Quality Assurance Specification Manager

Wickliffe, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 5/14/2024
Job Title: Quality Assurance Specification Manager

Job Location: Wickliffe, Ohio


Job Type: Full-Time

Type of Role: On-site

About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.
Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Quality Assurance Specification Manager

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the industrial applications and transportation industries. We're looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do:

As a Quality Assurance Specification Manager, you'll be at the forefront of our innovation by delivering products that consistently meet our customers’ quality expectations. The Quality Assurance Specification Manager is accountable for management of specification setting and quality assurance processes, projects, and activities that drive continual improvement and sustainable quality in Lubrizol operations and manufacturing. The Quality Assurance Specification Manager opportunity interfaces directly with customers, the Lubrizol Additives business technology and commercial groups, sales, supply chain, blend test services, R&D, data science and the Lubrizol Additives manufacturing plants along with global quality professionals to develop and align specification processes and activities to assure quality in intermediates, products, and testing.

What We're Looking For:
  • Own and administer processes for specification setting on all Lubrizol Additives finished products and components, including customer specification management. Set and manage specifications on new Lubrizol Additives finished products.
  • Lead team of global customer specification managers
  • Provide oversight and act as final decision maker in all customer specification negotiations.
  • Participate in specification management for intermediates and raw materials.
  • Focal point and product quality incident team coordinator or leader for customer Quality of Product (QP) customer complaints.
  • Execute material dispositions of non-conforming material for finished products.
  • Consult in disposition of non-conforming materials for components.
  • Lead and execute continual improvement projects based on global QP complaint and NCM data related to specifications.
  • Drive utilization of QHSES for RCA and CAPA across all Lubrizol Additives plants globally.
  • Drive conformance to Lubrizol quality standards across the enterprise.

Skills That Make a Difference:
  • BS in chemical/mechanical engineering, chemistry, or a field technically relevant to the chemical industry.
  • 5 years of experience in lubricant industry project management, technology management, or manufacturing quality support.
  • Understanding of Lubrizol Additives raw materials, intermediate and finished product technologies beneficial.
  • Experience at influencing people to achieve results.
  • Practical experience at leading change, understanding of the challenges and culture within operations.
  • Awareness and understanding of relevant quality management systems and standards.
  • Working knowledge of statistical and problem-solving tools.
  • SAP, BOBJ, LIMS or equivalent enterprise management software considered a plus.

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:
  • Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans
  • 401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
  • Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings
  • Health Savings Account
  • Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave
  • Flexible work environment
  • Learn more at benefits.lubrizol.com


If you’re interested in the position, we encourage you to apply. Lubrizol is always looking for candidates who embody our cultural beliefs in everything they do. If you’re All In, Lead Decisively, Take Action, Think External, and can Be Courageous, Lubrizol could be the place for you.


Nearest Major Market: Cleveland
Nearest Secondary Market: Akron
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