Quality Control Systems Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of laboratory and production efforts.
Also known as: Construction Quality Control Manager, Product Quality Director, Quality and Food Safety Manager, Quality and Process Improvement Manager, Quality Assurance Coordinator (QA Coordinator), Quality Assurance Director (QA Director), Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager), Quality Assurance Supervisor (QA Supervisor), ...
Annual Salary
Median annual wage (May 2024)
Job Outlook
Projected growth, 2024–2034 (Slower than average)
What You'd Do
- Stop production if serious product defects are present.
- Review and approve quality plans submitted by contractors.
- Review statistical studies, technological advances, or regulatory standards and trends to stay abreast of issues in the field of quality control.
- Generate and maintain quality control operating budgets.
- Evaluate new testing and sampling methodologies or technologies to determine usefulness.
- Coordinate the selection and implementation of quality control equipment, such as inspection gauges.
- Collect and analyze production samples to evaluate quality.
- Verify that raw materials, purchased parts or components, in-process samples, and finished products meet established testing and inspection standards.
- Review quality documentation necessary for regulatory submissions and inspections.
- Review and update standard operating procedures or quality assurance manuals.
- Produce reports regarding nonconformance of products or processes, daily production quality, root cause analyses, or quality trends.
- Participate in the development of product specifications.
- Monitor development of new products to help identify possible problems for mass production.
- Instruct vendors or contractors on quality guidelines, testing procedures, or ways to eliminate deficiencies.
- Identify quality problems or areas for improvement and recommend solutions.
- Instruct staff in quality control and analytical procedures.
- Identify critical points in the manufacturing process and specify sampling procedures to be used at these points.
- Document testing procedures, methodologies, or criteria.
- Direct the tracking of defects, test results, or other regularly reported quality control data.
- Create and implement inspection and testing criteria or procedures.
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Salary data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. Outlook data: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034.
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