Quality Assurance & Engineering Manager

Quality Assurance and Engineering Manager Job Description

The Quality Assurance and Engineering Manager will be responsible for leading the corporate product quality system, including setting corporate quality objectives, managing, and improving all aspects of the quality system, product quality, and documentation requirements for HDPE plastic pipe manufacturing.

JOB SUMMARY:

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Responsible for the management of our quality systems, procedures, and policies along the entire supply chain to ensure high quality products and total customer satisfaction.

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Assist the Sovereign Pipe Technologies Plant Manager with all production quality items as needed within established guidelines including startup of new products, new product lines, facilities, and expansion from a technical, equipment, and execution standpoint.

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Define, develop, and implement quality systems, procedures, work instructions, and forms.

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Collaborates with R&D Engineers and executes the quality tasks of the new product development process for verification/validation of new products, risk management, and quality control.

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Initiate the proper certification process and procedures to maintain compliance with industry standards. Participate in industry groups PPI, ASTM, and others to maintain up-to-date information on technical activities and supporting goals and positions in the market.

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Work with manufacturing to maintain consistent product and process improvements.

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Assure the highest level of quality for incoming and outgoing goods and services.

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Performs analysis for continuous improvement of quality.

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Coordinates the quality aspect of customer complaints and CPAR processes.

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Proficient in clearly communicating directions and in influencing personnel in adopting the best solutions, tools, working practices and promotes cooperation in defining the highest product quality.

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Manages the daily operations of the quality department to optimize safety, workforce knowledge, quality, costs, and strategic deadline achievement.

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Must work with limited supervision and be involved in and have input to project planning.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

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Manage the Quality Management System for compliance to complete company certifications including managing all aspects of internal audits, documentation, SOP’s, corrective and preventive actions.

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Perform internal audits, supplier, and vendor audits on a scheduled basis.

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Prepare and host customer visits and audits from other third parties.

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Maintain company calibration program, participate, and run Quality Management Reviews, make recommendations to senior management to improve quality systems.

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Ensure the promotion of awareness of customer requirements by collaborating with interdepartmental teams to ensure customer satisfaction.

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Train auditors and perform audits as required in compliance with SOP’s and QMS’s.

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Assist with solving performance and quality problems by interacting with all personnel to ensure that corrective and preventative actions in place.

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Write five phase and make sure that management is understanding and notified of any incidents in the plant or field.

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Promote the use of company best practices. Develop procedures and training materials in support of the Quality Management System requirements.

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Ensure all quality testing is performed to standards on incoming resins, color, burst, ribbon, ring, pressure, ash, print line, and packaging.

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Co-develop culture that has a disciplined systematic approach to "Risk Management" in the work practices involved in designing, building, operation and maintaining our facilities and infrastructure. SAFETY FIRST!

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Establish controls and action plans to mitigate gaps in performance. Assists in Lean, KPI, and other efficiency goals and processes including root cause analyses.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION:

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Knowledge of ISO 9001:2008 standard.

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API Q1 experience is strongly preferred.

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Microsoft Office, Internet, Other computer programs such as File maker or other database programs.

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BS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or related field required.

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Basic knowledge of computer functions and applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point.

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HDPE smooth wall pipe manufacturing environment experience preferred.

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Expertise with investigational tools such as fishbone diagram, brainstorming and pareto charts.

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Quality Manager and Quality Auditor certifications (CQM, CQA) are a plus.

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Use of ERP systems to support the quality system and quality initiatives

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