Quality Leader - New Plant Launch
- Milwaukee, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
This is a ground-floor leadership opportunity: you will establish the quality systems, build a team, and ensure customer trust from the very first shipment. If you thrive in brownfield or ramp-up environments, this is your chance to build something lasting.What's In It for You:
- Legacy Opportunity - Build the quality function for a flagship U.S. facility
- Customer Impact - Interface directly with some of the most recognizable names in the data and infrastructure sector
- Competitive Pay - Market-aligned base salary + performance bonus + relocation support
- Career Growth - Direct visibility with executive and global leadership teams
- Strong Benefits Package:
- Day 1 health, dental, vision coverage + EAP
- Paid parental leave, maternity leave, and disability coverage
- 401k with company match + HSA/FSA options
- Tuition reimbursement & career development programs
- Competitive PTO and work-life balance policies
- Develop and implement plant-level quality systems aligned with industry and customer expectations
- Build and lead the quality team (initially 1 engineer + 2 inspectors, scaling with output)
- Drive in-process controls, inspection plans, and defect taxonomy to prevent escapes
- Lead internal audits and prepare for customer-facing reviews and visits
- Partner with operations and engineering to define CTQs, process gates, and corrective actions
- Establish and monitor key plant metrics: FPY, COPQ, escapes, NCR closure, training completion
- Serve as the customer-facing quality lead, ensuring credibility, transparency, and trust
- Launch continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, 8D, Pareto, and root cause tools
- Train and mentor quality inspectors, fostering a culture of accountability and improvement
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related field (required)
- 5+ years in quality engineering or quality management within a manufacturing environment
- Minimum 3+ years leading quality teams (not a first-time manager)
- Experience in complex/heavy assemblies (industrial equipment, HVAC, power gen skids, rail, or similar)
- Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 (IATF experience a plus)
- Demonstrated experience building or scaling a QMS from scratch in a plant launch or expansion
- Confident and credible in front of customers; disciplined enough to call stop-ship when needed
- Proficiency with problem-solving and trend analysis (Pareto, FPY, escapes, 8D reporting)
- Early Launch Phase: Heavier travel (~50%, generally two weeks/month, weekdays) to partner with an established sister facility for process alignment and knowledge transfer
- Stabilization: Travel reduces to ~10% once the Southeastern WI plant ramps up (late 2025)
- Ongoing: Occasional travel for customer meetings, supplier quality reviews, or cross-site collaboration
If you're a confident quality leader who thrives on building systems, solving problems, and protecting customer trust-we'd love to speak with you.Apply today to join a leadership team that's creating a new standard of excellence in manufacturing.Please note all resumes and candidate information submitted are kept in the strictest confidence. No resume will be released without the candidate's prior permission.About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands - Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells - creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.