Quality Manager
Permanent On-site | Barrie, ON
Description
Responsibilities:
- Plans, organizes, and evaluates the activities and operations of the quality group for the filtration division (AES).
- Writes quality procedures and work instructions and maintains the master documents in a filing system that ensures retrieval when necessary.
- Review quality issues with production and assist in determining potential impact based on knowledge of application.
- Interfaces with sales representatives or customer when required to gather additional information or advice of quality issues for possible deviation acceptance.
- Provide input on corrective measure to be taken and provide clarification on product requirements when required from production.
- Responsible for disposition non-conforming material and maintaining non-conformance log.
- Review non-conforming results from lab and disposition based on knowledge of application and performance requirements, consulting with sales reps or customer as required.
- Managing the Non-Conformance program for the filtration division, and meeting target KPI’s annually.
- Supervise and manage QA Technician and indirectly oversee the Quality Inspectors for the filtration division.
- Responsible for scheduling necessary calibrations (Instron, gauge blocks), creating/modifying Instron test methods and maintaining calibration schedule for in-house calibrations on measuring equipment.
- Maintain quality assurance manual and related documents; identify areas for improvement and updates based on new or obsolete products and processes.
- Coordinate and conduct internal quality audits. Review activities and process outputs throughout organization to ensure compliance with internal (QMS) as well as ISO9001 requirements
- Develops and maintains project plans to support all quality programs and implementation for the filtration division.
- Oversees the execution of all quality activities such as sample bag creation, dirty bag lab testing and reports, incoming material inspection and reporting.
- Backup resource for Quality Technician.
Qualifications
Education Essential:
- Completion of a University Degree, Industrial Engineering is an asset.
Knowledge Essential:
- 5+ years of experience working with industrial lab equipment.
- Proficient working knowledge in Microsoft Office.
- Proficient working knowledge of quality management systems.
- 5+ years of experience working with ERP/MRP systems.
- Manufacturing experience is an asset.
- Ability to operate lab equipment.
