Jobs at Richards Industrials

Leads the quality strategy and Quality Management System for industrial fluid-control products. Responsibilities include audits, corrective and preventive actions, customer complaints, supplier quality, inspection programs, calibration compliance, quality KPI reporting, regulatory adherence, and continuous improvement. Supervises quality engineers, technicians, and inspectors while reducing defects, scrap, rework, warranty costs, and cost of poor quality. Requires cross-functional collaboration with engineering, operations, supply chain, customers, and suppliers.

Maintains and continuously improves the ISO-based Quality Management System across engineering and manufacturing. Leads root-cause investigations, corrective and preventive actions, nonconformance resolution, audits, risk management, supplier quality, customer quality reviews, documentation, training, and continuous improvement. Develops quality personnel and collaborates cross-functionally to ensure products meet regulatory, customer, and internal requirements, including GMP expectations for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical customers.

Lead Equilibar's commercial organization to drive profitable order growth, lead Applications Engineering and Customer Service, develop sales strategy and processes, manage key accounts, support product-market expansion, and partner cross-functionally to align commercial activities with company objectives. Responsible for people development, KPI performance, and executive reporting. Hybrid role based in Fletcher, NC with ~50% travel.

Hunter-focused regional technical sales role to prospect and win new accounts, reactivate dormant customers, and expand existing relationships across the Midwest. Sell valves, instrumentation, pumps and fluid control solutions; manage full sales cycle from quoting to purchase order, coordinate with manufacturers, maintain CRM and pipeline forecasts. Split roughly 50% field sales and 50% inside sales; travel 2–3 days per week.

Hunter-focused regional sales engineer responsible for new account acquisition, reactivating dormant accounts, and expanding existing customers across a Midwest territory. Duties include prospecting, cold calling, on-site visits, technical quoting, order management, CRM maintenance, and coordination with manufacturers and vendors. Role is ~50% field work and ~50% inside sales with expected travel of 2–3 days per week.

Hunt and develop new accounts across a Midwest territory, reactivate dormant accounts, expand existing customers through cross-selling valves, instrumentation and pumps, manage quotes and orders, maintain CRM and pipeline, and split time between field prospecting and inside sales.

Lead development of next-generation valves, regulators, and hygienic products from concept to launch. Drive fast-cycle NPD, value engineering, digital sizing tools, simulation and automation, lab test improvement, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration including customer visits to deliver commercialized, regulated products.

Lead commercial strategy and execution for Jordan Valves and LowFlow product lines. Drive profitable growth through pricing, SKU/stock model definition, go-to-market plans, customer engagement, cross-functional collaboration, profitability analysis, KPI tracking, and new product development. Mentor junior staff and coordinate quotes, manufacturing feasibility, and problem-solving across Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Customer Service. Travel up to 30%.

Serve as primary commercial follow-up contact to advance quotes to orders. Maintain accurate opportunity records in the sales tracking system, perform outbound calls/emails to reactivate prospects, support prospect research, and coordinate with Applications Engineers and Sales to ensure timely customer communication and pipeline visibility.