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Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 96,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

“For more than 30 years at 3M, I’ve seen firsthand how it’s a place where curious, creative and collaborative people thrive and build a rewarding career. As a leader in this company, my goal is to ensure each 3Mer sees and feels the positive impact we’re making around the world” – Mike Roman, chief executive officer and chairman of the board at 3M

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Quality Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Ensuring appropriate level of conformance to IATF16949 / ISO9001 and other applicable customer specific requirements

• Training, counseling and guiding engineers, supervisors, managers, and directors in ISO & IATF compliance and continuous improvement

• Promoting quality best practice within the plant and building a quality-oriented culture for the organization.

• Identifying, planning, recommending, and completing quality programs for the division

• Partnering with Value Stream management in improving customer quality

• Leading site quality BT preparations, identify and prioritize pull forward opportunities

Location: Knoxville, IA

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic.

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Resources for You 

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. 

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M’s business and performance goals. You have flexibility in where and when work gets done. It all depends on where and when you can do your best work.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

3M is an equal opportunity employer.  3M  will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

• Five (5) years in at least one of the following Quality related areas: Quality Engineering, Quality Management Systems, Six Sigma, manufacturing, or operations within a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), MBA or related discipline from an accredited institution

• Three (3) years of leadership experience within a private, public, government or military environment

• Competent in quality management systems, knowledge, and application of risk management strategies throughout product life cycle, manufacturing operations, communicating with regulators and government agencies

• Certification(s) in quality engineering, quality auditing or quality management [e.g., American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification CQE, CQA, CQM, CSQP]

• Experience in the Automotive industry, including supplier management, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) Core Tools such as Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Statistical Process Control (SPC) and/or Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)

• Project management or new product development experience

• Experience with IATF16949, with understanding of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17025 -Laboratory Accreditation and ISO 9001