Manufacturing Quality Assurance Director (Metal Packaging)

Own the quality system. Elevate the plant.

We’re looking for a hands-on QA leader to operationalize quality systems in a high-speed, food-grade metal packaging environment. If you thrive on data, coaching, supplier performance, and customer trust, this is your platform.

Your impact (first 90–180 days)

• Stabilize and optimize core quality systems: inspection/test methods, work instructions, procedures, product specs, GMPs, Food Safety Compliance, and best practices.
• Map and close critical gaps in product integrity and quality system adherence.
• Establish a cadence for KPI communication and floor-level engagement to drive compliance.
• Implement a structured root cause/corrective action (RCCA) program; begin auditing for effectiveness on customer and internal nonconformances.
• Stand up supplier CI routines; accelerate closure on coating and mill defective material claims.
• Refresh HFI system controls for balance, disposition, rework, and inventory accuracy.

What you'll own

• Continuous improvement strategy for plant quality and supplier performance.
• Final disposition decisions for finished product based on production and quality data relative to specifications.
• Primary customer interface to strengthen relationships, resolve issues, and ensure technical/quality support.
• Cross-functional alignment with Commercial, Product Development, and Corporate Engineering on new business and product trials.
• Adherence to SMA principles and procedures across the plant.
• Complete and accurate execution of all plant quality procedures and management reporting.
• Training of department leads and supervisors in process quality improvement methods and GMPs.
• Collaboration with Corporate Quality Assurance on special projects and with HR on personnel matters.
• Direct supervision of plant personnel (varies by location) and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in a technical or related field.
• 8 years in manufacturing and 4 years dedicated to quality.
• Demonstrated leadership and people development capability.
• Analytical rigor, strong computer proficiency, and excellent communication skills.
• Comfort solving complex, non-standard problems and partnering at all organizational levels.

Preferred

• Six Sigma knowledge (Black Belt or Green Belt) and experience applying lean/CI in can manufacturing.
• Experience managing self-directed work forces.

Proficiency expected

• Quality Inspection Experience
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA)
• Quality Control Experience

Networked execution

You will work in continuous communication with other Ardagh Metal Packaging plants to share learnings and harmonize best practices.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision as well as color recognition.