Eaton’s ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a Quality Manager. This leadership role takes place at our facility in Lincoln, IL. We are able to offer relocation to qualified candidates within the United States.

As the Quality Manager you will manage the quality engineering team, responsible for product/process quality at the Lincoln Plant. You are also involved with post-sale field support, supplier quality and the Lincoln Quality Management System with the overall objective of providing optimum product quality and reliability at the most economical costs.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $120075.03 - $176110.04 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

• Maintain favorable economic balance between quality costs and divisional profits ensuring that the manufactured product quality and reliability levels produce the best return on dollars invested in quality. Drive plant to achieve financial CONC goals.

• Implement quality culture and motivate people to perform and produce to the best of their ability with regard to quality.

• Demonstrating strong leadership skills and developing people. Able to work with cross functional leaders.

• Specify quality assurance equipment and methods used to evaluate parts and products in production and product problem analysis in defect evaluation.

• Help drive problem solving culture. Train and lead problem solving activity using problem solving tools as it relates to reduction or elimination of problems.

• Prepare and implement quality assurance, inspection and testing procedures ensuring control of product is maintained, using latest technologies.

• Prepare the annual budget for the department and assists other departments in their budget preparation and focus on appropriate head count and capital expenditures.

• Appraise employee performance and implement policy with respect to compensation. Develops employee through training and motivation.

• Develop and execute annual quality objectives for the plant & department and reviews with key operations stakeholders, department personnel and manager periodically.

• Lead quality support for New Product Introduction (NPI) & Value Add Value Engineering (VAVE) projects to help ensure customer requirements met, regulatory certification met and achieve acceptable level of quality for the plant products and suppliers.

• Evaluate customer quality complaints and ensure appropriate corrective actions to both customer and Eaton Corporation developing the necessary documentation to support the quality control activities.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with other related Eaton business partners, suppliers of private brand label and sourced product all of which are included as Lincoln sales and roll up into Lincoln external quality and CONC.

• Assist in vendor quality capability audits recommending action to be taken to improve vendor quality or excluding vendor from preferred vendor list.

• Direct special quality assurance projects to improve manufacturing processes and test performances. Communicate changes to all functions to make certain that proper reviews, such environmental health and safety, are conducted.

• Oversee ISO 9001, Eaton Quality Management System (EQMS), and OpA (operational assessment), Q-LOR, LPA and processes to improve quality system and ensure appropriate certification status and continually improve process and systems.

• Responsible for the calibration and maintenance of measuring instruments used in quality checks. Responsibilities include conformance to Environmental Management System requirements.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited institution.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in quality management in a manufacturing environment.

• At least 5 years of experience as a manager of people.

• At least 1 year of working experience with ISO and UL standards and procedures.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or a technical discipline from an accredited university.

• Experience working in a union environment.

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of statistical process control.

• Strong knowledge of electrical distribution products and markets.

• Strong written and personal communication skills with individuals.

• Strong background in Problem Solving and using Problem Solving tools.

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Power BI.

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