Quality Assurance Manager Job Dallas area,Texas USA,Quality Assurance

Overview

Airlite Plastics is a premier, privately held, family-owned manufacturer headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Our family style and personal culture is what makes Airlite an amazing place to grow and build a successful career. Airlite’s company values of unquestionable integrity and respect and appreciation for each other are at the core of our success. These values set a foundation to wow our customers with innovative products and sustainable solutions, and continuously improve our processes and efficiencies.

Our product lines include rigid plastic containers and lids for food packaging and cosmetics, dry powder scoops, plastic drink cups, shipping containers, industrial strength insulated concrete forms (ICF) and sustainable permeable paving systems. As pioneers in our industry, focused on sustainable solutions, we strive to provide our customers with top-notch service and quality, which aligns with our award-winning products.

Role & Location

This role is a contributing member in our Airlite - Dallas team, located in Dallas, TX (on-site position). As a Quality Assurance Manager
, you are a key to continued growth and success of Airlite. The Quality Assurance Manager will have management responsibility for leading quality initiatives and improvements to reduce the business risk associated with product quality issues. This includes supporting quality initiatives to assigned customer accounts which may include, but is not limited to; specification generation, product testing, new product development process, determining root cause analysis and implementing proactive quality metrics.

In addition to leading quality initiatives, this role has management leadership responsibility for a team of quality team members.

Essential Duties

Provide management leadership to assigned team members.

Develop, maintain, validate and revise annually the Airlite Quality Manual and supporting policies and procedures.

Plan, organize, execute and evaluate activities related to quality assurance.

Ensure assigned quality policies are being adhered to within standards set within assigned manufacturing division.

Manage the product hold process, ensure non-conforming material is controlled and backtracking activities are completed in a timely and thorough manner.

Establish standards and inspection methodology for production quality control.

Responsible for developing and driving internal production quality metrics to drive improvement to the business.

Support the CAR Committee through recommendation of CAR/PAR activities and serve as a resource to problem solving activities.

Ensure timely follow-up of non-conformities of the quality assurance policies by developing and putting in place realistic corrective action plans and follow-up audits.

In collaboration with quality management teams ensure quality compliance programs and quality policies are being adhered to, implemented effectively and continuously improved.

Stay well-versed in Statistical Process Control (SPC) analysis, root cause analysis, problem solving methodology and Six Sigma criteria.

Lead problem solving teams to resolve internal quality and customer complaint issues.

Develop, implement and maintain preventative quality and control plans.

Improve processes, perform capability studies and proactively reduce variation/losses.

Perform as a backup compliance practitioner as needed.

Lead continuous improvement projects that foster compliance across assigned manufacturing divisions.

Approximately 10% travel is required.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Do you have what it takes? Airlite Plastics is a versatile employer; complacency is not one of our strengths! We work hard each day to ensure that equipment efficiency and customer satisfaction never leave our line of sight. Successful candidates for the role will possess the following:

Experience in working in an FDA/Food Packaging or regulated industry.
Experience with Project Management including Specification generation, Product Testing, following a New Product Development process and associated documentation.
Capability to solve complex problems, utilizing strong critical thinking and decision-making skills.
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