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title: Quality Manager at Chicago Magnesium Casting Co
description: Chicago Magnesium Casting Co is hiring for the Quality Manager role in Blue Island,
  IL. Full-time role. See the full description and apply.
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date: 2026-09-28T14:48:09Z
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| **Company** | Chicago Magnesium Casting Co |
| **Location** | Blue Island, IL |
| **Salary** | $119K/yr - $131K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Sep 24, 2026 |
## Description

This position is responsible for establishing a company quality assurance system and a team that promotes customer satisfaction that positively impacts the financial performance of Chicago Magnesium. Champion continuous improvement efforts and defect reduction initiatives to establish an effective Quality Management System. (QMS)

- Initiates and implements quality improvement activities as appropriate (e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma) to raise the performance of the company’s product lines.
- Educates and trains employees as to their impact in the quality management system.
- Develops, implements, and manages QMS.
- Drives a quality mindset within the organization.
- Serves as the primary quality control resource for problem identification, resolution, loss reporting and continuous improvement.
- Supports concurrent engineering efforts by participating in new product development projects representing quality assurance and the customer.
- Develops, implements and documents procedures for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
- Establishes and implements metrics (process capability, control charts, measurement quality) for monitoring system effectiveness and to enable managers to make sound process and product quality decisions.
- Ensures appropriate problem-solving tools are understood and utilized to identify effective corrective actions and process improvements.
- Establishes collection and analysis systems of statistical data to predict trends that will affect product and process quality.
- Analyzes customers’ product and process specifications to ensure adherence to requirements. Works with customers to establish efficient, cost-effective requirements for ease of manufacture and reproducibility.
- Develops quality planning methods for all product lines.
- Develops process certification standards and assists in process certification.
- Interacts with customers to identify opportunities to improve quality and establish feedback with manufacturing and development personnel.
- Reports on quality issues, trends, and losses.
- Participates in internal and external quality audits.
- Interfaces with supplier and customer quality representatives concerning problems with quality control and assure that effective corrective action is implemented.
- All other reasonable duties, as assigned

*Benefit information available on company website.*

*Chicago Magnesium Casting and Midwest Aerospace Casting, LLC. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.*

**Education and Work Experience:**

- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or manufacturing engineering, master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in quality management in a manufacturing setting with direct reports.
- Proven hands-on approach; candidates accustomed to floor involvement rather than desk management preferred.
- Strong customer-facing experience is essential.
- Working knowledge of AS9100 and NADCAP, preferred
- Six Sigma Black-Belt Certification, preferred.

**KEY COMPETENCIES:**

- Customer Focus
- Organizational Skills.
- Problem Solving/Analysis.
- Time Management/Personal Organization
- Ethics & Value
- Managing Vision & Purpose
- Driving Budgetary Results
- Introduction of New Capital to improve QMS
- Drive for Results
- Building Effective Teams
- Timely Decision Making
- Functional/Technical Skills
- Total Work Systems (TQM/ISO/Six Sigma)
## Skills

- Quality Management System (Qms)
- Decision Making
- Quality Control
- Customer Focus
- Problem Solving
- Process Improvement
- Quality Management
- Continuous Improvement Process
- New Product Development
- Time Management
- Six Sigma
- Quality Assurance Procedures
- Nadcap Certification
- Corrective And Preventive Action (Capa)
- Concurrent Engineering
- Human Resources
- Organizational Skills
- Driving
- Quality Assurance
- Process Control
- As9100

## How to Apply

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