MOD- Product Quality Manager - Mechanical & Structural

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The Mechanical & Structural Product Quality Manager owns product-quality assurance across the mechanical and structural product lifecycle, including steel frames, piping, welding, coatings, dimensional control, module integration, fit and finish, installation feedback, and corrective action. Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, Mechanical Systems, this role translates product requirements into CTQs, acceptance criteria, qualification evidence, and release decisions. The role partners with the Senior Program Quality Manager on common methods, multi-site governance, audits, metrics, and escalation while retaining accountability for mechanical and structural technical quality.

The supplier remains responsible for daily inspection, testing, documentation, and correction of its own work.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, quality, or a related engineering discipline; equivalent technical experience may be considered.

• Six or more years of progressive mechanical/structural manufacturing, fabrication, product quality, supplier quality, QA/QC, inspection, or testing experience, including ownership of quality decisions and cross-functional issue resolution.

• Ability to interpret mechanical and structural drawings, specifications, welding and fabrication requirements, piping and pressure-test records, material certificates, coatings requirements, dimensional controls, and module fit-and-finish criteria.

• Proficiency with applicable measuring and test equipment, quality records, nonconformance documentation, and root-cause / corrective-action methods.

• Strong judgment, communication, documentation, and cross-functional problem-solving skills.

• Experience auditing suppliers and managing inspection and test plans for structural steel, welded assemblies, piping systems, coatings, modular integration, and fabricated mechanical systems.

• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 principles, APQP/PPAP or comparable qualification methods, FAI, MSA/SPC, welding and special-process controls, configuration control, and risk-based inspection.

• Multi-site or multi-supplier quality experience; ASQ, AWS/CWI, NACE/AMPP, or comparable quality, welding, coating, inspection, or manufacturing certification.

Partner with Preconstruction and Procurement to assess candidate suppliers' quality systems, technical processes, people, equipment, capacity, traceability, sub-tier controls, and ability to meet product CTQs before commercial selection.

Define requirements flowdown, inspection and test plans, control plans, first-article or pilot evidence, process and personnel qualification, calibration, training, document retention, traceability, and the objective exit criteria required for production approval.

During pilot and early production, provide intensified, hands-on verification of designated CTQs; witness key inspections, tests, and hold points; review complete release…