Director, Quality Assurance

Badger Meter - Where Every Drop Counts and So Do You
 

At Badger Meter, we're more than a leading global water technology company - we're innovators with a mission: to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For over 120 years, our trusted solutions have enabled our customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue and reduce waste.

Every employee at Badger Meter is an important part of our success. Here, your work doesn't just move a business forward - it shapes a more sustainable future. We are committed to building a workplace where we celebrate differences, empower voices, and encourage fresh ideas that drive innovation.

When you join us, you'll find:

• Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe.

• Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.

• A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.

Be part of something bigger. At Badger Meter, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change for people and the planet.

What You Will Contribute:
 

The Corporate Director of Quality is responsible for defining, improving, and maintaining Badger Meter quality systems and providing leadership and technical direction ensuring the effective coordination and execution of projects as they relate to the quality of our processes, services, and products within our U.S. and foreign operations. This role is critical in supporting all Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Culture, Environmental, and Continuous Improvement initiatives, and metrics.  This includes the ability to work with internal and external customers to support Badger Meter’s corporate values and goals.

Job Duties:

• Establish capabilities in Group Quality Engineering - Quality Systems (QSE), Advanced Quality (AQE), and Product Reliability (RPE).

• ​Direct Quality Data Analytics: Support a multi-site SQDCCE environment, establish and maintain quality metrics, guide a knowledge transfer strategy that creates "how to" manuals for users and developers.  

• Support New Product Development (NPD) teams to identify, schedule, and execute all quality related deliverables.  

• Establish launch/post launch data analytics ensuring quality system preparedness of people, process, and systems.  

• Provide Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) guidance to NPD, Group, and Site teams.  

• Provide technical guidance to create, review, and improve Badger Meter quality acceptance standards (QAS). Identify key industry standards and leverage them to drive uniformity within Badger Meter practices.  

• Identify opportunities for the improvement of quality procedures, product designs, manufacturing processes, and equipment. Continually drive to improve product uniformity while eliminating/minimizing non-conformances.  

• Provide direct leadership for the Group Quality team and dotted line responsibility for Site Quality functions in the achievement of departmental goals and activities.

• Identify and support training needs with APQP, problem-solving, root cause analysis, process capability, measurement system analysis, and other data analytic techniques. Preferred problem-solving methodologies; 8-Step, 8D, and/or A3. Mentor group and site quality teams to develop skills and expand capabilities.  

• Establish and foster key relationships throughout the organization enabling effective performance to execute on commitments and deliver results while driving critical issues simultaneously.  

• Maintain a safe working environment (within the department and across the sites).  

• Up to 10% travel required.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related field required.

• 10+ years of experience in Quality, Engineering or a related field desired; significant experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree.

Qualifications:

• Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) and/or Shanin Red X Journeyman certification required.

• Six Sigma Black Belt and/or Shanin Red X Masters certification strongly preferred.

• Lean 101 preferred

• PMP (Project Management Professional) preferred