Safety/Quality Manager

Safety/Quality Manager

Metals USA is seeking a Safety/Quality Manager in Ambridge, PA. Metals USA is a solid, growth oriented, carbon steel (plate, beam and tube) distribution center servicing the defense, commercial, construction, aerospace and fabrication industries.

The location Safety & Quality Manager is responsible for monitoring the working conditions of the entire facility to ensure that all activity is compliant with local, states and federal safety regulations. Enforces health and safety guidelines, inspects workspaces and products to ensure compliance with safety standards and provides workplace safety training. Developing and implementing quality assurance policies and systems, monitoring quality assurance processes and ensuring that quality standards are met.

Responsibilities:

• Executes and implements the administration of the facility's quality assurance/controls policies and practices in accordance with stated company objectives and American Society and Testing Materials (ASTM), American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standards.
• Implements the internal quality program and interfaces with vendors, suppliers and customers on quality issues.
• Assesses the quality of material delivered by vendors.
• Manages corrective action program, performs corrective actions for quality related problems internally and for external customers.
• Serves as management's representative for quality and environmental reporting purposes.
• Serves as management's representative for government contractors and sub-contractors' audits, and prepares and submits corrective action reports to resolve defective audit findings.
• Maintains a high level of interaction with Operations, Purchasing and Sales to ensure that quality standards are properly executed.
• Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; prepares and completes action plans; implements production, productivity and quality standards; identifies and resolves problems; completes audits, determines system improvements and implements change.
• Executes and maintains a strong quality assurance culture. Collaborates with managers to identify quality concerns.
• Meets or exceeds quality assurance financial objectives by estimating requirements, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
• Develops quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analysis, identifying critical control points and preventive measure, establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions and verification procedures and monitoring inventory levels.
• Validates quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes, measures production, documents evidence and determines operational and performance qualification, writes and revises quality procedures as required.
• Establishes and maintains department records and reports. Participates in administrative meetings as required.
• Maintains and improves product quality by completing product, company, system, compliance and surveillance audits; investigates customer complaints; collaborates with other departments (production, sales and purchasing) as needed.
• Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, corrective actions and re-validations.
• Establishes programs to educate, train and update personnel on quality control procedures; develops and maintains a quality control manual.
• Facilitates compliance with Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) guidelines. Implements OSH policies and develops program to ensure enforcement of ISH policies.
• Trains employees in all safety procedures and ensures daily adherence of procedures. Leads and manages the required daily, weekly and monthly trainings.
• Designs methods for appraising safety conditions in the warehouse and office.
• Inspects working conditions and equipment to ensure all products and activities are compliant with safety guidelines as required by OSH and RSAC.
• Directs accident investigation procedures, investigates safety violations, determines root causes, maintains records of safety-related incidents and proposes corrective actions.
• Collaborates with managers to monitor compliance and safety issues; intervenes in unsafe activities and operati