Manufacturing Quality Systems & Compliance Manager (Electrical Products)

Location: Richmond, IL

You start your morning huddle with a focused Quality team—aligning priorities for inspections, clarifying customer issues, and reviewing the day’s DOE reporting deadlines. Before lunch, you’re on the floor coaching operators through a new in-process check, then back at your desk building out a controlled SOP in the QMS. The afternoon brings a supplier call to address a chronic defect trend, followed by an 8D session with Engineering and Manufacturing to ensure a lasting corrective action. You finish the day briefing leadership on scrap, rework, warranty, and Cost of Quality trends—and the wins your Lean projects are generating.

• Mentor and develop a high-performing Quality team; manage day-to-day department operations
• Design, implement, and sustain quality policies, procedures, SOPs, and document control
• Partner cross-functionally (Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Customer Service) to raise product quality and streamline processes
• Ensure regulatory compliance, including UL standards and Department of Energy (DOE) reporting
• Direct incoming, in-process, and final inspections; maintain calibration and measurement systems
• Lead structured problem solving (5-Why, Fishbone, 8D) to eliminate root causes
• Advance Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and CI initiatives to cut defects and boost throughput
• Own and report quality KPIs: scrap, rework, warranty, supplier performance, and Cost of Quality
• Oversee supplier quality, customer complaints, corrective actions, and executive-level reporting

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business, or related discipline (required)
• 10 years in manufacturing quality with leadership responsibility (required); ISO 9001 exposure (preferred)
• Experience in electrical manufacturing, power distribution equipment, or transformer manufacturing (highly desirable)
• Proficient with ERP, QMS, and Microsoft Office Suite (required)

Pay: $80,000 - $90,000/year

Type: Full-time, 1st Shift, On-site

Schedule: Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• FSA/HSA
• 401(k) w/company match
• Life Insurance
• PTO
• Paid Holidays

This role does not offer visa sponsorship or relocation assistance. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Hughes Recruiting & Consulting is a full-service HR partner based in Freeport, IL with 11 offices across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We’re growing, professional, and fun—focused on excellence and embracing challenges. We help great people connect with great employers. Ready to take the next step? Apply now and let’s build world-class quality together.