Production Final Test & Inspection Manager
Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina, 27591, USA
Listed on 2026-06-04
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers
Production Final Test & Inspection Manager
Job
Posted since: 28-May-2026
Organization:
Smart Infrastructure
Field of work:
Quality Management
Company:
Experienced Professional
Job type:
Full-time
Hybrid (Remote/Office)
Employment type:
Permanent
Location:
Wendell, North Carolina, United States
PACS is a new factory, and Production Final Test & Inspection is one of the final quality gates before products reach customers. This manager will help define how the facility tests, inspects, documents, releases, reports, and continuously improves finished products. The role is also critical to data discipline. Consistent test and inspection data enables accurate reporting, stronger KPI management, better prioritization, clearer escalation, and more effective continuous improvement.
The role supports talent development and performance management, creating onboarding, training, KPI, and accountability models for employees.
In this role, you will lead the team responsible for final product testing, inspection, outgoing quality control, product release readiness, data quality, KPI reporting, and customer Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) support for electrical power distribution, protection, automation, and related electromechanical equipment. You oversee testers, technicians, inspectors, and supervisors performing final test and inspection activities for complex products. You do not need to be the expert in every test method, but must demonstrate technical credibility, quality judgment, data discipline, and process ownership to lead experts, ask the right questions, improve processes, and ensure consistent execution.
Impact- Lead the Production Final Test & Inspection organization for the PACS facility
- Ensure finished products are tested, inspected, documented, and ready for customer delivery
- Strengthen outgoing product quality for power distribution, protection, automation, and related electrical equipment
- Own data quality and reportability for the final test and inspection scope, ensuring consistent records, accurate defect data, reliable documentation, and meaningful KPI reporting
- Establish and review team KPIs such as test completion, inspection findings, first-pass quality, defect trends, documentation accuracy, rework drivers, issue aging, training progress, and corrective-action follow-through
- Ensure the team follows applicable policies, safety requirements, work instructions, documentation standards, escalation expectations, and quality guidelines
- Build onboarding, training, qualification, and skills-development paths for final test and inspection roles
- Lead performance management routines with supervisors and team members, including expectations, feedback, coaching, accountability, and development actions
- Improve standard work, documentation, issue escalation, product release readiness, and customer FAT preparation
- Drive continuous improvement in test execution, inspection effectiveness, defect prevention, workflow, documentation accuracy, data quality, and customer experience
- Partner with Production, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, PA, and CS teams to resolve recurring issues and improve final product quality
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality, production test, inspection, technical operations, electrical equipment, electromechanical manufacturing, or a closely related environment
- 2+ years of experience leading, supervising, coaching, or developing technical employees
- 2+ years of experience with final inspection, production testing, outgoing quality, product release, customer readiness, manufacturing quality, or similar production quality processes
- Experience using data, records, reports, or KPIs to monitor performance, identify trends, support decisions, and drive corrective or continuous improvement actions
- Ability to understand and work with technical documentation such as drawings, schematics, specifications, work instructions, inspection procedures, test plans, product documentation, or customer requirements
- Demonstrated ability to drive adherence to policies, procedures, safety requirements, work instructions, quality guidelines, and…
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