Quality & EHS Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About Us:

Sapphire Technologies delivers power and cooling to energy infrastructure. Our FreeSpin® In-line Turboexpander recovers the energy wasted when high-pressure gas is stepped down, converting it into clean electricity and low-temperature cooling. To better serve our customers in the data center industry, we are now expanding our high-speed turbomachinery offerings into oil-free compressors for chilling applications.

We are a mission-driven organization with one common goal: building a more sustainable world. Our employees are our biggest asset, and we are looking for change agents to join us on our journey. 

Position Summary:

Sapphire Technologies is seeking a hands-on Quality & Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager to establish, lead, and continuously improve the company's quality-management and EHS programs. This position is responsible for product and process quality, the quality management system, ISO 9001 certification, supplier quality, workplace health and safety, environmental compliance, and related regulatory programs.

The role supports the industrialization and production of complex electromechanical equipment, including rotating machinery and associated electrical systems. It partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Human Resources, and external specialists to ensure products and processes meet customer, regulatory, quality, environmental, health, and safety requirements.

This is a functional leadership role with significant hands-on involvement and will shape the quality and EHS systems of an emerging energy-technology business as it industrializes new products and expands its manufacturing capabilities. The successful candidate will build practical systems for the company’s current scale while developing the processes and resource plans needed for future growth. The role will manage employees, contractors, consultants, and service providers as the function develops. We are a growing company, and you will be responsible for hiring and interviewing activities as we continue to scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain an effective quality management system aligned with ISO 9001, customer requirements, applicable regulations, and company needs.
  
• Maintain ISO 9001 certification and surveillance activities, including internal audits, management reviews, quality objectives, corrective actions, document control, and certification-body coordination.
  
• Establish inspection, acceptance, non conformance, material-review, corrective-action, change-control, and calibration practices for incoming, in-process, and finished product.
  
• Partner with stakeholders across the organization on design reviews, production readiness, process-risk assessments, control plans, first-article activities, measurement methods, and process validation.
  
• Own supplier and customer quality including, APQP and PPAP programs, audits, supplier-quality planning, qualification, phase-gate reviews, submission approval, performance monitoring, corrective actions, and improvement in collaboration with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Program Management, and suppliers.
  
• Develop, monitor, and continuously improve EHS programs covering environmental protection, occupational health, workplace safety, and regulatory compliance at local, state and federal levels
  
• Lead hazard identification and risk assessments, including job hazard analyses, ergonomics, chemical safety, machine guarding, electrical safety, lockout/tag out, personal protective equipment, contractor safety, and safe work practices.
  
• Establish emergency-preparedness and response programs, including evacuation, fire and life safety, spill response, first-aid coordination, and drills.
  
• Oversee hazardous-material and waste practices, including chemical inventories, safety data sheets, labeling, storage, handling, disposal, and required records.
  
• Develop and deliver quality and EHS training and maintain required competency and training records.
  
• Partner with the designated product-compliance owner on UL, CSA, CE, EMC, and other product-certification activities by supporting configuration control, records, production conformity, supplier controls, corrective actions, and certification-related audits.
  

Base Pay Range:

The information below is a general guideline. Actual compensation depends on the candidate’s experience and qualifications, as well as market and business factors.

Salary range: $118,509 - $160,335

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality assurance, quality systems, manufacturing, industrial technology, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and directly applicable experience.
  
• 8+ years of progressively responsible manufacturing-quality experience, including quality systems, product and process quality, supplier quality, non conformance, corrective action, and audit responsibilities.
  
• 3+ years leading employees, cross-functional programs, contractors, or external service providers.
  
• Demonstrated experience implementing or maintaining an ISO 9001 quality management system and supporting certification or surveillance audits.
  
• Demonstrated experience with supplier APQP and PPAP, including PFMEAs, control plans, measurement-system analysis, process-capability studies, first-article or production-trial evidence, and supplier submissions.
  
• Demonstrated experience leading or administering environmental, health, and safety programs in a manufacturing or industrial environment, including regulatory compliance, hazard assessment, incident investigation, training, and record-keeping.
  
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, customer requirements, standards, and regulatory obligations.
  
• Strong project-management, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
  
• Ability to combine hands-on execution with functional leadership in a growing organization.
  
• Experience with ERP or electronic quality-management systems and digital document-control tools
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with complex mechanical, electro-mechanical, electrical, energy, aerospace, industrial, or rotating-equipment products.
  
• Experience supporting new-product introduction, manufacturing scale-up, factory startup, relocation, or contract manufacturing.
  
• Experience with ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 management-system principles.
  
• Quality certification such as ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, Certified Quality Engineer, or Certified Quality Auditor is preferred. EHS certification such as Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist is also valued.
  
• Experience with environmental permits, hazardous-material and waste programs, industrial hygiene, emergency response, or contractor safety.
  

Work Environment:
This role is primarily on-site and involves work in office, manufacturing, equipment-installation, and test environments. Responsibilities require regular presence in operational areas and participation in audits, investigations, inspections, and improvement activities. Appropriate personal protective equipment and adherence to site requirements are required. Some activities may require coordination outside normal operating hours. Travel to suppliers, contract manufacturers, customer locations, or other company sites may be required.

Benefits

Benefits:
We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees. Eligible team members receive paid vacation, paid sick time, comprehensive health benefits, and participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with company match.

Additional Information:
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow other instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor. Management reserves the right to change, rescind, add, or delete the duties and responsibilities of positions within this job classification at any time.

Sapphire Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, r