Quality Assurance Manager

Now Hiring for Quality Assurance Manager

Why Great Northern:

Privately held, Great Northern Instore, a division of Great Northern Corporation, is a Multi-Million Dollar, Designer, Engineering, and Manufacturer of Custom Permanent Point Purchase Displays and Retail Fixtures.

Great Northern is committed to making a difference in the lives of our team members, customers, and the communities in which we live and work. Many of our team members were referred to by their friends and families who are already a part of the Great Northern team.

The Benefits of Great Northern:

• Competitive 401K match and a historically generous profit-sharing retirement savings contribution
• Paid vacation during your first year of employment
• Medical PPO, HSA, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Wellness Program
• Life Insurance
• Health fitness and Tuition Reimbursements
• Opportunities to advance your career and compensation level
• Annual increases
• Competitive wages

Pay/Schedule:

• Commensurate with Experience
• Work schedule from 5:45 AM to 2:15 PM 
• Overtime work may be required occasionally

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing direction, support and overseeing all operational processes and procedures, whereby maximizing the profitable utilization of personnel, equipment and materials to produce quality products delivered on time and within cost objectives. Assists and works closely with the leadership team and all department managers of GNC Instore by providing pertinent and timely information regarding operations.
• Sets the expectations for a safe, clean work environment meeting all local, state, and federal guidelines and requirements.
• Ensures that quality control procedures are implemented and maintained throughout the manufacturing, Finishing and fulfillment departments and parts are being produced according to specification
• Ensures overseas samples meet our specifications and requirements per blueprints
• Schedule and lead the Quality Assurance Department.
• Work closely with the Setup/Fixture Dept. and other production managers to ensure quality and timeliness of each order.
• Continuous improvement initiatives to improve overall company performance.
• Supervision of QC inspectors (2).
• Establish critical quality characteristics for inspection.
• Ensuring compliance with existing standards for incoming material.
• Evaluating form, fit and functionality of incoming and outgoing products.
• Prioritizing all tasks and requests of the QA department.
• Conducting root cause analysis.
• Review and analyze quality department reports.
• Compile and summarize quality reports for presentation to management
• Schedule and lead MRB (Material Review Board) meetings.
• Provide support to manufacturing.
• Develop and implement corrective actions.
• Review, analyze, and communicate inspection results on import/domestic prototype samples to   Design Engineers and Project Managers.
• Provide support to other departments to interpret industry standards and perform various testing.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of supervisory experience
• 5+ years of Quality Assurance experience
• Good organizational skills
• Good communication skills
• Good Computer Skills (Excel, Word, PDF, and Outlook)
• Good Problem-Solving Skills
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Experience with metal fabrication equipment (press welders, press brakes, robotic equipment, CNC Wire formers, punch presses, mig welding, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Capability Studies
• Skilled with most measuring instruments micrometer, calipers, protractors, Rockwell hardness testers.
• Familiar with ASTM, ANSI, STI, and other standards.
• Good general knowledge of different materials such as CQ and PQ steel, plastics, wood, fastening hardware, etc.
• Knowledge of Inferential Statistics
• Excellent blueprint reading skills.
• Powder Coating and testing.

Candidates with the following characteristics are a plus:

• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Experience in the POP Industry
• College degree
• CQE or CQM (Certified Quality Engineer or Certified Quality Manager) by ASQ (American Society for Quality)

Opportunities for Growth:

You will have the opportunity to gain experience, and new skills and acquire new knowledge that can be applied to grow into new positions with higher pay. Furthermore, you can grow your career with Great Northern through advancement opportunities available at our facilities locally and nationally.

Expectation:

To be successful your teammates will depend on you to have pride in your work, be on time, work safely, work effectively with others, be optimistic, take ownership of your responsibilities, and look for continuous improvement opportunities.

Great Northern is an equal opportunity at-will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin.