Director of Quality

Are you a quality leader who enjoys building systems, developing teams, and creating a culture of continuous improvement? Advantic Building Group is seeking a Director of Quality to lead enterprise-wide quality strategy, establish a scalable Quality Management System (QMS), drive ISO 9001 certification efforts, and partner with leaders across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and field operations to deliver exceptional customer outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to build and shape the future of quality within a growing organization.

At Advantic Building Group, we design, fabricate, and install innovative Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) structural systems that help our customers build smarter, safer, and more efficiently.

But what truly sets Advantic apart isn’t just what we build - it’s how we work and who we work with.

We're a team that values ownership, camaraderie, and curiosity. We roll up our sleeves, tackle challenges together, and support one another along the way. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a quality leader who shares those values and can help strengthen the culture we've built while establishing the systems, processes, and accountability necessary to deliver exceptional quality outcomes for our customers.

Why Join Advantic?

• Lead the development of a scalable enterprise-wide Quality Management System (QMS)
• Drive Advantic's ISO 9001 certification journey
• Influence quality across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and field operations
• Build and develop a growing quality organization
• Partner directly with senior leadership to shape strategic initiatives
• Make a visible impact on customer success, operational excellence, and company growth

Role Summary

The Director of Quality provides strategic leadership for quality across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, assembly, and field operations. This role is responsible for developing and executing Advantic Building Group's quality strategy, building a scalable Quality Management System (QMS), leading ISO 9001 certification efforts, and driving continuous improvement throughout the organization.

This leader partners closely with operations, engineering, supply chain, and project teams to reduce defects, improve process performance, strengthen customer confidence, and support the company's growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Leadership and Strategic Planning

• Develop and execute a quality roadmap aligned with business growth, customer commitments, operational risks, and manufacturing and construction requirements; set annual objectives, priorities, and resource needs, including staffing, inspection equipment, and quality technology.
• Report quality performance, emerging risks, and cost of poor quality (scrap, rework, field repairs, returns, warranty) to senior leadership with clear owners, deadlines, and escalation expectations, and partner with Operations and Delivery to reduce it.

Quality Management Systems (QMS) & ISO 9001 Leadership

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve Advantic's Quality Management System (QMS), while leading ISO 9001 certification readiness, certification audits, surveillance audits, and recertification activities.
• Build a scalable, practical Quality Management System that enables operational consistency, supports growth, improves customer satisfaction, and achieves ISO 9001 certification.
• Govern document, configuration, and revision control across engineering drawings, submittals, production information, and field documentation, and ensure quality records are reliable and accessible across ERP, MES, and document systems with defined data ownership.

Manufacturing Quality, Process Control & Continuous Improvement

• Establish inspection and test plans, acceptance criteria, and release controls for incoming materials, in-process fabrication, final assembly, packaging, and pre-shipment verification, ensuring products conform to approved drawings, engineering requirements, customer specifications, and applicable contractual and industry requirements.
• Partner with Operations on specification review, design reviews, process risk assessments, first-build validation, and readiness for new or changed products and processes; coordinate qualified technical resources when specialized expertise is needed.
• Define traceability, inspection records, measuring equipment controls, calibration, and measurement method validation appropriate to risk and application.
• Establish controls for FRP materials and structural assemblies, including storage, handling, fabrication, and special processes.

Corrective Actions, Root Cause Analysis & Quality Improvement

• Lead the enterprise nonconformance and corrective action process, including containment, material disposition, root cause analysis, escalation management, and verification of corrective action effectiveness across internal, supplier, customer, and field-related issues.
• Exercise authority under approved procedures to quarantine material, hold shipments, or stop affected work when conformity is in question; coordinate technical dispositions and obtain required customer approval for concessions or deviations, while maintaining independence of quality decisions.

Supplier, Subcontractor, & Field Quality Management

• Partner with Supply Chain to establish supplier qualification, approval, audit, and performance monitoring, including quality requirements for outsourced services and subcontracted work, and maintain approval status in the approved supplier system.
• Ensure certifications, traceability, inspection evidence, and customer requirements are flowed down to suppliers and verified.
• Lead supplier corrective actions and improvement plans, and support cost recovery within established commercial authority.
• Develop the field quality program for construction management and data center white space work, including project quality plan templates, inspection and test plan requirements, hold and witness points, and documentation standards that on-site QC managers must follow.
• Set expectations for, train, and hold on-site QC managers accountable to the program through project kickoffs, periodic field audits, and review of inspection records, field non-conformances, and punch list and turnover documentation.
• Serve as the escalation point for field quality issues and the senior quality contact for customers and third-party inspectors during audits and handover.

Performance Measures

• Establish baselines, targets, and reporting definitions with leadership. Measures include first-pass yield, scrap and rework, cost of poor quality, nonconformance recurrence and closure time, corrective action effectiveness, supplier performance, customer complaints, field deficiencies, audit completion, calibration compliance, and progress against the quality roadmap.

People Leadership and Shared Accountability

• Lead hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and development of quality personnel, with training matrices, competency expectations, and succession plans.
• Partner with operational leaders to build quality awareness across the organization, and hold process owners accountable through agreed governance and escalation, reinforcing that each department owns the quality of its work.
• Model Ownership, Camaraderie, and Curiosity through clear expectations, respectful challenge, and consistent follow-through.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality, or a related discipline, or equivalent directly relevant experience.
• Ten or more years of progressive quality experience, including five or more years leading a quality team or function in manufacturing or a comparable technical environment.
• Demonstrated success building, implementing, or significantly improving Quality Management Systems (QMS).
• Experience leading ISO 9001 implementation, certification readiness, and managing internal, customer, and third-party audits.
• Proven results developing people, leading change across departments, and reducing defects, repeat failures, or quality-related costs.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and inspection requirements; practical knowledge of measurement systems, traceability, process controls, and structured problem-solving.
• Experience using ERP, MES, electronic quality systems, or comparable tools to establish dependable workflows and actionable reporting.
• Ability to communicate clearly with customers, frontline employees, and senior leaders; make sound decisions under pressure; and resolve competing quality, schedule, and business priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FRP or composite products, structural fabrication, engineered assemblies, construction quality, or mission-critical and data center projects.
• Experience connecting manufacturing quality with field installation, subcontractor oversight, customer acceptance, and project turnover.
• ASQ CMQ/OE, CQE, or CQA certification; ISO 9001 lead auditor qualification; or Lean Six Sigma training with demonstrated application.

Physical demands

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to communicate effectively through speaking and listening. The role typically involves prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. The employee may occasionally be required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and lift or move objects up to 15 pounds.

Advantic Building Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.