Quality Manager- Emporia, VA
Georgia-Pacific's Emporia Plywood mill is hiring an experienced Quality Manager to join our team. Being a member of the plant leadership team, the Quality Manager reports to the Assistant Plant Manager. They work together with operations to meet the facilities production goals focused on ensuring the site produces excellent quality that meets our customers' needs, to ensure Georgia-Pacific is their preferred partner.
What You Will Do
- Develop and maintain Georgia-Pacific's safety vision throughout the Quality team
- Ensure the plant meets all quality KPI's
- Manage Quality, Value & Yield through process control monitoring
- Facilitating team development and growth, and reviewing/managing performance
- Ensure plant quality program operates in compliance with all regulatory agencies including all required documentation and reporting
- Lead all internal and external audits of sites Quality Management System
- Conduct (or coordinate) training for manufacturing quality standards
- Manage the QMS Quality Programs to provide real time feedback to all departments
- Escalate results that operational leaders need to be made aware of
- Coordinate internal product verifications across the plant
- Set-up and lead quality control studies before and after process changes
- Utilize the QMS Process to drive improvements and sustain performance
- Verify all finished goods leaving the site meets the strictest of packaging requirements
- Oversee calibration schedules for all departments hand tools used for documenting quality checks
Basic Qualifications
- Three (3) or more years of Quality Leadership experience managing quality process improvements in a manufacturing environment
- Must have intermediate or higher level knowledge of MS Word and Excel, and ability to learn various PC-based production and operations applications.
- Must be able and willing to work in a fast-paced industrial manufacturing environment, including extended periods of time in a noisy, non-air conditioned or unheated areas
What Will Put You Ahead
- Degree in Wood Sciences or Engineering
- Leadership experience in Manufacturing Environment
- Experience working in plywood or wood products
- Advanced computer skills
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