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Quality Manager role overseeing product/process quality and ISO compliance at Virginia Panel Company in Waynesboro, VA. You’ll lead the quality audit/testing function, own customer and supplier quality interactions, and drive continuous improvement using SPC and Lean methods. Standout perk: direct people leadership with a defined quality/CI mandate across the business.
Key skills
ISO complianceQuality auditingSPC data collection and analysis8D problem solvingLean principles (Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, product flow)QA testing lab equipment managementSupplier quality managementMicrosoft Office SuiteManufacturing and database softwareNet-Inspect (preferred)
Salary not listed — comparable Quality Manager roles in Waynesboro/VA manufacturing typically pay about $85k–$120k depending on experience and industry.
You'll thrive here if you enjoy leading a small quality team while owning ISO compliance, customer/supplier quality, and hands-on continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.
Why apply
- Lead and develop quality team
- Own ISO and customer audits
- Drive Lean and SPC improvements
SUMMARY: Ensures the quality and ISO compliance of products/processes and manages/coordinates the activities of employees engaged in the quality auditing of production or processing of goods. Establishes quality-control guidelines and testing procedures.
Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Quality and ISO Compliance
- Ensure company's compliance to Quality & ISO standards.
- Represent the company in response to customer quality inquiries, surveys and audits.
- Cooperates with other top management personnel in formulating and establishing quality policies and quality goals.
- Coordinates functions and operations between departments and recommends solutions to problems or changes in procedures.
- Visits and confers with suppliers to assure supply chain quality.
- Product Testing and Verification
- Ensures that VPC products (new and existing) are properly verified to meet performance expectations.
- Visits and confers with customers to troubleshoot and solve quality issues.
- Manage QA testing lab equipment and testing task list.
- Communicates problems, significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management
- Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards (Rudimentary understanding- training)
- Continuous Improvement
- Leads team in proactively improving quality systems and implementing quality improvements to meet company's quality goals (i.e. scrap $'s and PPM).
- Champions the use of a disciplined approach to problem solving (8-D's, MBF's).
- Drive SPC data collection and analysis for capability improvement.
- Improve company's delivery performance, efficiency, and throughput through the utilization of Lean Principles (Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, and Product Flow).
- Participate in QOS process to improve costs.
- Champion the development of understanding QOS at all levels.
- Vendor Relations
- Communicates problems, significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management.
- Application of SPC software
Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Directly supervises 4 employees within the Quality department.
- Indirectly supervises 4 employees within the Quality department.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree (BA) in Engineering or technical field, and/or five to ten years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Computer skills required: Microsoft Office Suite, internet, email, manufacturing software, database software
- Experience with Net-Insepct preferred