About This Role
This role involves leading the quality function across two manufacturing sites for an established metals manufacturer in the Inland Empire. The Quality Manager will be responsible for planning, directing, and executing quality standards, ensuring compliance, overseeing various quality functions, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Plan, direct, and execute quality standards for products, production processes, inspection, and lab testing
- Ensure compliance with customer specifications, industry standards, and the company's QMS
- Oversee quality assurance, metallurgical testing, process monitoring, and supplier and equipment qualification
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and lead a team
- Lead and supervise the Quality and Metallurgy teams across both plants
- Set annual departmental objectives for safety, efficiency, and cost reduction
- Own customer quality satisfaction, including claims, technical support, and contract specification reviews
- Develop and monitor casting, homogenization, production, and inspection processes to meet customer and industry specifications
- Use SPC and metallurgical testing to control processes, investigate non-conformances, and drive improvement
- Qualify and monitor equipment, raw materials, instruments, tooling, and suppliers, including HO and SAT surveys
- Oversee QC and ultrasonic (UT) inspection systems, calibration, traceability, and Gage R&R
- Manage safety, cleanliness, and sample traceability in the QA and Metallurgy labs
- Maintain procedures, work instructions, and records per ISO/QMS requirements
- Report quality performance and production recoveries to upper management
Requirements
- B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- 6+ years in aluminum casting or management-level metallurgy
- Experience with current ISO quality management standards
- Strong root cause analysis, process mapping, and CAPA skills
- Strong technical writing and presentation skills with managers, customers, and clients
- Solid grasp of statistics and applied math
- Practical problem-solver comfortable with limited standardization
Nice to have:
- Ultrasonic testing (AMS-STD-2154), OES spectrometry (ASTM E1251), and sampling standards (ASTM E716, AMS 2355)
- Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and Six Sigma Green Belt
- Familiarity with forging, grain size (ASTM E112), liquid penetrant testing (ASTM E1417), and metallographic etching
Benefits
- Vacation / Sick Pay / Holiday Pay
