Quality Assurance Manager - 365429

MAU is hiring a Quality Assurance Manager at our client in Morristown, TN. As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will provide leadership for quality assurance and quality control functions, lead the team, and ensure the Customer Specific Requirements are met, which includes the authority to stop production if CSRs are not met. This is a direct-hire opportunity.

Benefits Package

• Competitive pay
• 401k matching
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off

Shift Information

• 1st shift, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of related direct supervisory experience
• Knowledge and experience in quality systems and standards, blueprints and tolerance standards, metrology, and materials science

General Requirements

• Leadership skills with ability to motivate large groups
• Positive attitude, highly motivated, and high energy level
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to promote a team environment
• Solid problem solving skills using a variety of statistical and root cause tools
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Excellent organizational skills that promote efficiency and leadership
• Budget preparation and control experience
• Ability to correct negative behavior fairly and consistently
• Flexibility with working hours, overtime and travel required

Preferred Requirements

• High-volume manufacturing experience with machining, assembly, or die casting
• Tier-1 automotive industry experience

Essential Functions

• Lead and monitor primary functions of quality assurance and quality control functions including acting as management representative for customer and quality system requirements, facilitating product validation, receiving inspection, calibration and conformance test systems, and supporting daily priorities
• Develop strategy to satisfy customers, shareholders, and team members
• Participate as key member of the leadership team helping to set direction for organization and support continual improvement
• Observe departmental performance, analyze cause and effect, and take appropriate action
• Develop and be accountable to operating plan and financial commitments
• Communicate operating plan targets, action plans, and status on a regular basis to all members
• Promote continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance through Kaizen and leading positive change
• Support staff, specialists, and team members by providing training, instruction, and leadership with regards to their personal growth and job performance
• Support JNA initiatives for synergistic systems that will benefit the company in total
• Perform other tasks as required

Supervisory Responsibility

• Responsible for supervising employees in accordance with policies and procedures

Work Environment or Working Conditions

• Work is mostly performed in a normal office setting with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards, and with substantial time spent working on a computer
• May occasionally require exposure to manufacturing areas which require the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as safety glasses with side shields and mandatory hearing protection

Physical Demands
This position may require the following to be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate computer keyboard and other office equipment

Travel

• 10% - 20% travel by automobile and plane required approximately

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MAU Workforce Solutions staffs excellent, effective people for their partners, allowing them to focus on their core competencies. Headquartered in Augusta, GA since 1973, MAU is a family-owned, minority company making lives better for applicants, clients, and employees through innovative workforce solutions. Today, with Branch and vendor on premise locations across the South and recruiting partners worldwide, MAU has global capabilities to help with all staffing, recruiting, and outsourcing needs.