Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager

Your career begins at Cone Drive Operations, a Timken company! Cone Drive is located in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan and boasts over 100 years of success in the gearing industry. If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Cone Drive. Our employees make the world more productive by improving the efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in motion.

The Quality Assurance Manager manages the Quality function for Cone Drive operations, which encompasses two manufacturing plants and all supplier quality assurance processes. Responsibilities include managing and administering the Company's ISO 9001 processes, compliance, and audit representation; managing the Traverse City and Ludington plant quality systems and processes; ensuring that new product launches are proven through all steps of the quality processes; managing supplier development and supplier quality assurance programs in tandem with Supply Chain; managing all aspects of the laboratories and QC process, including instrument calibration, maintenance, and housekeeping; managing a team of Quality Engineers, Quality Supervisor, Metrologist and hourly quality inspectors; assigning resources, tasks, and training within the quality team to ensure business needs are met; and managing and facilitating all customer communication relative to product warranty, corrective actions, and related matters.

Requirements include a Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline, 8 to 10 years' Quality Engineering experience; leadership experience highly preferred, high mix environment with aerospace experience highly preferred, a working knowledge of quality systems in a manufacturing environment, the ability to communicate effectively and professionally to customers, and the ability to lead a team and act assertively when necessary to protect the customer. This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data ("CTD") and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US. All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025. We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

• Over a century of knowledge and innovation
• A culture of top performance
• A global, diverse environment
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
• A conviction to improve communities around us
• Competitive salary and benefits