Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager

Location: Ashland, PA

Pay: $120,000–$140,000, depending on experience

Hours: 7 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday

DIRECT HIRE OPPORTUNITY

Lead quality in a high-stakes foundry environment where reliability, safety, and documentation matter. As Quality Assurance Manager, you’ll oversee the quality management system and help ensure cast components meet demanding customer, military, nuclear, and regulatory requirements.

Why this opportunity?

You’ll guide a quality team and work across manufacturing, engineering, and customer-facing functions. Your leadership will support continuous improvement and help protect the integrity and traceability of products made to rigorous specifications.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and maintain quality processes and procedures supporting ISO, NAVSEA, ASME, and NQA-1 requirements.

• Monitor the effectiveness of quality systems and manufacturing processes, including foundry operations, heat treatment, and nondestructive examination (NDE).

• Plan and conduct internal and external audits; manage corrective and preventive actions.

• Review contracts and purchase orders for advanced products and high-specification customers.

• Coordinate with department leaders to resolve quality and production issues and communicate process improvements.

• Oversee quality assurance engineers, technicians, and NDE personnel; coach and develop the team.

• Serve as a primary point of contact for customers, inspectors, contractors, and certifying bodies.

• Maintain complete, accurate documentation and product traceability.

• Promote safe work practices and compliance with environmental and safety requirements.

What you’ll bring:

• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• ISO certification experience and Level III NDE qualification.

• 5 - 10 years of Relevant foundry or manufacturing experience.

• Knowledge of metallurgy, alloy behavior, casting defects, material certification, and NDE methods.

• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and contract requirements.

• Experience preparing or reviewing quality plans, inspection and test plans, and NDE procedures.

• Strength in audits, corrective and preventive action, documentation control, and cross-functional problem-solving.

• Clear communication skills and the ability to lead, mentor, and work effectively in a highly scrutinized environment.

• Skilled in people and systems management

About the work environment:

This role is based in a foundry and manufacturing setting, with exposure to moving mechanical parts and periods of walking or standing. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.

The employer is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without discrimination based on any status protected by applicable law.

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