC)   
• Ability to interpret and understand complex engineering drawings and flow charts
• Previous budget management experience
• Must be United States citizen, lawful permanent resident or otherwise eligible to work in the United States  
• Travel approximately10% of the time within the US and internationally 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional organization involvement, such as American Society for Quality (ASQ), Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Association for Operations Management (APICS), Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), or other related
• Previous creation of AIAG (or similar) Control Plans
• Application of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methods
• Experience with Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Development and Analysis of Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Development and Analysis of Gage Repeatability& Reproducibility (Gage R&R) studies
• Six Sigma, or alternatively Total Quality Management (TQM), methodology/tools
• Lean methodology/tools such as mistake-proofing (poke-yoke), value stream mapping (VSM), and Kaizen
• Experience with Material Review Board (MRB)

Physical Demand and Work Environment: 
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 sit for long periods of time at a computer and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee is moderately required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel or crouch; talk and hear.  The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. 
 
Must be able to travel up to 10%. This position may work in the plant and outdoors in the field, therefore subject to all weather conditions sometimes include extreme cold and heat. The work described while working in the plant or field will require wearing all PPE depending on circumstance which may include safety glasses, hard hat, ear protection, leather gloves, safety vest and protective toed footwear.

Salary : $120,000