Director Quality

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise ‑ wide quality strategy for LMW generator integration, ensuring regulatory compliance, alignment to customer requirements, and continuous improvement in a high ‑ mix manufacturing environment.
• Own and improve LMW customer experience and quality performance metrics, driving cross ‑ functional actions to enhance performance and reduce total cost of quality.
• Partner with C&I manufacturing sites to resolve systemic and day ‑ to ‑ day quality issues, influencing teams to deliver consistent, best ‑ in ‑ class results.
• Develop and execute a multi ‑ year quality transformation roadmap, progressing the organization from Quality Control to Quality Assurance and Process Excellence.
• Establish, deploy and continuously improve the Generac Quality Management System, including standard tools, methodologies, audits and best practices.
• Set product quality goals, metrics and test methods during product design and development; regularly present quality performance and insights to senior leadership and customers.
• Build, lead and develop a high ‑ performing quality organization through effective talent selection , coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Coach business leaders and teams to adopt a common vision for quality, continuous improvement and operational excellence across processes and technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven leadership background in Quality, Lean, Process Excellence and/or Six Sigma environments.
• Advanced degree (MS and/or MBA).
• Experience operating within a multi ‑ site , matrixed global organization .
• Demonstrated track record of performance, career progression and results within quality or continuous improvement functions.
• Experience leading teams across both direct and indirect reporting structures.
• Certification as a Quality Engineer and demonstrated application of Six Sigma tools and Lean methodologies.
• Willingness and ability to travel regionally and internationally up to 50%.
• Impact of This Role
• This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, 8 paid Holidays and 401(k) retirement benefits.
• "We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, na

Benefits

Additional Information

We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most. For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future. Ready to Power a Smarter World with us? The Quality Director is accountable for leading and continuously improving business ‑ group ‑ wide quality assurance programmes for Large Megawatt (LMW) generator integration in a high ‑ mix manufacturing environment. This role drives excellence in quality, regulatory compliance and customer experience while reducing total cost of quality. The position partners closely with cross ‑ functional leaders across Operations, Engineering, Field Service, IT, HR and Sales/Marketing to ensure alignment with business and customer expectations.

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