Production Quality Manager

Position Overview

The Manager, Production Quality is a facility‑based role responsible for quality assurance and validation of quality control throughout the full product lifecycle for modular enclosures and skid‑mounted systems serving data center, mission‑critical infrastructure, high‑tech, and energy customers. This role is accountable for executing project‑ and product‑specific Quality Plans, ensuring quality requirements are defined early, implemented consistently, and verified at each stage of design, procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the on‑site quality authority, ensuring adherence to corporate and regional Quality Management Systems (QMS).
• Approve and maintain facility‑level Quality Plans, Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs), and all quality documentation.
• Establish and enforce quality hold points, witness points, and FAT readiness, with authority to stop work when quality, safety, or compliance risks arise.
• Lead quality assurance across the full product lifecycle, integrating quality into design reviews, procurement, manufacturing, and testing processes.
• Conduct and oversee audits, inspections, and FATs, ensuring compliance with customer requirements, mission‑critical infrastructure standards, and applicable codes (UL, NEC, NFPA, IEC, CSA, ASME, AWS).
• Validate inspection, testing, and verification activities, ensuring nonconformances are identified, resolved, and verified for effectiveness.
• Maintain traceability of quality records, documentation, and shipment readiness based on verified QC results.
• Define and enforce supplier and subcontractor quality expectations, reviewing documentation, inspections, and corrective actions to ensure on‑time, compliant deliveries.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA), leveraging quality data and trends to drive continuous improvement and defect prevention.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and project management to resolve design, manufacturability, and process issues.
• Participate in customer audits, inspections, and quality reviews, acting as the primary facility‑level quality interface.
• Train and mentor personnel on quality standards, procedures, and best practices, fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Lead lean manufacturing initiatives and implement process improvements to enhance overall facility quality performance.

Qualifications

• Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement experience in manufacturing, assembly, and fabrication environments; ISO‑9001 certification preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, adapting to changing priorities.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Self‑motivated, proactive, and an effective team player.
• Professional interaction with all levels of employees, management, vendors, and clients.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 10–12 years of quality experience in manufacturing, fabrication, construction, or industrial assembly environments.
• Experience with modular systems, skid‑mounted equipment, enclosures, or industrial integration projects.
• Strong knowledge of quality systems, inspections, and NCR/CAPA processes.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and codes.

Travel & Working Conditions

Travel: up to 10%. Working Conditions: General work environment – sitting for long periods, standing, walking, typing, carrying, pushing, bending; work primarily indoors with varying conditions such as fluorescent lighting and air conditioning. Noise level usually low to medium; can be loud on the jobsite. Occasional lifting up to30lbs.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Annual bonus program based on performance and profitability
• 17 PTO days per year plus 10 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Term life, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and voluntary life insurance
• Disability income protection insurance
• Pre‑tax Flexible Spending Plans (Health & Dependent Care)
• Charitable giving match

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

MPS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.