Quality Specialist

ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site

KB Signaling delivers unparalleled end-to-end wayside and onboard conventional signaling Control, Command, and Signaling (CCS) platforms and solutions. A trailblazer, we are driven to provide the best solutions for improved safety, performance, and lower overall operating cost for today’s transit and freight railway systems and operators in North America and beyond. Our team is fueled by innovation and grounded in solid values, like giving back to the communities where we do business and embracing sustainability to help protect our planet.

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KB Signaling continues to strive for excellence and for this reason we are excited to create the position of Quality Specialist. This position will report directly to the site Quality Manager in support of Warrensburg and Grain Valley Missouri manufacturing locations. This position will support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of training in support of the operations workforce.

• Support manufacturing in achievement of Quality KPI’s
• Analyze non-conformances that occur during manufacturing
• Lead Root Cause analysis (QRQC, 8D)
• Collect and utilize Knowledge
  
  Skills and Abilities
  
  (KSA) data, use in person collaboration to build employee facing training modules.
• Lead Training Board meetings which include Operations Management, Quality Management, Engineering Management. Utilize collaboration and feedback for framing of hard and soft requirements for training deliverable development.
• Use tools such as PowerPoint, Articulate 360, for development of training modules, and Instructor guides.
• Manage training module introduction, gain lessons learned for improvements.
• Organize and catalog deliverables.
• Utilize quality defect data to identify shortcomings in training.
• Support day-to-day Quality evolutions.

• Experience with Training development is a must, quality or manufacturing experience is a plus.
• Technical associate’s degree, vocational training certificate, or military NCO experience will be considered. Manufacturing experience may be used in lieu of the above.
• Technical aptitude is critical, can grasp and understand key points in manufacturing and how they should be delivered as a training product.
• Savvy in PowerPoint, ability to condense information into usable technical instruction.

• Display maturity and high level of professionalism.
• Enjoys interactive in person collaboration.
• Organizational skills, retain and categorize information for future development.
• Ability to listen to learn, not assume.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, video editing, ability to learn Articulate 360
• Demonstrated accountability in assignment completion.

• Competitive Health Benefits, including Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision and Virtual visits
• Company-paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Company-paid Short-Term Disability Coverage
• Voluntary life, Disability, and other Supplemental coverages
• Identity Theft and Legal Protection benefits
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Generous 401(k) plan
• Personal Paid Time Off
• Company-paid holidays

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Grain Valley is $56,900 to $85,300 per year. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years