Quality Lead - 1st Shift

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.   What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our  Hybrid Work Model . Job Description Key Responsibilities May Include: Conduct and validate quality audits across the plant, ensuring all processes align with corporate policies, goals, and quality objectives. Train and develop plant personnel on quality guidelines and best practices, promoting a continuous improvement mindset and fostering quality awareness across teams. Track and report key quality performance metrics, including Acceptable Quality Limits (AQL), Pest Control Program (PCP) compliance, and customer complaints. Investigate and resolve quality issues, including customer complaints and rejected loads, using root cause corrective actions (RCCA) and implementing preventive measures. Maintain and manage quality-related documentation, ensuring all records meet corporate and regulatory standards. Collaborate with regional quality teams and internal stakeholders to address plant-specific quality concerns and ensure consistency in quality management across locations. Lead continuous improvement projects targeting quality systems and processes, working with cross-functional teams to implement solutions that enhance operational performance. Responsible for performing and/or validating all quality audits and reporting results. • Complying with all corporate policies, goals and objectives. • Ensure plant and plant personnel operate within CHEP quality guidelines. • Track performance on quality and report to supervisors and management. • Track rejections and/or customer complaints and address them with site, sales and quality teams. • Conduct reverse audits on rejected loads and complete informal and/or formal RCCA’s pertaining to rejections. • Train and develop team members to meet corporate quality guidelines. • Maintain all quality related documents for all plant personnel. • Review and address all pending quality related concerns or issues at the site level. • Develop and lead group projects targeting quality systems and continuous process improvements. • Work with Regional Quality personnel and the greater quality team to resolve concerns. • Perform quality aspect of orientation training and walkthroughs…