Technical & Quality Manager - Talent Wave Associates, LLC

Summary

The Technical & Quality Manager reports to the Plant Manager and is responsible for the Quality and Process Engineering functions related to the Glass Mat production lines to achieve optimum manufacturing performance. This role is crucial for ensuring compliance with product specifications, product quality, raw materials, safety, and environmental standards. The Technical & Quality Manager also works to enhance our customer's glass mat experience, focusing on safety, quality, and delivered cost. This position provides support and resources to all departments to ensure that safety, quality, customer satisfaction, cost control, and employee engagement goals are achieved.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to operating departments in statistical applications, process capability assessment, and problem-solving. Coordinate all plant technical support activities and participate in project teams to improve existing processes and raw material handling systems. Capture and implement manufacturing "best practices"; ensure root cause analysis using the six building blocks.
• Understand the needs of internal and external customers, then translate and implement these requirements into total manufacturing support, including product/process improvements.
• Support Quality Assurance, Production, Maintenance, Purchasing, and Accounting needs by developing and maintaining accurate process standard databases. Manage and develop systems that audit the quality of finished goods and raw materials. Maintain a high level of technical reporting, including in-depth analysis of changes in plant operating conditions with identified results achieved. Develop the bill of materials on all products and determine the machine capability and enhancements for each product.
• Oversee all process improvement, raw materials, and new product trials including pre-trial coordination, trial execution, product changeover, post-trial testing, and trial report. Develop a thorough understanding of the raw material for BOM planning and year-over-year improvements. Collaborate with plant operations and customers on the fitness for use requirements for both incoming and finished materials.
• Manage quality department personnel through development plans and growth opportunities. Support their job function responsibilities as needed. Oversee systematic evaluation of the glass mat process that leads to modified techniques, improved quality, and reduced cost. Develop innovative improvements to programs, processes, and process designs, and evaluate those that require capital to implement. Systematically determine where continuous improvement principles may be applied. In some cases, manage project implementation.

Qualifications

• A BS degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical) is required; a BS degree in Chemical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in a continuous process environment required.
• Minimum of 3 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in high volume manufacturing operations, preferably continuous web process, e.g. Pulp and Paper, as well as physical lab testing operation and development of lab test procedures.

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