Quality Assurance Manager II

Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025!

Daikin Applied is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager II to plan, coordinate, and direct quality assurance programs to ensure quality production of products consistent with established standards. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Location: Staunton, VA - In-Office

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop new approaches to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities
• Keep management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and actions being taken to improve the situation
• Prepare and present technical and program information to the plant and corporate teams
• Direct technical and administrative workers engaged in quality assurance activities
• Maintain a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards and ensure plant processes adhere to all requirements
• Evaluate Quality Management System (QMS) frequently to implement improvements to standard work processes and documentation
• Participate on plant internal audit team to identify areas for development on existing QMAS
• Collaborate with other manufacturing sites within business unit to ensure QMS and problem-solving activities are consistent across sites including communication of identified issues and problem resolution activities to ensure all sites have implemented solutions
• Trian, mentor, and lead Quality Engineers, ASME Inspectors, and Quality Technicians
• Develop methods to inspect received raw materials, assure quality compliance during product assembly, and final product inspection
• Collaborate with NPI Quality team to ensure Safe Launch activities are identified and implemented on all new product launches
• Ability to lead cross-functional product and process improvement teams to improve overall plant quality and improve internal and external customer experience ad work with the team to identify true root cause and implement appropriate corrective actions
• Review and summarize internal and external non-conformance information identifying trends in the data and assigning quality improvement projects to direct reports to provide internal and external customers with an unrivaled customer experience

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, scientific, or engineering field; or equivalent experience
• 6-8 years of experience
• 4+ years people leadership experience

Your Benefits:

Daikin Applied offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: 

• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance  
• 401K retirement plan with employer match
• Paid time off and company paid holidays
• Paid sick time in accordance with the federal, state and local law
• Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service 

Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $100,800 to $171,700 plus annual bonus in VA. The range displayed represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade which this position falls. Individual base pay will depend on a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment requirements, including verification of employment history, education, background screening, and drug testing where permitted by law. Safety-sensitive positions may require cannabis (marijuana) testing. All testing and employment decisions will comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws.