Quality Control Systems Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of laboratory and production efforts.
What you’d do
- Stop production if serious product defects are present.
- Review and update standard operating procedures or quality assurance manuals.
- Monitor performance of quality control systems to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
- Review quality documentation necessary for regulatory submissions and inspections.
- Analyze quality control test results and provide feedback and interpretation to production management or staff.
- Verify that raw materials, purchased parts or components, in-process samples, and finished products meet established testing and inspection standards.
- Oversee workers including supervisors, inspectors, or laboratory workers engaged in testing activities.
- Direct product testing activities throughout production cycles.
Skills that matter
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Quality Control Analysis
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Speaking
How to get there
Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree
Also called
- Quality Assurance Director (QA Director)
- Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager)
- Quality Control Manager (QC Manager)
- Quality Manager
- Product Quality Director
- Quality and Food Safety Manager
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