Quality Manager
About this role
Description
Sustain the Derby Fabricating Quality Management System within the manufacturing plant. Provide direction to the quality support personnel.
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day interaction with the plant manager on Quality-related activities
- Advanced Production Quality Planning (APQP), and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) activities
- Provides reports of Quality information to the Corporate Quality Manager
- Ensures that the Quality work area is clean, organized, and documents are properly maintained
- Completes special projects as requested
- Facilitates the rejected material and corrective/preventive action process
- Participates in continual improvement activities
- Assumes the role of ISO/TS16949 plant management representative
- Interacts with customers and suppliers concerning Quality Activities
- Calibration Systems
- Process and System Audits
- Hiring, training, managing, and counseling of employees
- Perform product audits
- Measure product for process capability studies
- Conducts studies/audits using laboratory equipment
- Assists with calibration
- Completes special and miscellaneous projects
- All other work assigned
Performance Measurements
- Successfully completes all assigned duties on time and without errors
- Interacts effectively with internal and external customers
- Communicates problems or potential problems to Plant Manager
- Work area is clean and documents are filed properly
Requirements
Job Requirements
- Experience in manufacturing environment, preferably within automotive industry
- Working knowledge of AIAG core tools, e.g. Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
- Proficiency with with Microsoft Office, (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Interpret and understand blueprints
- Skilled in the use of measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, drop gages, Micro Vue, and steel rules
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Good organization skills
- Self-motivated, ability to work in a deadline-driven environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Detail-oriented
Minimum Physical Requirements
- Occasional stooping, bending
- Periodic reaching overhead
- Some lifting up to twenty-five pounds
- Extended walking
- Handling and moving of bulky rolls of material
Company at a glance
Founded in 1977, Derby Fabricating Solutions is committed to being the best supplier in the automotive and appliance industries. We achieve this by delivering exceptional quality, innovative service, and effective total cost management.
Over the decades, we’ve expanded our capabilities to serve dozens of industries with hundreds of products and services. Today, we operate production facilities in four states across the U.S. In every product line, we
maintain an award‑winning quality program that consistently earns outstanding audit scores and exceptional PPM results from our trusted customers.
Derby was among the first in our industry to achieve TS 16949 certification, and we are currently certified to IATF 16949. Our continuous improvement initiatives ensure we not only meet—but consistently exceed—your quality expectations.
As our manufacturing capabilities have grown, so have our customer service offerings. To provide the highest level of quality and responsiveness, we continually invest in state‑of‑the‑art equipment. From precision laser-cut dies to the latest prototype cutters, we provide complete solutions for all your die cutting needs. With fully integrated laminating, die cutting, and custom assembly services, Derby delivers a comprehensive, end‑to‑end package.
Derby Fabricating Solutions is proud to be part of Hoffmann Family of Companies.
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