Quality Manager

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Quality Manager

Buffalo, NY * Be part of an exciting journey as we build our new facility in the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park in Alabama, NY! This role offers a unique hybrid opportunity, blending remote work flexibility with on-site presence during the facility's construction phase. 

Salary Range: $89,000 - 124,000

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on several factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.

The Quality Manager is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously improving the quality management system at a new greenfield manufacturing site specializing in high-precision machining and assembly. Overseeing a team of 8-10 direct reports across quality engineering, quality control, and supplier quality, this role ensures the site achieves and maintains ISO certification while driving quality excellence during the production ramp-up over the next 12 months. The Quality Manager will implement robust processes, including PPAP and supplier audits, to minimize defects, reduce costs, and ensure customer satisfaction, while supporting the transfer of equipment and processes from an existing company site.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and lead the site’s quality assurance and control systems, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and company quality policies during the startup phase and beyond.
• Manage a team of 8-10 quality professionals, including quality engineers, quality control inspectors, and supplier quality specialists, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the implementation of Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and conduct supplier audits to qualify and monitor suppliers, ensuring consistent material and component quality.
• Lead internal and external quality audits, identifying corrective and preventive actions to enhance process reliability and product quality.
• Drive quality control initiatives, including FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis), process reviews, and KPI monitoring (e.g., defect rates, rejects, customer feedback), to reduce operating costs and warranty claims.
• Collaborate with the Manufacturing Engineering Manager and Operations Manager to define and validate manufacturing processes during equipment/process transfers, ensuring repeatability and adherence to quality standards.
• Manage supplier quality performance, working closely with the supply chain team to resolve issues and implement preventative measures.
• Represent the site during customer visits, audits, and quality-related discussions, acting as the voice of the customer to align internal operations with external expectations.
• Prepare and present monthly quality reports and KPIs to global leadership, identifying improvement opportunities and championing site-wide quality projects.
• Assess training needs and deliver quality system training (e.g., ISO, PPAP, root cause analysis) to ensure team competency and documentation compliance.
• Ensure adherence to safety policies and local regulations within areas of responsibility.

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Skills / Knowledge / Experience:

•    Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field; advanced degree or certification (e.g., CQE, CQM) is a plus.
•    10+ years of experience in manufacturing quality management, with at least 5 years leading a quality team.
•    Proven expertise in ISO 9001 certification processes, PPAP, supplier qualification, and audit execution in a high-precision manufacturing environment.
•    Strong knowledge of quality tools and methodologies, including Lean Six Sigma (Green or Black Belt preferred), FMEA, and statistical process control (SPC).
•    Experience with greenfield site startups or process transfers is highly desirable.
•    Demonstrated ability to manage supplier relationships and drive supplier quality improvements.
•    Excellent leadership and team development skills, with a track record of building high-performing quality teams.
•    Proficiency in data analysis and reporting, with intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint) or similar tools.
•    Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams under pressure.
•    Flexibility to adapt to a fast-paced startup environment, with a proactive and solutions-oriented mindset.
•    Willingness to travel occasionally (up to 20% initially) to suppliers or the existing company site during the transition phase.
 

***Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.***

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use stairways to climb to floors within office building, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands and fingers to type or dial, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. This position requires frequent computer use. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
 

Benefits Summary:

Annual Variable Compensation Bonus, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with Company Match, Paid Vacation, Paid Floating Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, Training and Development, Parental Leave, Disability Benefits, Life and AD&D Insurance

What you can expect from us: 

Excellent working conditions and benefits 
Part of the Atlas Copco Group with a wide-reaching internal job market 
Work in a global diverse and dynamic environment   You can grow with us: we always look for internal candidates before checking the market and have training and development programs   We have a friendly, family-like atmosphere – and that is not just a claim on the wall, it’s a true fact  
You can be creative and promote your own ideas  
Every day brings new challenges and new things to learn 

Edwards Company considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws.  

Edwards is a global leader of vacuum and abatement systems.  We are proud to lead the industry, pushing the boundaries of science to deliver innovative products which are intrinsic to everyday life, working in partnership with our customers and continually setting new standards.  With over 100 years of rich heritage, Edwards is the partner of choice for tens of thousands of customers in critical applications around the world.  Vacuum is required in diverse sectors, from the generation of power to the production of steel, to the challenging environments of space simulation and high energy physics research.  

At Edwards, we believe there is always a better way.  Our employees are full of ideas. When looking to add a new team member, we are looking for someone that can appreciate what the Edwards Team has done and bring their new ideas and perspective to enhance where we can go.  At Edwards you get to be part of something big; we work globally, but also get the opportunity make a difference locally in our own discipline.  We work hard to attract, motivate, develop and retain the best talent from the diversity of people across the globe. Our vision to be First in Mind, First in Choice relies on this strategy. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.    

For more information about Edwards visit our website: www.edwardsvacuum.com 

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