Kelso hiring as of today: Quality Assurance Manager! From today:
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Company: Kelso Technologies
Location: Bonham, Texas, US
Description
About Us
Kelso is an innovator in the railway equipment supply industry in North America. The company's focus is the design, engineering and sales of patented technologies. A series of external pressure relief valves, eduction tubes and a revolutionary new manway design for rail tank cars and roadway tank trailers are product lines available from Kelso. In development are patented valve models including a bottom outlet valve, vacuum relief valve and dual-rated pressure relief valve that address performance issues with current models in use on rail tank cars. These innovative technologies are designed to reduce risk and improve reliability in the transport of hazardous commodities in North America.
Quality Assurance Manager
Responsibilities
• Define quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff
• Devise and establish quality procedures, standards and specifications
• Ensure manufacturing processes meet standards
• Ensure production processes meet standards
• Ensure tests and procedures are properly understood and carried out
• Establish quality requirements from external suppliers
• Monitor performance by gathering data and producing reports
• Promote quality achievement and performance improvement
• Review customer requirements and ensure they are met
• Set up and maintain controls and documentation procedures
• Supervise technical staff in carrying out tests and checks
Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change.
•Meets quality assurance financial objectives by estimating requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
•Develops quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses; identifying critical control points and preventive measures; establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; monitoring inventories.
•Validates quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes; measuring production; documenting evidence; determining operational and performance qualification; writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
•Maintains and improves product quality by completing product, company, system, compliance, and surveillance audits; investigating customer complaints; collaborating with other members of management to develop new product and engineering designs, and manufacturing and training methods.
•Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.
•Updates job knowledge by studying trends in and developments in quality management; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
•Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Education
• Bachelors Degree (Business, Engineering or related field preferred)
Qualifications
• 5+ years quality assurance experience
• 5+ years of experience leading quality control teams
• Proven track record of building and improving robust quality management systems
• 3+ years of solid understanding of technical terminology and concepts,
• 3+ years of experience translating technical terminology and concepts into broad-based and audience-specific end user documentation
Skills
• Analyzes information effectively
• Basic computer skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Good management skills
• Great attention to detail
• Great leadership ability
• Solves problems effectively
• Works well with others
• Ability to travel up to 30%
Process Improvement
Analyzing Information
Strategic Planning
Emphasizing Excellence
Dealing with Complexity
Position Type
Full-Time
Benefits
Health and Dental plans available, 401K