Plant Quality Manager

About O-I

Remember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne? A cold beer after a hard day’s work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench your thirst? Well, it was probably made by us. We are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world. 

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. 

Why do you want to apply?  Since 1980 the O-I Plant in Toano has been a well-respected employer in the community.  Offering above average compensation and excellent benefits.  It boasts a multi-cultural workforce and combines strong leadership with a collaborative union environment.  Furthermore, O-I fosters an inclusive atmosphere with opportunity for growth and advancement.  Toano, VA is close to major Historic Triangle attractions such as Colonial Williamsburg, and the Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA theme parks.

The Plant Quality Manager is responsible for managing and continuously improving all internal and external plant assurance of quality systems.  They will work with plant management to develop the plant’s quality plan that will create and maintain a customer-focused organization.

The Quality Manager should have:

• Experience with development and maintenance of the Quality Management System
• Ability to investigate customer complaints, prepare customer complaint responses, and maintain a customer database
• Experience working with the plant management team to develop standard operating procedures

The Quality Manager will:

• Work directly with all departments on quality issues and preventative and corrective actions
• Facilitate problem-solving activity through TQM, team building and quality systems tools and methods
• Work with supervisors in identifying negative quality trends and repetitive defects
• Participate as a customer liaison, make customer visits as appropriate, and assist in implementing customer quality management systems

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
• Glass Manufacturing experience preferred
• Strong communication and data analytics skills
• Demonstrated project management skills

What we offer at O-I: 

Salary Range:  The expected salary range for this position is between $90,000 and $110,000 and includes a possible 12% quarterly incentive bonus.    Actual pay will be adjusted based upon candidate experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

O-I offers a very generous benefit package – some of the highlights are:

• Vacation time and paid holidays
• Health, dental, prescription and vision care coverage
• Generous insurance discounts with participation in Company wellness program
• Wellness incentive where you can earn money for your HSA or HRA
• Group life insurance
• Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance
• Weekly disability insurance
• Paid sick time
• Parental leave benefits
• 401(k) retirement saving plans with defined contributions

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

O-I is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected category. 

Qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans who are unable or limited in their ability to apply on this site may request reasonable accommodations by emailing [email protected].