Quality Manager
Core
Lead quality assurance, quality engineering, laboratory operations, and continuous improvement at a chemical manufacturing facility to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and process capability.
Role type
Senior IC Quality Manager (Chemical Manufacturing)
Builds
Colloidal silica, polymer technologies, water treatment chemistries, specialty chemical products, and emerging microelectronics materials
Domain
Chemical Manufacturing / Quality Engineering
Required skills
Statistical Process Control (SPC), Process Capability Analysis (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk), Laboratory Operations Management, Quality Systems (ISO 9001), Risk Management (FMEA, CAPA), People Leadership, Root Cause Analysis (8D), Regulatory Compliance
Preferred skills
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ CQE, ICP-MS/OES expertise, SAP/LIMS/PI/Seeq/Minitab/JMP proficiency, Semiconductor chemical manufacturing experience
Technologies
LIMS, PI, Seeq, SAP, Minitab, JMP, ICP-MS, ICP-OES
Responsibilities
Lead site quality activities including QA, QC, Lab Ops, Supplier Quality, and Customer Quality; Maintain compliance with ISO 9001, NSF, Kosher, Halal, and regulatory requirements; Drive SPC strategies and process capability improvements; Lead laboratory functions including equipment qualification and method validation; Manage nonconformance, CAPA, and deviation investigations; Partner with engineering to establish process control plans and validate manufacturing changes; Lead customer complaint investigations and drive reduction of Cost of Poor Quality.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC