Quality Manager - Cell Manufacturing Plant

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Manufacturing Quality Leadership Lead all day-to-day quality activities supporting battery cell manufacturing operations. Develop and execute the plant quality strategy in alignment with ONE's manufacturing and business objectives. Establish clear quality standards, controls, inspection requirements, and escalation processes throughout the manufacturing process.

Maintain a strong floor presence and partner directly with production leadership to identify and resolve quality issues. Ensure quality requirements are integrated into production processes, work instructions, control plans, and manufacturing standards. Provide quality leadership during production ramp-up, equipment commissioning, process changes, and new product introductions. Establish appropriate quality coverage and support for plant operating schedules.

Process & Product Quality Monitor and improve critical-to-quality characteristics throughout the cell manufacturing process. Establish and maintain appropriate process controls, inspection plans, sampling plans, control plans, and acceptance criteria. Lead investigations involving process deviations, defects, yield losses, scrap, rework, and product nonconformance. Partner with Manufacturing and Process Engineering to improve process capability and reduce manufacturing variation.

Utilize statistical methods to identify trends and prevent quality escapes. Drive improvements in first-pass yield, scrap, defect rates, process capability, and overall manufacturing quality performance. Ensure product traceability and appropriate disposition of suspect or nonconforming materials. Nonconformance, Root Cause & Corrective Action Own or oversee the plant nonconforming material process.

Lead containment activities when significant quality issues are identified. Ensure timely and effective disposition of nonconforming materials. Lead structured root cause investigations using methodologies such as: 8D 5 Why Fishbone/Ishikawa Fault Tree Analysis DMAIC Develop and verify corrective and preventive actions. Ensure corrective actions address systemic causes rather than symptoms. Track corrective actions through closure and verify effectiveness.

Quality Systems Support implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of ONE's Quality Management System. Ensure plant quality processes comply with applicable internal standards, customer requirements, and regulatory requirements. Support compliance with ISO 9001 and, where applicable, automotive quality requirements including IATF 16949 . Develop, maintain, and improve quality procedures, work instructions, forms, records, and control plans.

Support internal, customer, certification, and regulatory audits. Lead corrective actions resulting from audit findings. Ensure appropriate document control and quality record retention. Advanced Quality & Manufacturing Readiness Participate in APQP activities supporting new products and manufacturing processes. Lead or support development and maintenance of: PFMEAs Control Plans Process Flow Diagrams Measurement System Analysis (MSA) Statistical Process Control (SPC) Process Capability Studies PPAP documentation, when applicable Participate in manufacturing readiness reviews and process validation activities.

Ensure quality risks are identified and mitigated before production launch or significant process changes. Supplier & Incoming Quality Partner with Supplier Quality and Supply Chain to establish incoming material quality requirements. Monitor incoming material performance and supplier-related quality trends. Lead plant containment activities associated with supplier defects. Support supplier corrective action requests and verification of corrective actions.

Ensure suspect supplier material is appropriately identified, segregated, controlled, and dispositioned. Provide manufacturing data and technical analysis to support supplier quality improvement efforts. Measurement, Inspection &