Description
Job Summary : The Safety & Quality Assurance Manager position develops, implements, and manages the Safety systems ensuring continuous safe production, packaging and shipping of an array of products meeting or exceeding established quality standards, customer specifications, and production goals.
Additionally, this position is responsible for monitoring current and potential health and safety risks and hazards across all locations of the organization, participating in corporate-level decision-making to ensure the health and safety aspects globally while mitigating all risks by assessing and developing the appropriate controls.
Requirements
JOB QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS :
Education : College degree preferred in business, engineering, health & safety or other industrial-related field of study.
ISO Certified internal auditor, or equivalent Quality System.
Special Knowledge / Skills : Able to effectively detect product flaws and take corrective action to ensure that products are produced at desirable quality standards able to interpret and apply government specs.
Working knowledge of ISO standards or other similar Quality Systems.
- Software : Have a basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and the ability to utilize accounting and payroll applications.
- Experience : Quality experience required; Internal Auditing experience required. Safety experience preferred.
- Supervisory Responsibilities : Quality Inspectors.
6. Physical : Able to effectively perform the specified duties, able to travel independently on a regular basis. Able to travel throughout the facility to safely and effectively manage all work responsibilities, breaks, and emergency evacuations, with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Able to manage all self-care needs and activities of daily living as required to support successful employment, with or without a reasonable accommodation.
- Personality : Detail-oriented, conscientious, able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally. Must have the critical thinking skills required for investigation & problem solving.
- Working Conditions : Office and manufacturing facility, some travel required.
- Work Schedule : Full-time, 40 hours. May work some overtime hours during emergencies and when extraordinary circumstances warrant overtime to ensure adequate stabilization and issue resolution.
- Background Check and Drug Test Required : Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results.