Quality and Safety Manager

Position Summary

The Quality & Safety Manager leads ISO 9001:2015 compliance, workplace safety, and production quality within an industrial motor and rotating-equipment repair environment. This is a highly hands-on role, spending approximately 75% of the time on the shop floor working with technicians and supervisors to improve quality, safety, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

Quality & Shop Floor Oversight

• Conduct daily quality inspections across production areas.
• Ensure repairs meet customer specifications, procedures, and internal standards.
• Perform in-process and final inspections of motors, generators, pumps, and rotating equipment.
• Manage NCRs, corrective actions, rework, quality escapes, and customer complaints.
• Lead root-cause investigations and drive corrective improvements.

Safety

• Conduct daily safety inspections and identify unsafe conditions or practices.
• Lead investigations of injuries, near misses, and property damage.
• Ensure OSHA compliance and proper PPE use.
• Audit forklift, crane, rigging, electrical safety, and housekeeping practices.
• Lead toolbox talks and safety meetings and stop unsafe work when necessary.

ISO 9001 & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain ISO 9001:2015 documentation and quality records.
• Conduct internal audits and coordinate external ISO audits.
• Manage corrective/preventive actions and calibration programs.
• Drive 5S, workplace organization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Track quality and safety metrics while reducing rework and warranty costs.

Training & Leadership

• Train employees on quality and safety requirements.
• Coach supervisors and technicians on best practices.
• Support new-hire onboarding and promote accountability across the shop.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of experience in industrial manufacturing, motor repair, rotating equipment, machining, or a related environment.
• Strong knowledge of quality systems and workplace safety.
• Hands-on experience working within a production or repair facility.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and technical documentation.
• Strong communication, coaching, and leadership skills.

Preferred

• ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Certification.
• OSHA 30 Certification.
• EASA motor repair experience.
• Experience with AC/DC motors, generators, pumps, or other rotating equipment.
• Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience.

Performance Expectations

Success in this role means maintaining ISO 9001 compliance, improving shop-floor safety and organization, reducing rework and quality escapes, and establishing strong quality and safety accountability throughout the facility.

This is not an office-based management position. The Quality & Safety Manager is expected to be a visible, hands-on presence on the production floor every day.