Quality Manager

Quality Manager - Rotary Drilling Division

Location: Alachua, Florida, USA

Own the quality of a global product line - built in Alachua


At Sandvik, the surface drill rigs we assemble in Alachua work on mine sites across the globe - massive, complex, engineered-to-order machines where quality is the difference between reliability and costly downtime for our customers. We're looking for a hands-on Quality Manager to lead and elevate the quality function for our rotary blasthole drill assembly operation.


This is a high-visibility leadership role with real influence over product reliability, supplier partnerships, and customer satisfaction - at a site small enough that your decisions get made and implemented. At the same time, you can leverage the benefits a Fortune 100 Global Employer, with 41,000 employees worldwide.

What you'll do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of quality professionals - building capability, ownership, and engagement

• Drive quality performance across incoming, in-process, and final inspection

• Strengthen supplier quality through qualification, performance management, and corrective action

• Lead structured problem-solving (8D, root cause analysis) to cut defects and cost of poor quality

• Own compliance with ISO 9001 and Sandvik's Quality Management System

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to improve process capability and product performance

• Monitor and act on key metrics - FPY, COPQ, supplier PPM, rework, and warranty trends

• Uphold and advance quality standards across fabrication, welding, machining, and final assembly

The environment you'll thrive in


This is heavy, capital-equipment manufacturing - low-volume, high-complexity machines built around large structural weldments, heavy fabrication, machining, hydraulics, and electrical systems. The right person has run quality in a B2B industrial or heavy-equipment setting (mining, construction, off-highway, agricultural, rail, defense, or similar). If large weldments and build-to-order complexity are your comfort zone, you'll feel right at home.


What you'll bring


Must-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or similar)

• Quality leadership experience in heavy or capital equipment manufacturing - where fabrication, welding, and large structural weldments are core to the product (typically 8+ years in manufacturing quality, including 5+ years leading quality teams)

• Hands-on knowledge of complex mechanical assemblies, structural weldments, hydraulics, and electrical systems

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional problem-solving and deliver measurable improvements

• Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, now and in the future

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Engineering or Business

• ASQ certification (CQE, CQM/OE)

• Six Sigma certification (Green/Black Belt)

• Working knowledge of welding standards (AWS/ASME)

Key skills

• Data-driven decision-making (Excel, Power BI, or similar)
• Root cause methodologies (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone)
• Metrology and inspection systems
• Welding-standards fluency (AWS/ASME)

Why join us

• Visible impact - direct influence on the quality of a global product line

• Build something - shape and grow a quality organization, your way

• Real ownership - a site where decisions are made and executed, without corporate distance

• Collaborative culture - cross-functional partners who want quality to win

• Grow with us - development paths within a global engineering leader

How to apply


Apply online at sandvik.com/careers.


Sandvik is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive environment. We provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities - for assistance, contact View email address on click.appcast.io.