Quality Supervisor

Job Summary

This position will work in partnership with other departments such as planning, purchasing, human resources, finance, manufacturing engineering, management and HSEQ, and will be involved in the hiring of employees, employee development, cost management and ensure a safe work environment. This position oversees the daily tasks and assignments of quality auditor’s plant wide. Monitors scrap and is responsible for scrap accuracy. This position reports directly to Quality Manager.

Job Duties

- Monitor scrap and enter all scrap tickets into JDE.

- Will be involved in foundry routers to ensure quality accuracy.

- Work with Manufacturing Engineering, leads, management, metallurgist, and 3rd party vendors to solve problems with part production or quality regarding tooling, patterns, melt instruction or equipment.

- Manage and coordinate the activities of all quality auditors including training, employee development, performance evaluation, discipline actions, hiring decisions, vacation schedules, shift schedules, and time management on work orders.

- Promote a safety culture and enforce all NOV HSE policies and procedures (local government regulations as applicable). Maintain housekeeping standards to ensure a clean and safe workplace.

- Ensure all requirements for location quality certifications are met and adhered to (i.e., ISO).

- In collaboration with Production, Quality, Engineering, and/or metallurgist investigate all customer escapes and implement corrective and preventive actions to prevent the re-occurrence for foundry product. Analyze and address product nonconformities (scrap, rework, use-as-is) to improve the cost of quality for the foundry.

- Ability to communicate both verbally and written to ensure all employees are properly informed about policies, procedures, location performance, programs, work schedules, etc.

- Drive continuous improvement in areas of Safety, Quality, LEAN, Delivery, Lead-Time Reduction, and Cost to enhance performance. Ability to review drawings, process routers, or procedures to identify and drive opportunities for quality and cost improvements.

- All other duties as assigned.

Experience and Education

- Minimum of 2 years management experience preferred.

- High school diploma or equivalent; Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, quality or equivalent is a plus

- Minimum of 5 years experience within the Quality Function

- Experience in customer specific requirements

Competencies/ Skills

- Process Improvement * Quality Assurance - Managerial experience preferred * Root Cause Analysis - High level analytical skills * Blueprint Reading and GD&T - Detail oriented * Computer knowledge

- Written and oral communication skills