Quality Manager

QUALITY MANAGER

Metals USA is a solid, growth oriented aluminum/stainless steel distribution center servicing the defense, aerospace and fabrication industries.

The Quality Manager is responsible for developing and implementing quality assurance policies and systems, monitoring quality assurance processes. The Quality Manager is responsible for ensuring that quality standards are met. The 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.

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.

• Executes and implements the administration of quality assurance control 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, 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.
• Forges relationships with department managers and supervisors and hourly employees.
• Adheres to the Reliance Steel and Aluminum's Code of Conduct as well as employee confidentiality requirements.
• Performs projects as assigned by the General Manager.
• May travel to other plants to perform duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:

Occupation requires being sedentary less than or equal to 50% of the time (< 4 hours per day)

• Sitting, standing, hearing, talking, handling/fingering, reach outward, reach above shoulder, walk, climb, squat or kneel, bend
• Frequently lift, push, pull to 50 -100 pounds

Other Physical Demands:

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