Motor Coach Industries - Quality Manager

MCI is North America’s public and private market motor coach leader. Products include the luxury J-Series (an industry best-seller for over a decade), the workhorse D-Series, and the brand new zero-emission luxury and commuter coaches: the battery-electric J4500 CHARGE™ and MCI D45 CRT LE CHARGE™. MCI also provides maintenance, repair, 24-hour roadside assistance, parts, and technician training through the industry’s only Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) accredited MCI Academy. Further information is available at www.mcicoach.com.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for leading the Quality Assurance Department to ensure our coaches meet all specified product requirements and that department activities are consistent with business requirements. This role is accountable for in-station inspections, verification of operator verifications, supplier quality, auditing coaches and auditing operational processes. This team supports the QAS system and runs the MRB process, ensuring parts are dispositioned in a timely manner.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Provide leadership and manage the overall performance of department staff to meet objectives and continuously improve department’s performance.
• Review repetitive field and factory quality snags and assist with implementation of process improvements to prevent reoccurrence.
• Support Operational Excellence objectives with special emphasis of those areas related to Quality.
• Support and endorse the use of the New Flyer Quality tools to drive Quality and Continuous Improvement.  Ensure that the tools are clearly understood, functioning as intended and providing the desired results.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Materials, and other areas as required, on the readiness of new product implementations, ensuring the standards meet the customer expectations, process capabilities and design and quality standards.
• Utilize Quality metrics information to identify areas requiring performance improvement.  Work with production leadership to identify plans to address those areas.
• Provide leadership and mentoring throughout the organization to resolve Quality problems utilizing structured problem solving techniques.
• Provide guidance, training plans and feedback for areas of improvement for Quality personnel as appropriate.  

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent experience
• 7 or more years experience working in a Quality position in a position of authority (prefer similar industry, aerospace or automotive)
• Well-developed influencing, coaching and facilitation skills in order to interact effectively at all levels of an organization 
• Proven organizational skills, solid problem solver with strong attention to detail 
• Demonstrated commitment to safety 
• Strong understanding of lean manufacturing and 5S processes 
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Visio, Power BI)

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM:

• A continuous learning environment.
• Ability to advance your career with a growing company. 
• NFI Group has been named a Manitoba Top Employer for 2020 and this is the tenth since the competition was established in 2007.
• Employee social committee organizes numerous events throughout the year, including summer barbecues, holiday festivities, sporting events and tournaments, and much more.
• Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.

OUR WHY: 

We exist to move people. Our mission is to design and deliver exceptional transportation solutions that are safe, accessible, e­fficient and reliable.

NFI Group is a leading independent global bus manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation solutions. News and information is available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, www.nfi.parts, www.alexander-dennis.com, www.arbocsv.com, and www.carfaircomposites.com.