Supervisor, Quality Control

Job Summary

The Quality Control Supervisor leads and conducts activities to improve and assure quality control over the manufacturing of products and components. Responsible for overseeing and leading the testing and inspection of products at various stages of production, compiling and evaluating quality and statistical data, and driving actions to maintain consistent, reliable products and processes.

Essential/Primary Duties

• Ensure quality control activities comply with established company procedures, customer requirements, product specifications, and applicable business requirements.
• Make decisions and/or provide technical data for decisions that impact compliance with design specifications.
• Develop, maintain, and improve site quality processes, procedures, and controls to support consistent product quality and continuous improvement.
• Apply problem solving tools/skills to effectively investigate nonconformances.
• Plan and conduct the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the acceptance of products or components.
• Adhere to sampling procedures and design/develop forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting reliable quality data.
• Conduct Gage R&R studies and maintain associated measurement system data.
• Conduct calibration per schedule and monitor and record the data.
• Lead a team and peers.
• Ensure activities comply with all specified regulatory agencies (FDA, ISO, UL, CSA, etc.).
• Participate and/or lead internal audits or external audits.

Secondary Duties

• Apply Midmark Production System (MPS) concepts to identify and eliminate non-value added tasks and/or activities.
• Understand documents related to engineering function, including layout drawings, detail drawings, assembly drawings, Bill of Materials, Change Orders, product and component test specifications and design records.
• Lead or participate as a member of cross-functional product and process teams to acquire detailed product, process, and user knowledge.
• Perform statistical analysis of manufacturing and quality data; collect, interpret, develop SPC limits, organize results, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support process qualification, capability studies, and associated quality activities.

Education and/or Experience

Associate Degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field, with 1-2 years of experience in a quality, manufacturing, or engineering role and/or equivalent experience. Experience working within an ISO 9001 or ISO 13485 quality management system is preferred.

Competency and/or Skill

Oracle (ERP), Minitab.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Leads and directs the work of other teammates and has full authority for personnel decisions.