Director of Quality (Mandarin Preffered)
1 day ago
Orlando
Company: DCD Vehicle Corp. Location: Lancaster, TX 75134 Job Type: Full-time | On-site Salary: $150,000 – $180,000 per year Travel: Frequent travel to Orlando, Florida Job Summary DCD Vehicle Corp. is seeking an experienced Director of Quality to lead and develop quality operations at our Lancaster, Texas facility. This position will be responsible for building, implementing, and continuously improving a comprehensive quality management system across incoming materials, production processes, finished products, suppliers, and customer quality. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on manufacturing quality leadership experience and has successfully built or significantly improved a quality system from the ground up. Experience in ATV, UTV, motorcycle, automotive, electric vehicle, low-speed vehicle, powersports, golf cart, or related vehicle manufacturing is strongly preferred. This position is based full-time in Lancaster, Texas, with frequent business travel to DCD Vehicle Corp.'s Orlando, Florida operations. Key Responsibilities • Lead the development and implementation of the company's quality management system, standards, procedures, inspection processes, and quality documentation., • Build and continuously improve quality processes across IQC, IPQC/PQC, OQC/FQC, supplier quality, production quality, and customer quality., • Establish quality standards, control plans, inspection criteria, SOPs, work instructions, checklists, and quality reporting mechanisms., • Lead quality activities across incoming inspection, manufacturing processes, assembly, final inspection, and finished vehicle/product release., • Establish and monitor key quality metrics, including FPY, defect rates, rework, scrap, supplier quality, customer complaints, warranty issues, and corrective action closure., • Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions for major or recurring quality issues using tools such as 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, FMEA, SPC, CAPA, and Pareto Analysis., • Partner closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Warehouse, After-Sales, and other departments to resolve quality issues and drive continuous improvement., • Develop supplier quality standards, conduct supplier audits, manage supplier corrective actions, and drive supplier quality improvement., • Lead investigation and resolution of customer complaints, field quality issues, warranty concerns, and recurring product defects., • Recruit, develop, and manage the Quality team while establishing clear responsibilities, training standards, performance expectations, and accountability., • Support new product introduction, process changes, new supplier qualification, and production ramp-up from a quality perspective., • Ensure compliance with applicable company, customer, regulatory, and quality management requirements., • Regularly report quality performance, major risks, corrective actions, and improvement initiatives to senior management., • Travel frequently between the Dallas-area facility and Orlando operations to support quality alignment, process implementation, and cross-site improvement initiatives.Qualifications, • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field., • 10+ years of progressive quality experience in a manufacturing environment preferred., • 5+ years of quality leadership or management experience preferred., • Demonstrated experience building or significantly developing a quality system from 0 to 1 in a manufacturing environment., • Strong hands-on knowledge of IQC, IPQC/PQC, OQC/FQC, supplier quality, production quality, and customer quality., • Experience implementing, maintaining, or improving a formal Quality Management System (QMS)., • Strong knowledge of quality methodologies and tools including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, SPC, 8D, CAPA, 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, and Root Cause Analysis., • Experience with ISO 9001 and/or IATF 16949 environments strongly preferred., • Experience in ATV/UTV, motorcycle, automotive, EV, powersports, golf cart/LSV, or related vehicle manufacturing strongly preferred., • Proven ability to lead quality improvement in a fast-growing manufacturing organization where systems and processes are still being developed., • Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional management skills., • Comfortable working directly on the manufacturing floor and driving issues through resolution., • Ability to travel frequently to Orlando, Florida., • Bilingual English/Chinese communication skills are a plus, but not required.