JOBS

Futaba North America is seeking a talented Quality Assurance Manager to establish and implement quality policies, procedures, and quality management systems that meet product quality objectives, customer commitments, and regulatory requirements. Some major responsibilities are as the following below. Interested candidates may send resume to estefanski@futabanaem.com. You may click HERE for full details about the position.

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Quality function.
• Establish and maintain quality assurance policies, standards, procedures, and internal controls to meet the intent of IATF 16949.
• Evaluate and recommend necessary inspection and test equipment required for all phases of production from incoming inspection through inspection of finished goods.
• Ensure completion of preventative maintenance and repairs of laboratory instrumentation.
• Plan, layout, and assign work. Hire, train, monitor, discipline, evaluate, and develop employees.
• Develop and implement various inspection and testing procedures. Establish and maintain quality control records including charts, statistical analyses, and reports.
• Reduce defects and prevent reoccurrence through root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Monitor employees’ activities, provide technical assistance, and assist with determining causes for faulty work, failure to maintain quality, excessive scrap, or rejects.
• Implement counter measures to remediate quality variations.
• Develop job qualifications, performance standards, training standards, and SOPs.
• Enforce organizational policies, SOPs, GMPs, safety rules, and good housekeeping procedures.
• Provide quality training to department and plant employees.
• Develop annual Quality Improvement Plan and support Total Quality Improvement efforts.
• Interface with internal auditors, third party auditors, and regulatory agencies. Coordinate inspection and audit preparations and ensure implementation of corrective action plans.
• Interact with customers, investigate quality complaints, resolve issues, and communicate corrective and preventative action plans.
• Conduct and document annual Mock Recall. Ensure controls are in place to provide full traceability for components and finished product lot in the event of a supplier or customer product recall.