Title:  Manager Quality Assurance & Product Specifications

Description

Works with sales and customers to evaluate, approve customer product specifications aligned to operational capability.  Integrates specifications at each level of the process value chain to assure entire customer product mix can be reliably and effectively produced within the operations capabilities. Collaborate with mines and downstream operations mines to monitor, track and align feed quality to market needs. The role also drives continuous improvement initiatives and maintain company-wide quality assurance, ISO certification, and lab excellence across North America mines and downstream operations.

• In collaboration with operations, establishes and reports on quality metrics to assure quality plans are on track and progressing as planned.  Coordinates with Sales and Operations Planning Team to perform analysis on ability of supply chain to meet customer specifications and where gaps exist in product offerings. Assesses overall process capability and how to balance overall process from raw materials to finished goods.
• Gather, organize, and maintain product quality data from mines and conversion units.  Performs analysis on customer specifications to identify trends. Develop and maintain value added business process to review nonstandard product specifications.
• Coordinates with site operations, sales and customers to identify and resolve plant production quality defects or customer process defects.
• Collaborates with operations management to determine priorities, plan, and budget and execute projects that will meet or improve product quality.
• Guides quality analysts and lab management in development of best practices for inspection, testing, measuring data, analysis of product quality and performance. and project execution.
• Selects, supervises and develops staff; interprets policies and procedures and assures department achieves zero injuries and incidents and site safety goals.
• Work with sites to maintain site quality ISO certification and supports other certification as required.
• Provides effective written and verbal information, presentations and resources to site and regional leadership, other departments, peers and teams, customers, employees, regulators and the public.
• Budgets, justifies, monitors, forecasts and controls department operating and capital expenditures.
• Reviews Capital Improvement Plans from a quality perspective and makes recommendations. Evaluates infrastructure, facilities and operating systems for needed maintenance and repair.
• Perform other duties as requested

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering degree (Chemical, Metallurgical, or Mining/Geology) or related discipline required and five (5) to ten (10) years of operations/quality experience, including supervisory or management experience, budgeting and project management experience and quality management/analysis experience.
• Must be able to travel domestically several times a year as business requires
• Strong leadership skills
• Capability to lead and influence technical teams
• In-depth knowledge of molybdenum chemistry, mineralogy, processing and data analysis
• Analytical skills including knowledge in statistical analysis
• Proficient in quality regulatory aspects such as ISO procedures
• In-depth experience in QA/QC methodologies
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks using sound business judgment.
• Computer skills including Microsoft and statistical suite of products
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision and direction
• Self-confident with strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

Criteria/Conditions:

• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required.