Job Description
🧾 Quality Manager – Manufacturing (Granite City, IL)
Location: Granite City, IL (On-site)
Employment Type: Full-time | Salaried | Exempt
Schedule: Monday to Friday | 1st Shift​
Position Summary:
A well-established and rapidly growing manufacturing company is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead its Quality Management System (QMS). This role is pivotal in overseeing quality inspection processes, training staff, and maintaining high product reliability and performance. A strong attention to detail, leadership ability, and technical acumen are essential for success.​
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the quality control team, ensuring all incoming and outgoing materials meet company standards.
- Interpret and apply engineering drawings, specifications, and purchase order instructions to inspection processes.
- Oversee documentation of inspection results, including logs and reports.
- Ensure First Article Inspections are performed and recorded in accordance with internal and external standards.
- Establish and maintain quality benchmarks for all products in line with organizational goals.
- Perform random audits and inspections to ensure product integrity and consistency.
- Utilize and train staff on calibrated measurement and test equipment, including micrometers, pin gages, calipers, height gages, and CMMs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues and drive continuous improvement.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
- Maintain awareness of regulatory changes and ensure ongoing compliance with applicable guidelines.​
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of aerospace manufacturing or quality assurance experience (required).
- Strong, proven understanding of quality processes.
- Experience with quality inspection tools and techniques (e.g., micrometers, calipers, pin and height gages, dial calipers, etc.).
- Proven leadership and team management skills.
- Proficient in reading and interpreting blueprints and technical documentation.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.​
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to stand, sit, bend, reach, and move throughout the facility.
- Must be capable of lifting up to 50 lbs.
- Excellent visual acuity.
- Regular, reliable, and timely attendance is essential.
Job Tags
Full time, Day shift, Monday to Friday,