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Scot Forge · 23 hours ago

Corporate Process Quality Manager

Spring Grove, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Scot Forge is a 130 year old, 100% employee-owned company that manufactures custom open die and rolled ring forgings. The Corporate Process Quality Manager is responsible for leading initiatives to improve process control and quality culture while providing technical direction for manufacturing departments and implementing sustainable process improvements on the shop floor.

Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Be the visible leader in driving the quality culture; direct hands-on engagement at all levels and stages of the implementation and execution. This action includes coordinating quality cultural expectations into organization development and training efforts

Promote the Use of Quality Tools: be an advocate for the use of core quality tools, processes, and problem-solving events throughout the organization to drive improvement in Quality performance on the production floor

Support and enhance the Scot Forge Corrective Act in Request (CAR) System by building teams and establishing buy-in for improvement activities

Cross-Department Collaboration: effectively interact with production, sales and engineering teams to determine critical part features and review manufacturability of design. Make recommendations to modify customer part specifications and tolerances as necessary to support cost effective production

Ensure appropriate technical support resources are available and utilized to support quality improvement initiatives including facilitation, statistical analysis, and 6-sigma tools

Assist the Director of Quality and Corporate Quality Assurance Team with internal, external Supplier Quality Audits, and layered process audits

Specific Process Ownership: responsible for implementation and maintenance of internal quality systems that support our business, including, but not limited to: Non-conformance control, Deviation system, Corrective Action Systems

Provide leadership activities in developing and maintaining company-wide quality metrics including Daily Collaboration Meetings

Organize appropriate resources to address real time in-process quality problems that need resolution

Provide engineering support to operations to ensure the consistent application of quality techniques are applied during the investigation and resolution of non-conformances or process issues

Participate in the development of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and control plans for key processes and customer projects

Participate in the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) activities to determine appropriate use of existing and new measurement systems and tools during new product or process design and startup

Maintains quality employee results by coaching, counseling, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results for direct reports or interns as assigned

Qualification

Certified Quality EngineerSix Sigma Black BeltQuality Assurance LeadershipAPQPFMEALean ToolsRoot Cause AnalysisMetallurgyValue Stream Mapping8-D Problem Solving