Quality Department Manager

Location: Or Akiva.

Job Description:Overall management and leadership of the company's quality assurance framework, with responsibility for maintaining and improving quality standards and ensuring compliance with standards, customer requirements, and manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for the plant's quality framework

• Direct management of the Quality Department team (:8 employees)

• Leading internal and external audits

• Writing, updating, and maintaining procedures

• Managing failure investigations, corrective actions (CAPA), and continuous improvement

• Conducting quality training and embedding work procedures

• Interfacing with customers, suppliers, and subcontractors on quality issues

• Ongoing cross-functional collaboration with Production, Engineering, R&D, Procurement, PPC, Warehouse, and Logistics

• Ensuring compliance with quality, health, safety, and environmental (HSE) standards according to company procedures

Requirements:

• 3–5+ years of experience in managing quality systems, preference for defense / manufacturing industries

• Experience and familiarity with ISO 9001; knowledge of additional standards – advantage

• Experience in quality control and inspection across Electronics / Mechanics / Optics

• Ability to read technical drawings – required

• Familiarity with manufacturing and logistics processes

• Proven experience in team management

• Familiarity with measurement processes

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

• Experience working with Priority ERP system – significant advantage

• Practical Engineer or B.Sc. in Mechanical / Electrical / Optical Engineering – advantage

• Certification in Quality Courses / Quality Engineering – advantage

• Proficient written and reading English skills

• Willingness to travel domestically and abroad as needed

Required Skills & Personal Attributes:

• Broad systemic vision

• Strong leadership skills and ability to drive internal organizational processes

• Assertiveness combined with excellent interpersonal skills

• Ability to work effectively in a multi-interface matrix environment

• Highly organized, structured, and capable of working under schedule pressure

• High service orientation and strong commitment to quality