Location
Plymouth, MN | United States
Job description
JOIN THE WAGNER FAMILY
Thank you for your interest in Wagner. We always have our eyes open for talented people who want to learn, grow and expand their capabilities with Wagner.
Wagner is small enough that you matter and large enough for you to make a difference.
Wagner Spray Tech believes that people represent a company's most important asset. At Wagner, we strive to create an organization where everyone participates and efforts are focused toward continuous improvement. These improvements are driven by dedication, teamwork, and the innovation of the Wagner family.
Our company participates in the US government's E-Verify process. In addition, all offers of employment are contingent on a drug test and background check.
YOUR BENEFITS
Our benefit package includes:
- 4 weeks PTO per year
- 401(k) and a company match
- Profit Sharing
- Medical
- Dental
- Life
- Disability
- 6 Weeks Parental Leave
- Long term care insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- On-site fitness center
- On-site café
Position Objective:
- Responsible for the overall leadership/management, direction and coordination of the company product quality conformance activities.
- Plans, directs, implements and monitors processes and procedures to meet quality customer requirements in the areas of production, supplier management and product development.
- Initiates and monitors processes and quality improvement projects for continuous improvement.
- Support other departments in quality technical methods and procedures.
- Maintains and improves processes described in the documented business system.
Responsibilities:
- Assures that policies, plans, programs and an organization structure are in place to meet the quality assurance requirements of customers. Revise these as needed to adapt to the changing business objectives and conditions.
- Assures a process exists to collect information and uses that information to provide a measurement of product quality and drive corrections and improvements.
- Provides leadership and management support to the function. Assigns individual goals and objectives that support company objectives.
- Recruits and trains direct reports as required.
- Plans, implements and monitors processes and procedures for quality: especially in the areas of production, supplier quality, and new product development to ensure products meet specifications and customer expectations.
- Develops and implements new quality methods and tools to establish best in class quality business system.
- Responds quickly and decisively to corrective action to requests both internally and externally generated.
- Provides support to the new product development and sustaining engineering functions to meet product quality expected by customers and provide information to those groups that will be used to result in product designs that better meet customer requirements.
- Maintains and improves processes described in the documented business system.
- Develops realistic cost center cost estimates for the development of budgets. Assures expenses stay within budgeted levels.
- Performs other duties and assumes accountabilities as apparent or as delegated, including mutually agreed objectives.
Relationship To Others:
- Direct management of exempt and non-exempt personnel
- Engages in in-depth communication with various levels of the Organization functions.
- Has regular communication with a variety of domestic and offshore suppliers.
- Periodically communicates directly with customers.
- Much of the relationship with other functions is either seeking information, or suggesting problem resolution, requiring strong communication skills.
Dimensions of Position:
- Works with confidential information including company financials, salary data, sensitive product quality information and company strategic plans.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field; and 8-10 years’ experience in in both high volume and low volume discreet manufacturing; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience as determined by the hiring manager and Human Resources.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with fluid handling equipment is a plus.
- Familiarity with precision machining QA requirements.
- Technical knowledge of paint application equipment.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Knowledge of QM systems such as PPAP, APQP, and Lean Six Sigma.
• Knowledge of various manufacturing processes including plastics processing, die-casting, machining and electromechanical assemblies.
• General understanding of product regulatory agencies (UL, CSA, ETL, government consumer protection agencies, etc.).
• Ability to determine important/critical issues and act on them.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Possess excellent negotiation skills in order to bring others together and reconcile differences.
• Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems (critical thinking).
• Should be influential and be able to motivate other people.
• Driver towards continuous improvement/quality-focused
• Exercises good judgment and decision making with ability to examine data to grasp issues, draw conclusions, and solve problems. Makes use of critical thinking skills to evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Possesses complex problem-solving skills.
• Live our Values of: Open, Cooperative, Accountable, Progressive, and Customer Centric.
Working Conditions
Work is performed in a standard or home office environment which requires occasionally lifting articles such as file boxes or heavier materials with help from others and/or lifting and carrying light objects frequently. A job in this category may require walking or standing to a significant degree or may involve sitting most of the time with long periods of computer work and phone usage. Willingness to travel as needed, up to 15%.
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