Quality Inspection Supervisor

Position Summary {#position-summary dir="ltr"} This role requires an experienced Quality professional who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic, and challenging manufacturing environment. Reporting directly to the Site Quality Manager, this position will provide leadership and oversight of the site's Quality Inspection and Metrology functions. The successful candidate will possess strong knowledge of quality inspection and engineering principles, with the ability to read and interpret customer blueprints and engineering drawings. The candidate will have advanced manufacturing knowledge, including GD&T, precision measurement techniques, inspection tools, principles, and procedures. This leader will manage and supervise a team of 20+ Quality Inspectors across day and night shifts and ensure the site maintains the Quality Manual and associated documentation necessary to support the development, implementation, maintenance, and control of the Quality System. The ideal candidate is a people-oriented and engaging professional who can work independently with minimal direction, demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, and collaborates effectively across organizations and functions. This individual will be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and passionate about Quality. ## Duties & Responsibilities {#duties-responsibilities dir="ltr"} Manage the day-to-day activities of the Quality Inspection staff, providing administrative leadership, training, and development across Final Inspection, Gage Control, Receiving Inspection, First Piece Inspection, Metallurgical Laboratory, GMM, and CMM Inspection teams. Ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained to support the timely delivery of high-quality products. Establish clear, objective, and measurable performance expectations for personnel and communicate desired performance levels. Assign and delegate responsibilities while monitoring employee development and providing coaching and training to address behavioral or technical improvement opportunities. Attend daily Tier 3 meetings and provide updates and follow-up on assigned actions. Ensure effective management, communication, and escalation of customer quality issues to the Site Quality Manager and Executive Management, as appropriate. Support daily Material Review Board (MRB) activities and dispositions, including customer concession submissions. Lead continuous improvement initiatives by identifying and implementing measurement systems and inspection processes that improve efficiency, increase inspection capacity, and enhance overall quality performance. Support new program launches and develop inspection plans to ensure compliance with customer specifications and requirements. Manage Calibration and Metrology teams to ensure instruments, gauges, and measurement equipment are verified and validated according to established schedules. Manage the Verification In-Process procedure, updating and improving the process as needed to increase shop-floor efficiency and establish an effective feedback loop that supports improved throughput. Manage Inspection Stamp controls and ensure personnel are properly qualified and authorized to accept product. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, drawing, or schedule form. Demonstrate strong proficiency in blueprint interpretation and GD&T. Interpret engineering drawings and collaborate with Management and Engineering personnel to establish and maintain appropriate quality and reliability standards.