Quality Manager - Manufacturing

Position Summary

Full Time/Direct Hire

Salary: Competitive and dependent on experience

Location: Phoenix, AZ

The Quality Manager is responsible for overseeing and maintaining all quality systems to ensure manufacturing processes and finished products meet internal standards, customer requirements, and regulatory guidelines. This role leads quality initiatives across production, engineering, and supplier functions, with a strong focus on ISO 9000 compliance, process optimization, and defect reduction in a remanufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain quality management systems aligned with ISO 9000 standards
• Manage supplier quality assurance, including audits, corrective actions, and performance monitoring
• Partner with production and engineering teams to identify and resolve process deviations
• Lead Lean and Six Sigma initiatives focused on scrap reduction, yield improvement, and efficiency
• Apply statistical process control (SPC) methods to monitor manufacturing performance
• Analyze quality data to identify trends, root causes, and corrective/preventive actions
• Create and maintain SOPs, work instructions, control plans, and quality documentation
• Ensure production equipment meets technical specifications and quality requirements
• Serve as technical point of contact for third-party vendors related to quality systems and equipment
• Ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal quality standards

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field
• 5+ years of quality management or process engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Hands-on experience with ISO 9000 quality systems
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles
• Experience with data-driven quality tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or equivalent certification
• Experience with Six Sigma methodologies and value stream mapping
• Spanish language proficiency (preferred)
• Experience with quality management systems and manufacturing data analysis tools