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Quality Site Leader

LOCATION: Grain Valley / Missouri (US-MO), United States | BRAND: KB Signaling | REQUISITION ID: 7878 | JOB GRADE: 13 |

ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site

KB Signaling delivers unparalleled end-to-end wayside and onboard conventional signaling Control, Command, and Signaling (CCS) platforms and solutions. A trailblazer, we are driven to provide the best solutions for improved safety, performance, and lower overall operating cost for today’s transit and freight railway systems and operators in North America and beyond. Our team is fueled by innovation and grounded in solid values, like giving back to the communities where we do business and embracing sustainability to help protect our planet. KB Signaling is part of a global, high-tech company that will challenge you and help you grow. Discover your potential.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary:

This position is in support of the Grain Valley Missouri manufacturing plant. This is not a remote or hybrid position. The Quality Leader is responsible for managing and directing the activities involved in the Quality Assurance Process & overall procedures employed in production/manufacturing/repair. The involved responsibilities & activities include working & interacting with Supplier Quality Team, Industrialization, Program and Project Engineers. The Quality Site Leader drives the plant awareness & activities necessary to accomplish the Company’s Quality Assurance Metrics & Goals (i.e. Customer Complaints, Process Defects, Scrap, among others).

Essential Functions:

• Manage daily operation quality issues & related activities.

• Formulation and implementation standards to achieve quality objectives and resolution of product.

• Maintain Quality Processes

• Manage Customer Complaint and Resolution system for the facility.

• Control Scrap, Customer Delivered Quality (CDQ), Cost of poor quality (COPQ) & Defects per million opportunities (DPMO). Drive plant Continuous Improvement initiatives.

• Communicate and support activities and procedures with team members.

• Lead Actions for Top Quality Issues.

• Support Product Safety initiatives at the Plant.

• Protects the customer, has the authority to stop the production and/or shipment in case the quality of the product is compromised, to request the help needed to solve the problem

• Ensure customer requirements are met

• Knows and communicates the need for product safety.

• Reinforce “right to stop” production line, when he/she notices that the product has a quality problem or defect.

• Perform all those activities that by the nature of the position are required.

Management & Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Quality Assurance Manager.

Knowledge:

• ISO 9001-2015

• Understanding of circuit board and light-electronics manufacturing

• Quality Management Systems

• 8D and QRQC processes

• Repair and Return Material Authorization

• Special Process or Program Auditing

• Configuration Management

• SAP, PLM, Configuration Management systems

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in a manufacturing supervisory role/responsibility

• Minimum 2 years in a Quality role

Skills:

• Strong communication skills both oral and written

• Investigative resulting in true root cause

• Team building resolving conflict

Education/Certifications:

• Technical Degree or equivalent experience may be accepted

• Proficient in Microsoft Applications such as Excel, Work, & PowerPoint

• Ability to qualify IPC 610, 620 as needed

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is a lever to running a sustainable and successful business. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. KB Signaling is a drug-free workplace.

Nearest Major Market: Kansas City

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