Overview:
As the Quality Control Manager, you are responsible for maintaining the company's product quality. You will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Incoming and Outgoing Quality Control. Your role focuses on hands-on troubleshooting of measurement issues, implementing new metrology equipment, and continuously upgrading measurement methods to meet strict high-precision engineering standards.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Control Operations:
- Supervise daily operations of the QC department and QC technicians to ensure maximum throughput.
- Enforce strict inspection protocols for incoming raw materials, and final components before shipping.
- Oversee first-article inspection (FAI) for new drawings in production and for outsource parts
- Direct the generation, verification, and digital storage of high-accuracy quality inspection reports.
Metrology and Equipment Calibration
- Oversee high-precision metrology assets including CMM, Vision Measurement Systems, micrometers, gauges.
- Guarantee 100% compliance with strict equipment calibration schedules and maintain flawless traceability logs.
- Conduct Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R) studies to validate measurement system variation and inspector consistency.
- Enforce strict compliance with ISO quality standards and maintain absolute 5S housekeeping practices within the QC department.
Troubleshooting & Non-Conformance Management
- Lead troubleshooting activities for measurement issues during series production. Provide technical guidance to staff on troubleshooting procedures.
- Segregate non-conforming parts immediately to the designated MRB (Material Review Board) hold area to prevent accidental use. Log non-conformance report in ERP system.
- Participate in Root Cause analyses and actively troubleshoot issues with measurements.
- Apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools to identify physical variation patterns on the production line
Training & Development
- Train and mentor junior inspectors and QC technicians on inspection techniques, GD&T, and equipment usages and calibration.
- Promote a culture of quality ownership and continuous improvement across all departments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality control, preferably in precision engineering or related industries. of which 2 years in a management role.
- Proficient with QC Measurement Equipment: CMM, Video measurement, micrometer, gauges.
- Strong knowledge of reading technical drawings, GD&T and industry quality standards.
- Excellent problem solver, independent, curious self-starter