Quality Engineering Supervisor

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

In this high-growth, highly visible position, you will serve as both quality supervisor and quality engineer for our Stainless-Steel manufacturing plant.

Team Supervision and People leadership:

• Serve as the primary QA liaison for the stainless-steel value stream, ensuring plant quality performance and customer satisfaction.
• Directly manage four quality technicians and provide coaching, mentorship, career development and succession planning, as well as scheduling, workload distribution and shift-handover communications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (manufacturing, Lean, design, sales, materials, procurement, HR, maintenance) as the main quality expert.
• Ensure production lines meet customer requirements by following accurate processes and procedures.

Quality Engineering Technical Leadership:

• Manage internal non-conformances (production NCRs) and external complaints. Evaluate suspect materials and work with internal and external teams to quickly identify and resolve quality issues using Six Sigma methodologies for root-cause analysis.
• Develop and manage corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes to resolve quality issues and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain and improve Quality Management System compliance with ISO 9001:2015 standards.
• Define and establish in-process quality control tasks to ensure manufacturing capability and product reliability.
• Lead and support external quality system audits, and participate in process and product quality audits with follow-up actions.
• Apply engineering fundamentals and Lean methodologies to improve manufacturing quality.
• Support APQP activities such as PFMEA, Control Plan, GR&R, Capability Studies, First Article Inspection (FAI) etc. for launching new products and maintaining proper revisions of these processes and documents for existing products.

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical, Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Automation, Chemical, or Materials engineering.
• 6+ years in Manufacturing and Quality functions.
• 2+ years of leadership experience.
• Significant customer management experience, with the ability to communicate directly with customers and suppliers on complex issues, and escalate as needed.
• Experience with cross-plant contamination and establishing containment and disposition criteria for non-conforming products.
• Ability to manage numerous projects and tasks in a fast-paced environment under minimal direction.
• Experience with process management, organizational change, Six Sigma, Lean methodologies, and quality systems preferred.
• Quality certifications (CQE, CMQ, CQA) and ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor training preferred.
• Sheet-Steel experience preferred.
• Certified Welding Inspector certification preferred

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Pay Transparency
 
nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.
 
Compensation Range:

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being.  We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.