Manager - Manufacturing Quality

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CSI is looking for an experienced manufacturing quality leader to join our team as Manager
- Manufacturing Quality. This role leads the Manufacturing Quality team and helps ensure CSI products meet customer specifications, company quality requirements, and applicable industry standards.

Working closely with Production, Engineering, Project Management, Suppliers, and Customers, the Manager
- Manufacturing Quality oversees inspection and verification throughout receiving, fabrication, assembly, testing, and final inspection. This position is also CSI’s primary manufacturing quality resource for welding and fabrication compliance, including ASME Section IX welding qualification requirements.

CSI provides state-of-the-art stainless-steel process equipment and service for manufacturers in the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries.

We are a growing company built on teamwork, continuous learning, and exceptional customer service. Our employees are our greatest resource, and we invest in their development through training, collaboration, and opportunities to grow.

• Lead, coach, and develop Manufacturing Quality personnel, including Level II Inspectors and other inspection staff
• Prioritize and oversee incoming, in-process, final, and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) inspections to meet production schedules and customer requirements
• Review inspection reports, material examination records, weld documentation, and turnover packages to ensure accuracy and traceability
• Manage manufacturing nonconformances, containment, root-cause investigations, and corrective and preventive actions to reduce defects, rework, and scrap
• Serve as the technical resource for welding and fabrication quality, including ASME Section IX, WPS, PQR, WPQ, welder continuity, qualification ranges, and code compliance
• Partner with Production, Engineering, Project Management, Sales, suppliers, and customers to resolve quality issues and support project execution, customer inspections, and FAT activities
• Maintain oversight of material traceability, dimensional and weld inspection, PMI testing, surface-finish inspection, calibration, and quality records; use CSI’s ERP system to track and analyze quality data
• Identif y and implement improvements to inspection methods, quality verification, manufacturing consistency, and customer satisfaction

You’re a hands-on quality leader who combines technical expertise with sound judgment, clear communication, and a commitment to developing people.

• Experienced in custom-fabricated, Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing environments
• Comfortable leading quality personnel while maintaining a strong presence on the manufacturing floor
• Skilled at interpreting customer specifications, fabrication drawings, weld documentation, and applicable industry codes
• Able to investigate complex quality issues, determine root causes, and drive effective corrective actions
• Collaborative and accountable, with a focus on customer requirements, quality ownership, and continuous improvement

• Minimum 7 years of manufacturing quality, fabrication, inspection, or welding experience
• Minimum 3 years of supervisory or management experience leading quality personnel
• Required experience in Engineer-to-Order (ETO) environments and custom-fabricated equipment manufacturing
• Experience with stainless steel process piping, welded assemblies, pressure piping, skids, or similar custom process…