Job Description

The Principal Engineer, Integrated Management System and Quality Compliance plays a pivotal role in ensuring the organization's commitment to delivering high-quality products and services, maintaining customer trust, and driving continuous improvement in quality-related processes.  This role requires the incumbent to combine their experience in management systems with knowledge of WireCo’s unique and critical product requirements.  Additionally, a combination of strategic thinking, technical expertise, and effective leadership must be used to create a culture of quality excellence throughout the organization, aligned to WireCo’s Business System (WBS).

The position must be located at the Prairie Village World Headquarters or a WireCo steel manufacturing facility.   

Duties & Responsibilities

Create an integrated management strategy and systems:Cooperate with the Global leaders for Safety, Health, and Environmental concerns to create and manage an integrated management system which includes HSE and Quality processes

Lead the identification and definition of key process indicators and metrics for Quality

Collaborate with FP&A and Data Governance to capture and report key process indicators

Use the data to inform decisions for process improvements, capital expenditures, staffing, inspections, and testing

Compliance:Create certification and accreditation strategies for the steel division

Oversee the implementation and maintenance of ISO quality management systems, including robust tiered document strategies, document control, and internal audit protocols to ensure compliance across the business

Leverage experience to ensure compliance with industry regulations, standards, and certifications applicable to steel product manufacturing

Product Information Management (PIM)Develop, implement, and manage WireCo’s Steel Division Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. This cross-functional stage gate process governs the development of new technologies, new products, line extensions, engineer-to-order, and capability extension products.

Develop or select and implement a system for a global Product Data / Information management including a global numbering system.

Partner with Product Management and Data Governance to integrate the global numbering system into the various ERP systems and associated data analytics tools.

The Principal Engineer, Integrated Management System and Quality Compliance must exhibit and proactively motivate others in the behaviors of the WireCo Business System (WBS):

Teamwork - welcomes an environment of inclusiveness and healthy debate that reflects our team’s strength

Accountable – celebrates our successes, learn from failures, avoid excuses, and own the outcomes of our efforts

Self-Aware – demonstrates an understanding of our strengths and needs, considering how our actions impact others

Noble Intent – acts in the interests of others, approaching our work with integrity to ensure the best outcome

Determined – takes initiative, share ideas and find solutions to win and achieve our goals

Transparent – promotes open and honest communication and constructive feedback for clarity and truth

Curious – seeks knowledge and outside input to test our way of thinking, challenging the status quo