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QC Control Manager Jobs in Ferndale, MI at Gage Products Company
Title: QC Control Manager
Company: Gage Products Company
Location: Ferndale, MI
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
Perform all duties and responsibilities within the guidelines of the Gage Products Company’s Vision, Mission, Quality Policy and Environmental Management Statements.
Duties and responsibilities are guided by well-defined, repeatable processes that are the key to meeting customer expectations and must be followed or changed as defined in GPS guidelines.
General responsibilities listed below describe the duties and responsibilities for continuous improvement:
Utilize procedures to prevent product, service, and process non-conformances
Identify and record any problems
Find solutions to problems through prescribed problem-solving methods
Effectively implement solutions for problems
Control the use of non-conforming product/service/process
Monitor and improve respective measurables.
Ensure that environmental issues are managed according to legal requirements, the environmental policy, the environmental management system procedures and good management practices.
Maintain an awareness of significant environmental impacts, actual or potential, of work activities.
Maintain an awareness of environmental benefits of improved environmental performance and continual improvement.
Maintain an awareness of objectives and targets pertaining to work and the importance of achieving the objectives and targets.
Understand both the Communications and the Emergency Preparedness and Response Procedures.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Oversee day to day management of the QC laboratory including all testing, record keeping, QC staff supervision, and budget
Maintain safety and environmental policies and procedures for lab operations and personnel
Provide supervision, leadership, and training to laboratory technicians
Utilize problem solving skills to assist internal and external customers
Maintain the ISO 9001 and 17025 requirements that pertain to the QC lab
Ensure that the lab equipment is calibrated and kept in good working order
Recommend new equipment and methodologies
Review and maintain test methods and work instructions
Work with manufacturing to improve the production process
Coordinate activities with outside testing laboratories
Maintain general housekeeping of the laboratory
QUALIFICATIONS (Skills, knowledge, experience):
Bachelor of Science in Chemical engineering or related science
5+ years QC laboratory experience, with at least 3 years supervising a manufacturing QC laboratory
Strong knowledge of chemistry and chemical engineering concepts
Experience with gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy
ISO 9001 and 17025 experience
Experience with instrumentation maintenance and calibration methods
Understanding of analyst training programs and their implementation
Ability to take new test methods from initial development to implementation
Experience with process continuous improvement
Proficiency in MS Office and ERP programs
Ability to lead and collaborate within a fast-pace and team-based environment
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
