Wabtec
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On-site · Crown Point, Indiana, United States$79k–113kFull-timePosted 3 weeks ago
Wabtec
ApplyWho will you be working with?
Founded in 1987, Precision Turbo and Engine (PTE) a Wabtec Company is one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of high performance, aftermarket turbochargers and supporting equipment. Our manufacturing facility, conveniently located in Northwest Indiana, has been a worldwide supplier of high-performance turbochargers and boost control products that have set the standard for uncompromised quality and unsurpassed performance since the late 1990s. Over the years, we have designed, tested, and manufactured record setting and championship winning turbochargers for all racing organizations, as well as highly regarded Original Equipment Manufacturers from around the world. As we continue to expand our operations and product offerings, we want you to be a part of this journey.
How will you make a difference?
As a member of the Wabtec Components Division, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving the organization's Quality Management System (QMS) program. This position ensures compliance with ISO standards, customer requirements, regulatory obligations, and company policies while promoting a culture of quality and operational excellence.
What do we want to know about you?
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Preferred Certifications
What will your typical day look like?
· Provide leadership and oversight for the Quality team while driving initiatives across the site to promote quality excellence and workplace safety.
· Participate in strategic planning and operational review meetings.
· Support customer visits, audits, and regulatory inspections.
· Maintain and continuously improve the Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001 requirements.
· Lead document control processes, including procedures, work instructions, forms, and records.
· Coordinate internal and external ISO audits and certification activities.
· Conduct management review meetings and prepare performance metrics for leadership review.
· Ensure timely and accurate submission of customer documentation packages, including material certifications, dimensional inspection data, metallurgical reports, PPAP documentation, and other quality-related records as required.
· Monitor and analyze quality performance indicators, including:
o Customer complaints
o Internal and external defect rates
o Cost of poor quality
o Scrap and rework
o Audit findings
· Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions.
· Direct first article inspection and ensure conformance to quality standards before authorizing continued production as defined by the control plan.
· Partner with operations, engineering, purchasing, and sales teams to improve product quality and process performance.
· Lead supplier quality initiatives and follow-up actions as necessary.
· Manage calibration systems and inspection programs.
· Act as Management Representative for ISO systems.
· Ensure ongoing compliance with applicable ISO standards, including:
o ISO 9001 Quality Management
· Lead certification, surveillance, and recertification audits.
· Coordinate risk assessments and opportunity planning activities.
· Maintain ISO documentation and records.
· Facilitate continual improvement projects based on audit findings, KPI trends, and business objectives.
· Train employees on ISO requirements, procedures, and quality awareness.
· Travel up to 10% as required to support customer visits, supplier evaluations, audits, training, and business meetings.
What about the physical demands of the job?
You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between $79,100 - $112,800. The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands, and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at mywabtecbenefits.com.
Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).
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Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $79100-112800 The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.
What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?
At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.
If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.
Who are we?
Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together – are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.
Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.
Culture powers us and the possibilities.
We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.
We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.
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