Jobs at Quanex Building Products

Supports office operations by coordinating meetings, services, records, correspondence, visitors, events, reports, presentations, invoices, and workspaces. Assists department leadership and accounting while maintaining confidentiality, responding to routine inquiries, and supporting other departments. Requires strong communication, administrative organization, Microsoft Office proficiency, and independent work capability.

Leads Quanex’s global tax function across multiple regions, overseeing tax planning, transfer pricing, compliance, audits, reporting, and tax-efficient strategies. Partners with executives, auditors, legal counsel, and advisors on international tax matters, acquisitions, restructurings, and regulatory developments. Builds a high-performing global tax team and ensures compliance with U.S. and international regulations, including OECD BEPS and Pillar Two requirements.

Lead product regulatory and standards compliance for window, door, and fenestration products across North America and select global markets. Interpret regulations, building codes, and industry standards; manage materials compliance documentation and corrective actions; support product development, testing, certifications, and nonconformance resolution; and represent Quanex in industry associations and technical committees. Collaborate with engineering, product management, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and legal teams while advising leadership on emerging compliance risks and opportunities.

Owns the enterprise strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, governance, and commercialization of colors, coatings, plating, and decorative and protective finishes. The role harmonizes standards, specifications, naming, and customer tools across product lines while driving portfolio simplification, profitability, quality, innovation, and adoption. It partners cross-functionally with engineering, operations, sourcing, quality, sales, marketing, suppliers, and customers, and requires domestic and international travel up to 25%.

Leads product regulatory and compliance initiatives for window, door, and fenestration products across North America and global markets. Interprets standards and building codes, translates requirements into engineering specifications, manages materials compliance documentation, monitors regulatory changes, and supports certifications, corrective actions, new product development, and compliance investigations. Represents the company in industry associations and technical committees while collaborating with engineering, product management, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and legal teams.

Inspects products and packages orders for shipment while ensuring quality, accurate counts, proper labeling, pallet standards, protective packaging, and documentation. Samples products against shop drawings, rejects nonconforming items, wraps or bands orders, enters completed orders into the computer, and prepares packaging tickets and shipping information. The role works Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Manufacturing Engineer responsible for product and process design, manufacturability studies, plant layouts, capital projects, engineering documentation, and project implementation. The role develops equipment and tooling proposals, evaluates financial justification, creates bills of materials and technical drawings, coordinates electrical requirements, and provides manufacturing support across departments. Requires an engineering degree or equivalent experience, at least two years of relevant experience, SolidWorks proficiency, strong analytical skills, and project management capabilities.

Temporary recruiter supporting talent acquisition across multiple US manufacturing sites. Responsibilities include partnering with hiring managers, developing recruitment strategies, sourcing and scheduling hourly candidates, maintaining candidate pipelines, communicating application updates, tracking recruitment progress, and recommending process improvements. The role requires recruiting experience, strong communication and organization, familiarity with ATS and social media recruiting tools, and proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Leads operational support, stability, development, integrations, upgrades, deployments, and continuous improvement for ERP and business applications. Serves as senior escalation point for complex issues, manages ITSM processes and SLAs, coordinates disaster recovery testing, and leads analysts, developers, support professionals, and contractors. Partners with business and IT leaders to align application roadmaps with organizational priorities while improving system reliability and reducing recurring incidents.

Performs cabinet-door manufacturing tasks including sanding, operating woodworking machinery, packaging, product inspection, documentation, and maintaining clean, safe work areas. Follows standard operating procedures and safety guidelines, reports equipment issues, meets production standards, and supports coworkers across work areas. Day-shift full-time position requiring punctuality, strong work ethic, and a positive attitude.

Installs screen mesh into window and door frames, sequences orders, inspects products for defects, selects materials by specification, and uses hand and pneumatic tools to secure mesh and accessories. The role involves repetitive production-floor work, careful attention to detail, following written and verbal instructions, and occasional overtime or additional shifts.

The Manufacturing Engineer manages product and process design, manufacturability studies, plant layouts, capital projects, engineering documentation, and equipment improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include preparing project requests, estimating designs and costs, calculating financial justification, developing manufacturing documentation, coordinating electrical requirements, managing project timelines, and providing technical support across departments. The role requires engineering expertise, analytical problem-solving, project management, SolidWorks proficiency, and manufacturing experience.

Develops and implements global pricing strategies, models, and structures to improve revenue, market share, and profit margins. Conducts market and competitive analysis, evaluates pricing performance, ensures regulatory compliance, and provides data-driven recommendations. Partners with sales, product management, finance, and regional teams, leads stakeholder pricing discussions, supports negotiations, and implements pricing tools and automation solutions.

Coordinates receiving, inventory transfers, finished-product handling, and truck loading and unloading. Uses the E21/ERP system to receive materials, verifies packing slips and physical goods, maintains accurate records, prepares shipping documentation and labels, and operates forklifts safely. The role also monitors truck schedules, transfers materials between production areas, follows safety and standard procedures, and supports warehouse and production teams.

Leads shop-floor operations across production, shipping and receiving, maintenance, and grounds. Ensures production orders meet schedule, budget, quality, and delivery targets. Manages production planning, inventory coordination, employee development, safety, quality systems, labor relations, and continuous improvement initiatives. Partners with materials, engineering, sales, customer service, and plant leadership to optimize manufacturing performance and customer satisfaction.

Leads enterprise artificial intelligence and digital transformation strategy across manufacturing and corporate functions. Develops AI roadmaps, governance, adoption programs, and business cases; identifies and implements solutions involving predictive maintenance, computer vision, quality inspection, production planning, supply chain, and automation. Oversees pilots, vendors, deployments, risk management, responsible AI, change management, executive reporting, and measurable business outcomes while coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Manage cost accounting, internal controls, standard costs, inventory valuation, variance analysis, budgeting, financial reporting, capital projects, reconciliations, and audit support. Partner with operations, engineering, product development, materials management, and FP&A teams to control production costs, resolve variances, maintain ERP costing data, and ensure accurate GAAP-compliant financial records.

Oversee all production shifts, supervisors, safety and environmental compliance, quality, schedules, inventory, yield reporting, tooling troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Lead employee development, performance management, team meetings, cross-functional collaboration, and retention initiatives while ensuring production meets customer demand and timelines.

Leads new product development and enhancements from concept through production. Creates CAD drawings, designs products, develops processes and layouts, manages project documentation, coordinates customer sample requests, and supports Product Engineering, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality, and Sourcing teams. Provides customer-facing support throughout product introductions while managing multiple projects and maintaining organized development records.

Processes vendor invoices, employee expense reports, ACH payments, journal entries, account reconciliations, and accounts payable month-end closing activities. Maintains electronic AP records, validates payment accuracy, supports multiple ERP systems, and completes special projects while meeting accuracy and deadline requirements in a high-volume environment.