Quality Manager Richmond, IN

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Silgan Closures is hiring a Quality Manager at our Richmond IN plant. This position plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the integrity of our plants Quality and Food Safety programs driving continuous improvement and supporting our commitment to delivering safe high-quality products to our customers.

Why Join Silgan

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including medical dental vision life insurance and disability coverage.

401k retirement savings plan with company match.

Paid vacation and holidays.

Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.

A culture built on safety quality teamwork and continuous improvement.

What You Will Do as the Quality Manager

Lead all Plant Quality and Food Safety programs including serving as SQF Practitioner. Ensure program integrity and communicate essential quality requirements to all relevant departments.

Manage the Quality team providing leadership coaching training and development to 213 Quality Inspectors.

Coordinate and maintain the Plant SPC Program including Gainseeker system oversight. Partner with IT to troubleshoot and resolve SPC-related computer or software issues.

Conduct quality audits across all departments to verify proper safeguards compliance with standards and alignment with SQF and GMP expectations.

Investigate customer complaints communicate customer needs to internal teams and partner with operations to drive accountability in quality ownership.

Make decisions on non-standard or suspect products using structured problem-solving tools to address issues both in-plant and at customer locations.

Prepare Certificates of Analysis for customers who require them.

Lead plant Continuous Improvement efforts working with operations to reduce variability improve processes and optimize raw material usage (plastisol coatings etc.).

Maintain all quality systems and tools including gages computers calibration equipment and software.

Manage the Quality budget and support capital or process-related projects tied to quality initiatives.

Review and monitor SPC data by shift and line ensure data accuracy and completeness and drive timely corrective actions.

Oversee plant and customer audits to ensure readiness and successful outcomes.

Perform additional quality-related responsibilities as assigned.
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
What You Bring

Bachelors degree in Quality Math Statistics Engineering or a related field; or equivalent industrial experience.

Minimum of six (6) years of industrial experience in quality manufacturing engineering or a technical field.

Strong knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) Continuous Improvement and quality systems management.

Experience with ISO 9000 SQF GMP and other quality or food safety standards.

Proficiency with Windows ERP systems spreadsheets and data analysis tools.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with operations maintenance engineering and customers.

Strong project management capability and the ability to solve complex problems.

Desire to grow into larger operations or manufacturing management roles including relocating to other plants across the country.

Who We Are

A global Fortune 500 packaging company with 109 manufacturing facilities across North and South America Europe and Asia.

A supplier of sustainable metal and plastic packaging solutions for food beverage healthcare home personal care and beauty products.

A stable reliable and environmentally conscious company with long-term career opportunities.