The Quality Operations Manager oversees all quality control and inspection activities in the manufacturing plant to ensure compliance with company standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements. This position leads a team of Quality Supervisors and works closely with engineering, production, and management to drive continuous improvement, resolve quality issues, and uphold the highest standards of product integrity.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise and coordinate the daily activities of Quality Supervisors, Dyno Technicians, Quality Auditors, and Gage technicians across multiple shifts and departments.
- Develop and implement inspection procedures, work instructions, and quality standards for incoming materials, in-process components, pass through features and finished products.
- Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and other relevant quality and safety standards.
- Perform audits of inspection processes, work cells, and documentation to verify adherence to specifications and quality plans.
- Collaborate with engineering and production teams to identify root causes of defects and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor and analyze key quality metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Train and mentor inspection staff on proper measurement techniques, GD&T interpretation, and use of inspection equipment (CMMs, calipers, micrometers, gauges, etc.).
- Participate in customer and third-party audits as a quality representative.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of inspection results, nonconformances, and quality reports.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Quality, or STEM related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in quality inspection within a manufacturing environment, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing components, machining processes, and inspection methods.
- Proficient in reading and interpreting blueprints, GD&T, and technical specifications.
- Experience with quality systems, tools, and methodologies such as SPC, FMEA, and root cause analysis.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment.
Preferred Experience:
- Prior experience in manufacturing or automotive/aerospace industries.
- Proficiency with CMM programming and advanced metrology tools.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Quality, or STEM related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in quality inspection within a manufacturing environment, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing components, machining processes, and inspection methods
- Proficient in reading and interpreting blueprints, GD&T, and technical specifications
- Experience with quality systems, tools, and methodologies such as SPC, FMEA, and root cause analysis
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment
- Prior experience in manufacturing or automotive/aerospace industries
- Proficiency with CMM programming and advanced metrology tools
Stellantis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stellantis and has not been reviewed or approved by Stellantis.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Contract-driven increases lifted hourly wages roughly 25% over 4.5 years and restored cost-of-living adjustments, pushing top rates near $42 per hour by the end of the agreement. Union hourly positions appear to have benefited most since the 2023 deal.
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Affordable Benefits — UAW-represented hourly workers pay no premiums and about 3% of total healthcare costs while receiving comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. This creates materially lower out-of-pocket costs for represented hourly roles.
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Retirement Support — Post-2007 hourly hires receive a 10% employer 401(k) contribution and legacy workers saw defined-benefit improvements with retiree bonuses. Salaried roles also cite a 401(k) with employer match and contribution up to a maximum of 8%.
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What We Do
Our storied and iconic brands embody the passion of their visionary founders and today’s customers in their innovative products and services: they include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and mobility brands Free2move and Leasys. Powered by our diversity, we lead the way the world moves – aspiring to become the greatest sustainable mobility tech company, not the biggest, while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which we operate.
