CareerPlan

Manager Quality

Holdrege, NE - USAFull-time2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Planning, coordinating, and directing facility-wide quality assurance programs to ensure continuous improvement and conformance to standards in a high product mix environment.

Role type

Manager, Quality Assurance / Operational Excellence

Builds

Reliable light, heat, power, and air products for rental, construction, mining, and oil and gas markets

Domain

Manufacturing (Industrial Equipment)

Required skills

Quality management, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, cross-functional partnership, resource management, goal setting, metrics establishment, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement methodologies, cost reduction, team coaching

Preferred skills

Six Sigma expertise, Lean principles, APQP, A3, 8D, 5 Whys, stage-gate product development, ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle), global matrix organization experience, business acumen, data-driven decision making

Technologies

SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Lead multi-year quality transformation from QC to operational excellence; Set and uphold quality standards for customer and regulatory requirements; Own plant quality outcomes including cost of quality reduction and compliance; Partner with plant, corporate quality, and suppliers to resolve issues; Establish quality goals, metrics, and inspection methods; Report quality performance to senior leadership and customers

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership