Job Description

Job Title: Quality Manager

Salary Range: $115,700.00 To $166,000.00 Annually

Starting Range: $115,700 To $141,000.00 Annually

We're looking for an experienced quality professional ready to take the next step in their career and contribute to an employee-owned company whose mission is to help save lives. This is a unique opportunity for someone with manufacturing experience, who is passionate about continuous improvement and excited to lead a high-performing team. You'll play a key role in ensuring the uncompromised quality of all CMC products, processes, services and systems across our internal and external production, global supply chains and distribution channels. If you're ready to grow with a company that values initiative, collaboration, and operational excellence, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us:

CMC is an employee-owned company based in Goleta, California, with a mission to help save lives by equipping professionals with the tools and training they need to perform their jobs with the highest levels of safety and efficiency. We are a passionate and purpose-driven team, proud to serve the rescue and rope access communities with the world’s most trusted life safety equipment for over 40 years. At CMC, our commitment to innovation, quality, and service is rooted in a shared dedication to those who risk their lives to protect and save others.

About the Job:

This role oversees the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of the CMC Quality Management System (QMS), and ensures compliance to ISO9001:2015, CE Module D, and any other requirements of international PPE standards.

This role is both strategic and hands-on requiring strong leadership in quality systems, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, product compliance, corrective actions, and certification management. The Quality Manager leads an on-going culture of quality, learning and teamwork, geared specifically to the needs of customers and the long-term sustainability of the business.

What You Do:

• Lead all aspects of the CMC QMS providing support and ensuring commitment to quality from all departments.
• Formulate, maintain and continuously improve all quality control procedures, standards and on-going quality control objectives to assure optimum quality of all CMC products and services.
• Lead internal and external audits (e.g., ISO, CE, regulatory bodies, supplier), ensuring readiness and timely closure of findings.
• Maintain all quality records and documentation in accordance with the quality manual and specific customer requirements.
• Oversee the quality inspection process and team, including the development of sampling plans, quality levels, inspection criteria, and optimal data collection for all products both internal and external.
• Assess and support development of quality processes of external production and suppliers to ensure they meet CMC requirements.
• Perform supplier audits, qualification and provide ongoing performance monitoring / reporting.
• Lead the root cause, corrective action, and continuous improvement programs for all areas of the company.
• Collect data and perform analysis to validate root cause, process validation, process improvement, and inspection processes.
• Oversee the containment and disposition of non-conforming materials and act as the quality representative and voice of the customer for the Materials Review Board.
• Support engineering efforts by participating in design development projects representing quality assurance and the customer.
• Develop, implement and analyze quality KPIs, metrics and reporting tools. Regularly report to management, department leads, and employee owners on quality performance, issues, and trends.
• Support product certification processes and interface with Notified Bodies and test labs.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, statistics or related technical field required.
• 7-10 years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment.
• In-depth experience in the application of the ISO 9000 series Quality Management System and auditing.
• Must have demonstrated mastery of quality tools and processes.
• Advanced statistical skills with excellent proficiency in Excel and other analytical software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills especially in leading problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Proven ability to perform and train others in quality measurement, testing and systems application.
• Experience in Lean manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Statistical Process Control, with Six Sigma Green or Black Belt desired.
• Experience in mechanical design, GD&T, metrology, desired.

Compensation details: 115700-166500 Yearly Salary

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