Quality Assurance Manager

Dura-Line is hiring for a Quality Assurance Manager in Elyria, Ohio (Garden Street)

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Dura-Line is hiring an experienced & passionate Quality Manager in our Elyria, Ohio, Manufacturing plant.

Dura-Line, an Orbia Business, is currently seeking a skilled and passionate Quality Manager for our Garden Street manufacturing facility. This crucial role involves leading Quality Assurance processes, implementing lean manufacturing initiatives, and fostering a culture of unwavering compliance with quality standards, expectations and contract-specific documents. We are looking for a change agent ready to make a substantial impact and drive long-term success through strategic focus and effective leadership.

• Resolving quality issues by identifying problems, examining solution options, implementing action plans, and providing resources.
• Collaborate and participate on quality internal Audits and ensure that plants execute robust corrective actions without delay and ensure readiness for all internal and external quality audits.
• Develop the annual audit plan, train internal audit team members, perform necessary duties as Lead Internal Auditor and provide ongoing communication/reporting of results including working with external 3rd party registration/surveillance audits.
• Oversee the controlled document system, to include a final review of all changes to procedures, work instructions, forms, master lists and other associated documents to ensure quality certification requirements are met.
• Manage and prioritize on-going continuous improvement projects directly related to operational processes to support business needs and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for process execution at the plant including Complaints, Change Control, Deviations, Laboratory Investigations, CAPA, ECOs, extension requests and Engineering change order, supplier approval/validation process, change management.
• Manage and supervise quality department at the manufacturing location assigned including all aspects of planning and task management within the department.
• Elevate Dura-Line quality mentality and culture; needs to be able to drive and engage people in cross functional teams and internal customers (operations, functional groups, corporate)
• Ensure operational processes and subprocesses at the plant are following TL-9000 requirements, including inspection/testing methods, Calibration of M&TE, Control of Non-conforming Products, Operational Training, Supply Chain Development, FAI, Final Audits, Document Control, etc.) to ensure the quality of our products and customer satisfaction.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (chemical or mechanical preferred) or 8-10 years of related work experience as an experienced quality manager in a lean manufacturing plant. Experience in the plastic industry is a huge plus!
• 8-10 years in a Quality role working with a certified quality management system (QMS) in manufacturing operations, including quality administration and project management.
• Proven track record in implementing and sustaining quality oriented process improvements.
• Previous experience leading both internal and external audits. Familiarity with TS/TL/ISO standards.
• Firsthand experience recommending and implementing enhancements to the quality system that result in improved corporate quality performance, increased customer satisfaction, and simplification of processes to reduce costs.
• Strategic and result-focused mindset to synthesize data and provide recommendations for compliant paths forward.
• Experience with six-sigma methodology…