Quality Manager

nVent

Quality Manager leading quality strategies and team development at nVent's manufacturing operations in Texas. Focus on product performance, customer satisfaction, and ISO compliance.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeHitchcock • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the site’s quality system — audits, ISO compliance, procedures, and continuous improvement
Lead and develop the quality team (supervisors, technicians, and inspectors)
Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions to resolve issues quickly and prevent recurrence
Partner with operations to improve performance — reducing scrap, rework, and variation
Oversee inspections, testing, and quality metrics to ensure consistent product performance
Act as the point of contact for customer quality concerns, returns, and escalations
Build and deliver training to strengthen quality awareness across the plant
Provide clear updates and insights to plant and corporate leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related) or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience leading quality in a manufacturing or construction environment
Strong working knowledge of ISO standards and audits
Proven experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions (CAPA, 8D, etc.)
Leadership experience managing teams and driving accountability
Ability to analyze data and turn it into actionable improvements
Experience handling customer quality issues
Nice to have: Certifications (CQE, CQA, Six Sigma, Lean), ISO Lead Auditor experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts
Short-term and long-term disability benefits
Critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance
A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match
Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time
A well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection

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Hard Skills & Tools

ISO complianceroot cause analysiscorrective actionsCAPA8Ddata analysisquality metricsinspectionstestingcontinuous improvement

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementaccountabilitycommunicationtrainingproblem-solvingcollaborationcustomer serviceinsight deliveryperformance improvement

Certifications

CQECQASix SigmaLeanISO Lead Auditor