Senior Manager, Quality

Description

• Support engineering in defining and executing product development reliability plans.
• Work with field service and customer engineering for rapid resolution of field problems. -Coordinate overall activities with other departments and divisions.
• Oversee the implementation of reliability initiatives and programs.
• Prepare and deliver reliability and statistic presentations.
• Develop departmental goals and objectives.
• Set reliability policy and develop appropriate reliability procedures and processes.
• Improve current technical and managerial skills.
• Provide the organization with a clear understanding of how products and components are performing.
• Provide training and career development for employees.
• Develop and deploy accelerated testing techniques for product development.
• Participate in the selection of employees.
• Develop strategies for Reliability and Statistical Analysis of Component Manufacturing.

Requirements

• Very high level of interpersonal skills to handle difficult situations as well diffuse interpersonal conflicts effectively.
• Strength – Position involves work in a standard office environment. Frequent sitting. Occasional standing, walking. Rare lifting.
• College degree with a major in engineering or equivalent.
• Experience working in a multi-site, global manufacturing and engineering environment.
• Some training and/or experience in statistic, Six Sigma and Lean.
• Formal course work and experience in probability, statistic, TPM, Lean, Six Sigma.
• Proficiency as a supervisor, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Emotional Demands – Position is vital to the organization, as no service or support product can enter multiple Progress Rail facilities without Indirect Sourcing Team; high degree of flexibility and demand with ability to work with a team to accomplish the mission.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Safety – Position is primarily limited to general office safety and travel requirements; however, visits to industrial locations may require the use of PPE.
• Motion – Position requires standard repetitive motions and hand/eye coordination associated with research and central office communications.
• Ability to manage a group of technically oriented engineers and support personnel.
• Very high level of analytical ability to assess and identify appropriate alternative courses of action for definition and resolution where problems are highly unusual and/or complex.
• Experience as a reliability or quality engineer.
• Knowledge of large diesel engines and automated manufacturing systems.
• Vision/Hearing Requirements – Frequent communications, including both talking and hearing;

Benefits

• Paid Vacation
• Supplemental Accident, Critical Care, and Hospital Insurance available along with an HDHP and HSA with seed money
• Site Specific Relocation and Sign-on Bonus Programs
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Education Assistance Program
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life/Disability Insurance
• Site specific Production and Incentive Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Site specific Step and Skill Level Wage Adjustment Plans
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Plan
• 401(k) plan with up to 6% company match (no waiting period with immediate vesting)
• Competitive Salary

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance