Quality and EHS Manager - #257765
Kentucky Trailer
Date: 15 hours ago
City: Cedar Rapids, IA
Contract type: Full time

KT Pacer
As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.
We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Quality and EHS Manager to oversee both quality assurance and workplace safety across our manufacturing facilities. This dual-role position ensures that products meet high-quality standards while fostering a safe, compliant, and efficient work environment in line with industry regulations and company objectives. For the quality portion of this role, it will have supervision responsibilities of a supervisor, inspectors, and technicians to assist with ensuring quality standards are maintained. For the EHS portion of the role, this individual will set-up and maintain systems that operations and outsourced partners will follow to maintain a safe work environment and meet any OSHA / environmental requirements.
Position Key Accountabilities
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.
As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.
We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Quality and EHS Manager to oversee both quality assurance and workplace safety across our manufacturing facilities. This dual-role position ensures that products meet high-quality standards while fostering a safe, compliant, and efficient work environment in line with industry regulations and company objectives. For the quality portion of this role, it will have supervision responsibilities of a supervisor, inspectors, and technicians to assist with ensuring quality standards are maintained. For the EHS portion of the role, this individual will set-up and maintain systems that operations and outsourced partners will follow to maintain a safe work environment and meet any OSHA / environmental requirements.
Position Key Accountabilities
- Lead the quality team in ensuring all finished units meet requirements.
- Work with purchasing on vendor performance evaluations in terms of on time performance, nonconforming material, SCAR’s, vendor approval, and vendor audits.
- Support production with developing and ensuring compliance to in-process checklists, nonconforming material processes, and final inspections.
- Support the Service Department with customer feedback, field issues, and warranty claim review.
- Provide support to Sales with the review of customer complaints and corrective action tracking.
- Support/Encourage our journey towards a continuously improving Safety Culture
- Ensure compliance to OSHA & EPA regulations
- Implement risk reduction initiatives and programs to minimize/eliminate worker injuries
- Utilize safety data software to track injuries, near misses, safety audits, and corrective actions
- Maintain and manage the safety budget for the KT Pacer facilities
- Lead and mentor the safety committee to improve the overall safety culture at the KT Pacer facilities
- Evaluate current waste streams, energy usage, and water consumption to develop plans to reduce the company’s environmental footprint
- Review capital project requests from a safety perspective and provide guidance/recommendations accordingly
- All other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business Administration preferred
- Minimum of 3 years of quality management experience preferred
- Experience in safety leadership through direct EHS roles or applicable manufacturing experience
- OSHA 10 hour or OSHA 30-hour training certification preferred
- Understanding and knowledge of manufacturing and associated safety regulations and programs a plus: Welding, Flammable Materials, Painting, Overhead Crane Operation, Mobile Equipment Operation, Metal Fabrication, Fall Protection, and Respiratory Protection
- Current First Aid/CPR training preferred
- Strong oral and written skills. Must be comfortable speaking in front of large groups of people
- Strong understanding of MS office suite to include Word, Excel and Power Point
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.
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