Manager-Quality Assurance

Manager-Quality Assurance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Quality, Engineering or a related field required
• 7+ years of experience desired; significant experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree
• Proficiency with MS Office and related products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio) required
• Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) required
• Proficiency with Statistical Process Techniques, Failure Analysis, and Process Validation required
• Advanced data analytic techniques utilizing Excel, MiniTab, MicroStrategy, PowerBI, SQL
• Knowledge in Quality Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 17025, AS9100) required
• Strong oral and written communication skills required
• Fluent in English, additional languages like Spanish an advantage
• Ability to work with teams and independently
• Ability to work effectively onsite and with remote locations
• Ability to multi-task and drive critical issues simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Establish and foster key relationships throughout the organization enabling effective performance to execute on commitments and deliver results while driving critical issues simultaneously.
• Maintain a safe working environment (within the department and across the sites).
• Lead Internal Audit Program: recruit and training cross functional auditors, schedule audits, and plan learning activates with auditors and auditees.
• Lead and maintain Site Calibration Program: ensure the onetime calibration of measurement equipment and systems. When required, determine adequacy of equipment with statistical analysis (GR&R & MSA).
• Participate in the Badger Meter performance management process including the evaluation of employee performance and the recommendation of merit increases.
• Lead NCMR/CAR/CAPA programs: provide timely disposition of non-conformances and properly identifying containment, root cause, corrective/preventive actions, verification activities, and follow up to assess effectiveness.
• Support New Product Development (NPD) teams to identify, schedule, and execute all quality related deliverables.
• Support SQDCE metric development and collaborate cross functionally within a multi-site environment.
• Identify opportunities for the improvement of quality procedures, product designs, manufacturing processes, and equipment. Continually drive to improve product uniformity while eliminating/minimizing non-conformances.
• Support the creation, review, and improvement of Badger Meter quality acceptance standards (QAS). Identify key industry standards and leverage them to drive uniformity within Badger Meter practices.
• Lead training needs with APQP, problem-solving, root cause analysis, process capability, measurement system analysis, and other data analytic techniques. Preferred problem-solving techniques; 8-Step, 8D, and/or A3.
• Mentor site quality teams to develop skills and expand capabilities.
• Maintain professional level and technical skills through memberships in technical and professional societies, and by attending appropriate courses and seminars.

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean Six Sigma practitioner, Black Belt certification preferred
• Strong Project Management Skills, certification preferred
• Strong problem solving skills, preferred techniques; 8-Step, 8D, and/or A3