AFMW - Quality Assurance Manager
Ashland Foundry and Machine Works LLC
Ashland, PAFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
An established manufacturing organization seeks a Quality Assurance Manager to lead its quality team, oversee quality management systems, and support consistent quality standards across manufacturing operations. The role focuses on developing employees, strengthening processes, maintaining regulatory compliance, and partnering with operations leadership to improve quality performance. The successful candidate will combine leadership and organizational skills with experience managing quality systems, audits, documentation, and continuous improvement.
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AFMW - Quality Assurance Manager
Ashland, PA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=500+E+Centre+St+Ashland+PA+USA+17921-2018)
Job Type
Full-time
Description
An established manufacturing organization is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead its quality team, oversee quality management systems, and drive consistent execution of quality standards across manufacturing operations.
This role is ideal for a hands-on people leader who can develop employees, strengthen processes, maintain regulatory compliance, and partner with operations leadership to improve quality performance. The successful candidate will combine strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to manage complex quality systems, audits, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
People Leadership
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Lead, coach, and develop quality assurance personnel, including engineers, technicians, and inspection and testing staff.
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Establish clear expectations, promote accountability, and support employee development and technical competency.
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Partner with production supervisors and department leaders to resolve quality issues and improve manufacturing performance.
Quality Systems and Compliance
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Develop, implement, and maintain the quality management system, procedures, and internal controls.
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Ensure compliance with applicable ISO standards and relevant military, naval, and nuclear quality requirements, including NAVSEA, MIL-STD, ASME, and NQA-1.
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Oversee internal and external audits, corrective and preventive actions, root cause analysis, and follow-up to ensure effective resolution.
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Maintain documentation integrity, material traceability, and compliance with customer and regulatory requirements.
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Review customer contracts, technical specifications, drawings, and quality requirements to ensure appropriate controls are established.
Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement
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Monitor quality performance metrics and identify opportunities to reduce defects, rework, and quality-related costs.
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Work collaboratively with manufacturing and operations leadership to address production issues and improve process consistency.
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Identify quality risks and implement preventive measures throughout manufacturing processes.
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Serve as a primary point of contact for customers, inspectors, outside contractors, and certifying organizations on quality-related matters.
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Promote a culture of safety, accountability, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
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Demonstrated experience leading a quality function or team in a manufacturing environment.
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Experience implementing or maintaining ISO quality management systems and managing audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Knowledge of manufacturing quality processes, technical specifications, material traceability, and quality documentation.
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Ability to interpret technical drawings, customer requirements, and applicable quality standards.
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Strong people leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
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Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain accuracy in a highly regulated, documentation-intensive environment.
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Foundry, metal casting, machining, or other complex manufacturing experience preferred.
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Familiarity with nondestructive examination (NDE) and military or nuclear quality standards is beneficial but not required.
Opportunity
This is an opportunity for a quality leader to make a meaningful impact by developing people, strengthening quality systems, and partnering with operations to support consistent manufacturing performance and customer satisfaction.
A competitive compensation and benefits package will be offered based on qualifications and experience.
Confidential inquiries and resumes are welcome.Additional information about the organization will be shared with qualified candidates as the selection process progresses.
The employer is an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 442 open Quality Assurance Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$91–140K/yr288 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Quality Assurance Manager jobs in Pennsylvania and 442 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Quality Assurance Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (305 postings).
- Education
- 115 of the 442 open Quality Assurance Manager jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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