Director of Manufacturing Quality; QE + QC)

About Us:

Panelmatic, Inc. was founded in 1957 in Youngstown, OH to serve manufacturing industries with the design and build of custom electrical, instrument, and pneumatic control panels. Our business has sufficiently grown over the years to support expansion for our clients. We have produced control packages for many of America's top corporations in the chemical, environmental, food, pulp and paper, rubber, petroleum, pharmaceutical, glass, metals, and utilities industries.

We also deliver equipment for use worldwide. Our rigorous methodology assures compliance with domestic and international standards. We can meet the needs of our diverse clientele from start to finish through sales, design, fabrication, testing, and delivery.

Since 1957 we have been known for our high-quality, custom-built control packages, our comprehensive service, and our technological and manufacturing expertise. This expertise assures you of our ability to handle the largest and most complex packages quickly and efficiently.

The Director of Manufacturing Quality leads manufacturing quality across Panelmatic facilities and is accountable for two complementary pillars:
Quality Engineering / Quality Assurance (QE/QA) - focused on preventing defects through robust quality planning and process controls - and Quality Control (QC) - focused on verifying conformance through inspection, testing, containment, and release controls. Site Quality Managers report to the Director of Manufacturing Quality. The Director establishes consistent standards across sites, develops the manufacturing quality organization, and partners closely with Operations, Engineering, QMS/Compliance, Testing, Customer Care, Supplier Quality, and New Product Development/Introduction (NPDI).

• Own the manufacturing quality strategy, standards, and deployment model across all Panelmatic sites.
• Lead Quality Engineering activities that prevent defects, including quality planning, risk identification, control plans, PFMEA, process capability, measurement system analysis (MSA), and mistake-proofing.
• Partner with Engineering and NPDI to ensure manufacturing quality requirements, critical-to-quality characteristics, inspection/test criteria, and lessons learned are incorporated before release to production.
• Establish and maintain First Article Inspection (FAI), process qualification, and production-readiness requirements for new or changed products and processes.
• Drive structured problem solving and systemic corrective action using 8D, CAPA, Lean/Six Sigma, Shainin, or other disciplined methods; verify effectiveness and prevent recurrence.
• Lead process audits, layered process verification, quality planning reviews, and manufacturing quality risk reviews.
• Improve manufacturing processes through data analysis, defect Pareto, root-cause Pareto, capability improvement, standard work, error-proofing, and targeted training.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing quality procedures, work instructions, inspection plans, visual standards, and quality documentation in alignment with the company QMS.
• Define and standardize receiving, in-process, final inspection, and functional-test quality controls across manufacturing sites.
• Ensure acceptance criteria are clearly derived from customer drawings, specifications, codes/standards, bills of material, internal requirements, and approved engineering documentation.
• Ensure inspectors and technicians are trained and qualified for assigned inspection and test activities, with clear escalation criteria for nonconforming conditions.
• Maintain robust product identification, status, traceability, inspection/test records, and hold/release controls; prevent unauthorized shipment of nonconforming product.
• Oversee NCR containment and disposition workflow and support MRB decisions with Engineering and Operations; drive timely closure and data integrity.
• Ensure calibration and control of monitoring and measuring equipment is effective, current, and audit-ready.
• Lead containment and quality response for internal escapes, test failures, and manufacturing nonconformities; verify corrective actions before normal controls are restored.
• Audit the effectiveness of QC checkpoints, final inspection, functional testing, and required quality documentation before shipment.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Manufacturing Quality organization, including Site Quality Managers, Quality Engineers, QC Supervisors, Inspectors, and related quality personnel.
• Establish common role expectations,…