Site Quality Leader (Quality Manager)

@ Georg Fischer Signet LLC
Georg Fischer Signet LLCgeorgfischersignetllc.com

Site Quality Leader (Quality Manager)

Irwindale, CA
Posted 5 days ago

About the job

Global manufacturing firm seeking a Site Quality Leader to oversee quality assurance, control, compliance, and team development, ensuring operational excellence.

Requirements

  • Strong knowledge of QMS and manufacturing quality
  • Experience managing customer complaints
  • Leadership and stakeholder management skills
  • Familiarity with ISO standards and audits
  • Proficiency in quality tools and data analysis

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related
  • 8-10 years quality leadership experience
  • Experience in regulated manufacturing environments
  • ASQ certifications preferred
  • Proven success in quality improvement

Full job description

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:  

▪ Lead all site quality functions including Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Supplier

Quality, Customer Quality, NPI/NPD Quality and Compliance activities, serving as the

primary point of contact for all quality matters at the site.

▪ Drive quality performance improvements by analyzing key metrics, leading root cause

investigations, implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and reducing

customer complaints, nonconformances, scrap, and cost of poor quality. 

▪ Ensure ongoing compliance with ISO 9/14/45001, environmental requirements,

customer specifications, corporate standards, and applicable regulatory requirements

through audits, management reviews, and quality system effectiveness. 

▪ Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Product Management, Supply

Chain, and Customer Service to improve processes, support new product introductions,

qualify suppliers, and resolve quality issues quickly and effectively. 

▪ Develop and lead the quality team through coaching, training, performance

management, and continuous improvement initiatives, fostering a culture of

accountability, operational excellence, and customer focus.

▪ Complete Role Standard Work and deliver all other duties as assigned. 


Required Skills/Abilities:

▪ Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

▪ Working knowledge of GD&T standards

▪ Excellent computer skills and data analysis/data mining capability.

▪ Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems (ISO 9/14/45001) and manufacturing

quality principles. 

▪ Expertise in Root Cause Analysis methodologies such as 8D, A3, 5 Why, Fishbone, and

CAPA. 

▪ Experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC), process validation, risk management,

and quality metrics. 

▪ Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability

to influence across all levels of the organization.                                                      

▪ Strong problem-solving and project management capabilities with a data-driven

approach to decision-making. 

▪ Proficiency in quality tools, ERP systems, and Microsoft Office applications. 

▪ Ability to lead customer audits, supplier audits, and regulatory inspections


Education and Experience:

▪ Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related technical

discipline.

▪ Minimum of 8–10 years of progressive quality leadership experience within a

manufacturing environment.

▪ Proven experience managing customer complaints, supplier quality programs, corrective

actions, and quality audits.

▪ Demonstrated success leading quality improvement initiatives that deliver measurable

business results.

▪ Experience working in regulated manufacturing environments (UL, NSF, LR) and

supporting cross-functional operational excellence initiatives.

▪ ASQ certifications (CQE, CMQ/OE, CQA, 6-sigma black belt) preferred.

▪ Experience with sensors, instrumentation, valves, flow measurement devices, or

industrial manufacturing industries is highly desirable.


Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

▪ While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands

to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.

▪ The employee is frequently required to sit.

▪ The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and drive

▪ The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or

move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  

▪ Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color

vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

▪ While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes

or airborne particles. 

▪ The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 


Pay:  

  • $123k - 154K (depending on experience) + Bonus

Benefits of Working for Georg Fischer:

  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)

  • 120 hours of paid time off annually (combined PTO and sick leave accruals)

  • Generous 401(k) match: Company matches 50% of employee contributions up to 15% of eligible pay; fully vested upon enrollment

  • Profit Sharing up to 2%

  • Company-paid life insurance and long-term disability

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Safe and team-oriented work environment

  • Climate-controlled facility

  • Career growth and development opportunities

  • Employee Recognition Programs, Carpool Reimbursement Program, Gym Reimbursement Program

 

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