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Quality Director

The Quality Director is accountable for leading and continuously improving business-wide quality assurance programs 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.

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.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 role is critical to strengthening Generac's LMW quality performance and customer experience. The Quality Director will shape how quality is embedded across product integration, manufacturing processes, and customer touchpoints, directly influencing operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and cost efficiency. Through leadership, strategy, and cross-functional partnership, this role will accelerate the organization's journey towards world-class process excellence and sustainable quality outcomes.

Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in East Peoria, Illinois is $156,100 - 215,000 USD. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short-term and long-term incentives.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job include are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

"We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law."