The Quality Engineering & Sustaining Manager provides the leadership necessary to establish and maintain product quality levels that meet and exceed our customer's expectations. This role is the voice of quality and a driver of continuous improvement across the organization, challenging all functions to elevate performance levels and achieve true operational excellence. The Quality Engineering & Sustaining Manager is responsible for the development, implementation, leadership, and management of quality and sustaining programs, processes, and initiatives while also serving to build & foster a cross functional culture of quality, compliance, and performance.
Responsibilities & Requirements:

• Manage and lead a team of Quality & Sustaining Engineers, ensuring that the department has the appropriate talent and performance levels to meet business objectives.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and direction in the application of quality engineering principles, practices, and tools to our product development and sustaining operations.
• Provide and or oversee training, development, and upskilling initiatives as needed for engineering, manufacturing, and the supply base.
• Manage quality & sustaining resource planning; Allocate resource assignments based on business needs and strategic focus
• Oversee the quality function in ensuring conformance to design & quality standards for new product development as well as revisions to existing product.
• Provide expert guidance and oversight to cross-functional teams on the proper deployment of quality tools and methods across design, validation, and manufacturing functions.
• Provide technical leadership and coaching in the area of structured problem solving and the use of rapid learning loops and concurrent engineering in driving issues resolution.
• Work across the organization to continuously improve our Quality Management System at an enterprise level; Utilize field data and analytics to establish and update design guidelines; Author and drive consensus on quality-related policies, initiatives, and strategies.
• Lead coordination and collaboration with various departments to develop and implement quality-related policies, ensuring alignment with evolving regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Identify & manage key quality metrics and performance indicators to ensure operational health and clear trajectory to business goals.
• Develop, implement, and execute quality governance and auditing procedures to ensure operational standards are maintained across the organization.
• Provide regular communications to Senior Leadership on quality performance, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Must be willing to travel (minimum 10%).

Education & Experience:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• 8 years of experience in Quality Management with a proven track record of success.
• 5 years of leadership experience to guide and motivate a seasoned team.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and technical project leadership skills.
• Strong digital literacy and familiarity with cloud-based data management tools and systems: (SAP and PowerBI, and Smartsheets experience is preferred)
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) to collaborate effectively across departments.
• A passion for quality and a commitment to continuous improvement methodologies (ASQ certification, Six Sigma a plus).
• Proficiency in quality and engineering design principles, manufacturing processes, and compliance regulations.
• DFMEA, PFMEA, Product & Process Mapping
• Systems & Requirements Decomposition
• Test Plan Development & Phased Validation Planning
• GD&T, Process Validation & Statistical Process Control
• DFM, DFA, Technical Design Review

Diversity & Inclusion:
At Delta Faucet Company, we view diversity as a mosaic of thoughts and perspectives that come from people's varied cultural backgrounds, experiences, education, career paths and other influences that make each of us unique. For us, inclusion means welcoming differing opinions, collaborating, allowing people to come to work as who they are and recognizing everyone's contributions. We know that in a diverse, inclusive company, ideas flow freely, all voices are heard and all perspectives are valued. Delta Faucet Company continuously strives to be this kind of organization. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) supports our inherent values, makes us more relevant to customers and consumers and inspires innovation. It is not a goal or a program; it is a vital ingredient in our formula for success and a key to our future growth.
Company: Delta Faucet Company
Full time
Hiring Range: $98,100.00 - $154,220.00
Actual compensation may vary based on various factors including experience, education, geographic location, and/or skills.
Delta Faucet Company (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.
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