Quality Supervisor

MidCentral Energy

Williston, ND

Estimated pay: Est. $29–$40/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

*No matter the role, everyone at Expanse brings it.

EVERY. DAY

.*

*Our smart, gritty team supports, challenges, and motivates each other to think hard, work with craft, and build things that last. We serve a broad operating footprint, with headquarters in Oklahoma City and field offices across New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. Across the energy value stream, from energy production through the delivery of electricity, Expanse delivers scalable, data-driven solutions that reduce costs and increase productivity for our customers. We shorten* *timelines**. We increase* *uptime**. And we push the energy industry forward.*

*Everything we do runs on GRIT: Grit, Reciprocity, Innovation, and Trust.* *It's* *how we show up, how we decide, and how we hold each other accountable.*

*Got what it takes to join us? Bring it.*

**Position Summary:**

The Quality Supervisor is responsible for ensuring that all products and services produced by the company meet quality standards, including but not limited to: UL508A, UL698A, UL891 and Hazardous Location (HazLoc). The role must be definitive technical authority on all control panel products produced. In addition to conducting daily quality inspections with quality technicians, the role will be involved with establishing and maintaining a program that provides periodic feed-back and training as appropriate for plant employees providing a focus on the continual improvement of production and engineering quality. The role will also lead and be involved in Special Projects as scope requires. As the last check that a quality and safe product is being shipped to Expanse’s customers, the Quality Supervisor, in coordination with the Director of Manufacturing, is responsible for protecting the customer.

**ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS**

The position reports to the Director of Manufacturing and must maintain a sound working relationship with the customer(s), company management, supervisors, business management, Quality team, team leads, technicians, administration, and vendors.

**Requirements**

• Champion the Quality Management System (QMS) using the principles of quality management.
• Maintain and expand documented QMP.
• Co-lead certification processes.
• Maintain and update all relevant ISO9001 documentation.
• Promote a LEAN culture throughout the plant.
• Know the eight wastes and work to reduce and eliminate waste within the constructs of the plant’s business strategy.
• Lead 3S endeavors in quality area and participate in 3S throughout the plant.
• Develop a quality program that provides daily feedback to the production employees.
• Gather data to ascertain losses due to rework.
• Maintain and brief the quality slide(s) in the morning brief as well as conduct short lessons as required.
• Share the responsibility of maintaining and briefing the cost slide(s) in the morning brief with the Operations Manager, providing feedback as appropriate.
• Lead quality special projects as required.
• Notify appropriate customers and management of panel completions weekly.
• Lead and develop quality technician(s), to include quality assurance and training personnel.
• Assume full ownership of quality assurance documentation.
• In coordination with engineering, develop and maintain procedures for continual feedback on print, BOM, and label mark-ups.
• Inspect panels, review blueprints and specifications to compare with produced goods.
• As part of the QMS, develop and maintain a procedure for continual feedback to the engineering team on print, BOM, and label mark-ups, fostering continuous improvement.
• Conduct advanced controls functional testing.
• Perform validation on PLC programs and control logic for all major brands supported, including but not limited to Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider, Emerson, IDEC, ensuring all systems meet specifications.
• Ensure regulatory compliance to UL, HazLoc, ETL, and others for all relevant products inspected and tested.
• Assist plant leadership with the implementation and launch of new standards as required.
• Assign and delegate to quality technicians according to strategic vision.
• Train, develop, and appropriately document work methods for a competent quality team and production technicians and provide relevant Warehouse feedback for the Warehouse coordinator.
• Develop and implement a training program for production employees based on quality metrics obtained to foster continuous improvement in the plant, improving product excellence.
• Discuss/train work method changes in morning brief.
• Checking that the assembly or production line adheres to standards and procedures and complies with requirements.
• Abide by and enforce any implemented tool management program, monitoring the use of equipment to ensure it is safe and discard any that do not meet requirements.
• Updating job knowledge by engaging in educational opportunities and regular training.
• Keeping measurement equipment operating accurately by followin