Quality Supervisor at The Timken Company in Traverse City, Michigan

Job Description:

Your career begins at Cone Drive Operations, a Timken company! Cone Drive is located in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan and boasts 100 years of success in the gearing industry. If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Cone Drive. Our employees make the world more productive by improving the efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in motion.

The Quality Supervisor oversees the inspection team at the Traverse City faciilty, a high product mix environment including machining and assembly operations.

Reponsibilities:

• Daily supervision of the quality inspectors for receiving, in-process and final inspection. Monitors and schedules work flow through inspection.
• Ensures Inspection staff is satisfactorly trained to perform their tasks.
• Creates inspection report templates, ensurse the Inspection staff completes them and approves reports for submission to the customer.
• Creates Certificate of Conformances for products shipped.
• Leads the Non-Conforming Material Process for the Traverse City facility and ensures held material is moved through the appropriate steps for rework, vendor rejection or scrap.
• Creates deviation requests for submission and approval to internal or external customers.

Requirements:

• HS Diploma or equivalent; associates degree or trade school preferred with a focus in manufacturing technology or machining
• 5-7 years' experience in manufacturing environment with previous leadership expsosure
• CMM and Surface Metrology Equipment operating experience
• Ability to read blueprints with basic knowledge of GD&T
• Basic proficiency in Excel & Word; AS400 (preferred but not required)
• Good communication & organization skills

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data ("CTD") and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

The Timken Company, a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion, designs a growing portfolio of next-generation products for diverse industries. For more than 125 years, Timken has used its specialized expertise to innovate and create customer-centric solutions that increase reliability and efficiency. The company posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2024 and employs more than 19,000 people globally, operating from 45 countries. Timken has been recognized among America's Most Responsible Companies and America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek, the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere and America's Most Innovative Companies by Fortune.
Why Choose Timken?

Over a century of knowledge and innovation

A culture of top performance

A global, diverse environment

Products that contribute to a sustainable world

A conviction to improve communities around us

Competitive salary and benefits

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