Barbco Machine Manufacturing

Job Description Job Description Quality Management Architect, Trenchless Equipment Barbco, Inc. - East Canton, Ohio Question for you Do you want to inherit a binder-or design a quality system that actually changes how products are built? At Barbco, the answer is clear: we're hiring someone to architect and own a practical, company-wide quality system that helps us build better, faster, and with fewer surprises. Who we are Barbco is a family-owned American manufacturer with decades of experience creating underground construction equipment for the trenchless industry. We are growing-expanding product lines, improving manufacturing systems, and investing in people for our next generation. Your challenge This is not an ISO certification-driven position. Your goal is to create a sustainable, floor-ready Barbco quality system that reduces rework, strengthens accountability, and delivers better outcomes for customers. You will report to senior management and operate with company-wide visibility. What a win looks like Inspection steps and quality gates are simple, visible, and consistently followed from incoming through release. Root causes are found fast; corrective and preventive actions stick. Nonconforming material is contained, dispositioned rapidly, and used to drive systemic fixes. Suppliers meet clear expectations; incoming quality improves measurably. Welding, fabrication, machining, assembly, hydraulic, electrical, and finished-equipment quality are supported with the right standards and checks. Drawings, specifications, work instructions, inspection criteria, and engineering changes are understood and executed correctly. Documentation is user-friendly; employees are trained and coached to solve problems. Quality is everyone's job, and you have the authority to stop the process when it counts. New-product introductions move smoothly, enabling growth into new equipment and markets. How you'll partner Work shoulder to shoulder with Production, Engineering, Operations, Purchasing, Dealer Support, and senior management to identify risk early and keep defects from traveling downstream. What you've done Led manufacturing quality on the floor and in leadership forums. Built or substantially improved a QMS with real results. Used structured problem solving (5 Why, 8D, FMEA, CAPA) to drive sustainable change. Read prints, interpret specs and tolerances, and design inspection approaches that matter. Applied measurement, inspection, and calibration knowledge in a production environment. Worked directly with production teams, supervisors, engineers, suppliers, and customers. Documented rigorously and made tough calls when quality demanded it. Led change without creating tension between production and quality. Pursued continuous improvement with an action-first mindset. Leveraged Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, and supplier quality practices where useful-valuing results over certificates. Built credibility through experience, technical education, quality credentials, and leadership (degree helpful, not required). A day you might live Morning: You pause a machining job after spotting a potential tolerance stack. Midday: You and Engineering simplify a check fixture so assembly can self-verify. Afternoon: You meet Purchasing to align supplier capability with new specs. Wrap-up: You publish a one-page visual standard that prevents today's issue from recurring. Why here, why now Direct impact with leadership, engineers, skilled craftsmen, dealers, and customers-no corporate maze. See your system in action and your metrics trend the right way. Barbco is investing in new products and equipment platforms; manufacturing capabilities; technology and business systems; training and employee development; dealer and customer support; continuous improvement; and the next generation of Barbco. Quality at Barbco is how we design it, build it, document it, improve it, and stand behind it. If you want to help build something-and not just maintain it-we should talk. Industry perspective Research highlights the importance of QMS ownership, CAPA and root-cause strength, audit leadership, technical drawing and fabrication literacy, and the ability to influence production. Proficiencies Quality Inspection Experience Continuous Improvement 5 Why (Root Cause Analysis Method) Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Quality Control Experience Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Precision Measurement & Inspection Blueprint Reading