Quality Manager (Project Management)

Kurt Manufacturing strives to deliver quality products on time, every time.  We do this through the pride of our employee owners who won't settle for good enough.  That's where you come in!

We are looking to add a Quality Manager to our Hydraulics Division in Lyman, Nebraska. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing the division's quality department, ensuring products meet orQuality exceed customer and company quality standards.

Essential Functions:

• Data Analysis and Standards Development: Analyzing statistical data and product specifications to determine current standards and set future quality and reliability expectations.
• Quality Control Objectives: Formulating and maintaining quality control goals and coordinating those goals with production procedures to enhance product reliability and reduce costs.
• Inspection and Testing Oversight: Directing department employees to ensure inspections and testing in continuous quality control over materials, facilities, and products.
• Supervision: Ensuring department employees are properly trained on tools, equipment, and procedures; regularly monitoring performance to ensure adherence to policies and quality standards; and addressing performance issues through coaching or discipline as needed.

 

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reliable attendance is required.
 

Required

• Associates degree or 4 years of related experience
• Excellent communication verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to build and promote positive relationships

Preferred 

• Bachelor's degree in quality engineering or related field

• Experience with ISO:  9001:2015
• Experience supervising a team to include performance management, employee development, performance discussions and discipline
• Ability to plan and develop standards, procedures, and best practices for ensuring product quality and train employees on quality procedures and the use of quality tools.
• ASQ Certification in Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Certified Manager of Quality Engineer (CMQE)
• APICS Certification

Physical Demands 

The following physical demand factors should be used as a general guideline for employees listed under this job title.  Specific requirements will vary based on the employee's individual work responsibilities.
 

Strength Level Rating:  Light work.  Work involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

 

A worker in this job will frequently (from ¹/₃ to ²/₃ of the time):

• Handle objects by seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hands
• Pick, pinch, or otherwise work primarily with fingers
• Talk by expressing or exchanging communication by means of the spoken work to impart oral information
• Hear by perceiving the nature of sounds by ear

The worker will occasionally (up to ¹/₃ of the time):

• Reach by extending hands and arms
• Have near acuity with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
• Adjust vision to bring objects into sharp focus
• Identify and distinguish colors