Quality Assurance Leader
Job Ref: # 9601838
Date Posted: 6/11/2026 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Terra Haute, Indiana
Salary: $90,000 - $90,000
Description
Go to end ⇓Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education
• Minimum 5 years of quality leadership experience within chemicals, petrochemicals, carbon black, rubber, automotive, or other continuous-process manufacturing environments
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
• Experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability analysis, and quality performance metrics
• Demonstrated experience leading root cause investigations and corrective action processes
• Experience utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, and FMEA
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders across multiple departments
• Strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills
• Ability to work effectively in a data-driven manufacturing environment
Requirements
• Support quality system compliance with ISO 14001 and IATF 16949 expectations
• Establish and maintain quality procedures, specifications, testing standards, and process control plans
• Oversee product sampling, laboratory testing protocols, and quality verification processes
• Develop and monitor quality KPIs, including customer complaints, non-conformance rates, process capability, and yield metrics
• Utilize SPC, trend analysis, and quality analytics to drive data-based decision-making
• Lead root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive action initiatives
• Support Management of Change (MOC) activities to identify and mitigate quality risks
• Develop and improve supplier quality and incoming inspection programs
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Commercial teams to improve process consistency and product quality
• Support customer audits, technical reviews, qualification activities, and plant visits
• Promote safe laboratory and manufacturing practices
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance quality, reliability, and operational efficiency
Nice-to-Have Skills, Experience, and Education
• Familiarity with analytical methods related to carbon black, fuels, oils, rubber compounds, or specialty chemicals
• Exposure to ESG reporting, recycled-content verification, or mass-balance certification frameworks
• Experience supporting startup, commissioning, or manufacturing scale-up environments
• Advanced technical degree
• Experience managing customer qualification trials and presenting technical results to customers and stakeholders




























