Quality Manager

What you’ll do:

• Set and manage the USEV Quality Management System.  Implement the QMS to meet ISO/IATF, customer, and NGT requirements.
• Manage all shifts of the quality organization. Identify and correct internal quality problems.  Assure that quality objectives are achieved.
• Identify and implement countermeasures for customer complaints.
• Assure a safe working environment for all associates.  (Housekeeping / Organization Requirements)
• Assure that quality systems and procedures are maintained and effectively used by all associates.
• Manage quality budget, providing tooling (gauges) and resources in a timely, cost effective manner.
• Development and manage the Quality and Support Engineer functions which provides needed resources (e.g. inspection, gauging standard) to complement plant goals in a timely, cost effective manner.
• Direct Quality Engineering Planning as required by individual customer requirements, which provide concise assessment points, systematic control methods and utilize available systems for prioritizing direction.
• Direct Metallurgical area including:  receiving inspection of all engineering materials, non-destruction testing, in-process control and assessment of material condition, and development of operating parameters which insure quality and consistency of material properties in outgoing product.
• Manage and participate in activities related to new product introduction (MFR, PPAP, APQP) in a manner which bases decisions on statistical capabilities and plant objectives.
• Represent USEV in customer related communication on quality status, including corrective action responses, customer visits, quality presentations, PPAP and QAV status, customer certification and satisfaction surveys and follow-up on open issues.
• Develop and promote the use of effective problem solving techniques to gain improvements in all aspects of Quality, Engineering and Continuous Improvement.
• Provide training to associates in areas of NDT, visual inspection, metrology and metallurgy which improve current levels of knowledge and expertise and provide ongoing growth of associates.
• Develop and track key metrics that track organizational performance in scrap and customer concerns to identify trends.  Take corrective action as needed. 

Qualifications:

Required Basic Qualifications: 

• Minimum Bachelors Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in quality 
• Minimum one (1) year experience as a manager of people 
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.”

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Five (5) years or higher in quality 
• Experience in automotive manufacturing 
• Experience with machining, heat treatment and forging processes
• Expertise in Quality Management System standards, AIAG manuals 

Skills

• Position requires technical knowledge of entire valve manufacturing process including maintenance needs and quality systems.
• Must have working knowledge of SPC, CIT teams, Champion team, and TPM/5S teams.
• Administrative knowledge includes budgeting, forecasting, manpower planning, training techniques, human relation skills, supervisory techniques and wage administration.
• Knowledge of customer requirements, procedures, standards and product application.
• Quality discipline knowledge including:  sampling techniques, cost of quality, experimental design, SPC, audit systems, corrective actions and engineering activities.