Quality Assurance Manager

Manufacturing company is hiring a Quality Manager to support a growing steel manufacturing facility in Clinton, IL.

This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for building and leading the plant’s quality function, with a focus on driving continuous improvement, compliance, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Lead all aspects of plant quality, including systems, compliance, and inspections
• Develop and maintain ISO/AISC quality programs
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions across operations
• Partner cross-functionally with production, engineering, and leadership teams
• Identify risks and implement process improvements to enhance safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC)
• Manage and develop a team of quality inspectors and ensure full shift coverage
• Train personnel on quality standards, procedures, and measurement tools

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5+ years of experience in a steel or metals manufacturing environment
• 5+ years leading quality teams
• Experience with ISO and/or AISC quality systems
• Strong understanding of welding, fabrication, and inspection processes
• Exposure to Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods (UT, MT, VT) highly preferred
• CWI (Certified Welding Inspector) certification strongly preferred

Why This Role

• Opportunity to build and shape the quality function at a growing facility
• High visibility with plant and corporate leadership
• Backed by a stable, publicly traded parent company
• Relocation assistance available