Manager Plant Quality Assur

Manager Plant Quality Assur

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or related field; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong background and experience in Six Sigma (minimum green belt certification), Project Management including Gantt charting, Continuous Improvement-Lean concepts, and/or industry recognized quality-based certifications.

Responsibilities

• Performs quality reviews of applicable documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including customer quality requirements and Portola quality procedures and policies.
• Interfaces directly with customers to resolve quality issues/concerns.
• Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process changes.
• Will provide appropriate leadership and accountability for managing the Quality Department, including all laboratory activities and requirements.
• Ensures compliance to all PCP and other related documents as provided by the corporate QA department. Will ensure that all appropriate action plans are implemented and control plans put into place.
• Ensures that effective and applicable testing and inspection protocols are implemented, challenged and verified for all primary and secondary process within the overall manufacturing process.
• Reviews all purchased raw materials and provides input supporting acceptance or rejection.
• Reviews and analyzes data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with company policies and procedures.
• Utilizes advanced level of problem solving skills to develop creative solutions. This position will work in a collaborative manner with the appropriate departments to affect positive change to systems that incorporate solutions that are repeatable, reliable and sustainable.
• Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to plant management.
• Prepares reports to communicate results of quality assurance activities.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.
• Exhibits energetic, hands on, plant floor “bias for action” approach.
• Works with intent to improve overall processes (and related issues) including process development, creating process documentation, and problem solving. Implements corrective actions and associated control plans.
• Develop and implement training and communication programs to be presented to all levels of the organization that outline current state, initiatives for improvement and results.
• Comply with all safety procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Must be able to lift 20-25# boxes of closures occasionally.