Product Quality Engineering Manager

Manager, Product Quality Engineering

At Hach (www.hach.com), we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every associate plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions. 

As part of our team, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs. You’ll also belong to a respectful and collaborative community that fosters career growth and professional development. You’ll be supported by resources that make a positive difference in your life because, at Hach, we value your authenticity and want your talents to shine.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment. More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

Hach is proud to be a Water Quality company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO).  Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today.  Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The primary role of this position is to provide responsible for providing leadership, direction, and hands-on involvement to improve the customer experience with the quality and reliability performance of our products.  The Manager, Product Quality Engineering, is responsible for developing and implementing quality control strategies, monitoring key performance indicators, and collaborating with various departments to identify and resolve quality issues with a customer first mentality.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a team of global engineers and quality specialists to ensure best quality practices.
• Promote a culture of quality excellence by driving customer-focused short term and long-term quality improvements using a proactive approach to maximize performance.
• Develop departmental plans, including business and production, drive a strategy for the department.
• Accountable for global quality-improvement project teams and kaizens, facilitates multi-functional collaboration.
• Provide leadership and coaching with a focus on problem solving by leveraging resources within or outside of the department.
• Drive continuous improvement rigor throughout our global quality teams through use of company tools.
• Monitor customer quality metrics and drive progress improvements toward quality goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors (or higher) degree in a technical discipline preferred (Physical Sciences or Engineering).
• 10+ years of experience in a development, manufacturing or quality environment including experience in leading cross-functional teams.
• Must be able to set and attain goals, influence, and initiate action to resolve problems and improve products and processes.
• Must be able to provide concise, relevant summaries of quality issues, changes needed or made, and results delivered.
• Knowledge of quality principles and technical tools (problem solving, statistical tools, design of experiments, design for six sigma, control charts, and other quality methodologies) with the ability to train and provide consultation.
• Advanced computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, charting, presentation graphics, and statistical tools).
• Proficient in quality improvement, statistical methods, project management, six sigma methodology.
• Preferred product design knowledge and experience.

ENVIRONMENT:

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 occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee may occasionally squat, turn/twist, or reach.  The employee is constantly using han