Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
We are seeking an experienced Sr. Quality Manager for a direct hire opportunity in Houston, TX within the energy and utilities manufacturing sector. This is a senior, on-site leadership role responsible for directing quality assurance personnel, maintaining QMS compliance, supporting manufacturing operations, and driving continuous improvement across the facility.
The Sr. Quality Manager will lead a sizable quality team, including direct reports and supervisors, while serving as a key partner to manufacturing, engineering, operations, sales, and leadership teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a quality leader who thrives in a hands-on manufacturing environment, understands API and ISO requirements, and can drive meaningful improvements in Cost of Quality, audit performance, corrective action, and team accountability.
This role is well suited for a confident change leader who can build trust, develop employees, resolve quality challenges, and create a stronger culture of compliance, performance, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop quality assurance personnel, including supervisors and a team of approximately 11 to 12 direct reports.
- Maintain facility compliance with ISO 9001, API Q1, API product specifications, monogram licensing, internal and external audits, and regulatory requirements.
- Serve as the primary quality control resource for problem identification, root cause analysis, corrective action, loss reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with manufacturing, engineering, operations, sales, and marketing teams to resolve technical quality issues and support business objectives.
- Manage departmental processes, training schedules, performance objectives, budgets, expenditures, and resource utilization.
- Report quality trends, issues, losses, audit results, and improvement progress to management while driving reductions in Cost of Quality, scrap, rework, and customer complaints.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $145,000 to $155,000 per year.
- Direct hire opportunity.
- Schedule: Day shift, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
- Work arrangement: 100% on-site in Houston, TX.
- No hybrid or remote option available.
- No relocation offered.
- No sponsorship available.
- Interviews will be conducted in person.
- Lead quality assurance operations for a manufacturing facility or regional operation.
- Manage ISO and API QMS compliance, API product certifications, monogram licensing, and internal and external audit activities.
- Drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, process improvements, and measurable reductions in Cost of Quality.
- Provide leadership, training, accountability, and change management for quality staff and supervisors.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
- 8 to 10 years of related quality experience with a demonstrated record of successful management.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience with API product certifications and monograms.
- Strong working knowledge of API Q1, ISO 9001, API product specifications, QMS compliance, regulatory requirements, and quality audit processes.
- Strong manufacturing experience, including the ability to read and interpret production drawings, understand inspection methods, and apply quality control practices.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, operations, sales, and other technical teams.
- Demonstrated experience identifying systemic quality issues, performing root cause analysis, implementing corrective actions, and improving scrap, rework, COQ, and customer complaint metrics.
- Strong leadership and change management skills, including experience managing difficult teams, overcoming resistance, resolving conflict, building trust, and holding employees accountable.
- Ability to manage departmental budgets and expenditures.
- Effective verbal, written, and non-verbal communication skills.
- Strong skills in process management, time management, problem solving, employee development, motivating others, and data-driven decision-making.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and business systems such as Kronos, Oracle EBS, HCM, PIMS, Rig SMS, Rig Office, EON, JIRA, and Cognos.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in a related field.
- ASQ certification.
- Experience attending or supporting industry seminars, trade shows, customer audits, or supplier audits.
- Prior experience leading quality transformation initiatives in an energy, utilities, oilfield services, or industrial manufacturing environment.
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