Manager Quality

About the Position

Job ID JREQ-225829 Date posted 10/14/2026

Job Posting Title

Manager Quality

Legal Entity

Metaldyne Sintered Forged Products LLC

Dauch is searching for a Manager Quality to join our team. This position will be based out of our North Vernon, IN location.

Ready to join the team that's built to perform? Apply today!

Responsibilities

• Establishes a quality culture by providing orientation, training, and coaching to associates.
• Meets quality standards by enforcing production, productivity, quality, customer service, safety, security, and health standards.
• Resolves operational problems and identifies business process improvements.
• Controls product quality inspections using manuals, internal resources, and external benchmarks.
• Resolves product quality standard applications by examining and interpreting specifications, adding precision to vague references as needed.
• Provides management planning information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing product quality data and trends.
• Contributes to Quality Department and organization success by welcoming suggestions for continuous improvement and helping others achieve the goals of their positions.
• Manages product and process audits and the corrective/preventive action system to ensure compliance, manages all aspects of supplier quality.
• Consolidates, analyzes, and reports quality metrics to identify areas for improvement; leads the management team in reviewing the facility’s quality metrics using problem-solving techniques to identify, implement, and correct/prevent actions.
• Ensures Quality standards correlate with corporate and industry standards.
• Leads the facility’s Quality Team covering all aspects of the associate lifecycle from the selection, recruitment, and onboarding of new associates through to annual reviews, performance assessments, and development goals.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in an engineering or manufacturing discipline preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Professional experience with a focus on Quality Management, ideally in a high-volume automotive or engineering environment.
• Good understanding of automotive manufacturing processes (e.g., welding, assembly, part stamping), functional and technical understanding of automotive components.
• Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing experience, good knowledge of quality core tools (e.g., FMEA, SPC, MSA).
• IATF experience.
• Analytical aptitude, initial experience using Power BI is an advantage.
• Proven track record of leading and developing a team of engineers.
• Problem-solving mindset, familiarity with problem-solving tools (e.g., Five Why, 8D, Shainin, and/or DEMAIC).

We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Opportunity to work in a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Professional development opportunities.

About the Company

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [email protected]. Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.