Quality Manager

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

The Quality Manager will lead the quality function at the Locomotive Assembly Plant. This role is critical to ensuring the delivery of high-quality locomotives that meet customer expectations, regulatory standards, and internal performance goals. The Quality Manager will drive a culture of continuous improvement, compliance, and operational excellence across the plant.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Quality Leadership

• Define and execute the plant’s quality strategy aligned with global standards and business objectives.
• Lead the implementation and maintenance of ISO 9001 and other relevant certifications.
• Act as the primary quality liaison with HQ and global quality teams.

Quality Assurance & Control

• Oversee incoming material inspection, in-process quality checks, and final product audits.
• Ensure robust quality control systems are in place and continuously improved.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) for internal and external quality issues.

Supplier & Material Quality

• Monitor and improve supplier performance using metrics such as DPMO, on-time corrective actions, and audit results.
• Collaborate with sourcing and engineering teams on PPAP, new supplier qualification, and material cut-ins.

Post-Production & Field Quality

• Represent the plant in discussions with the Services organization regarding product reliability and safety improvements.
• Analyze warranty data, FMI notifications, and customer feedback to drive product and process improvements.

Laboratory & Compliance Oversight

• Manage the plant’s quality lab, ensuring calibration, testing, and documentation meet internal and external standards.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and customer-specific requirements.

Team Leadership & Development

• Build and lead a high-performing quality team, including engineers, inspectors, and lab technicians.
• Provide training, coaching, and development opportunities to enhance quality capabilities across the plant.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing quality.
• Proven experience in locomotive, rail, or heavy equipment manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, Six Sigma, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, and other quality tools.
• Fluent in English, Russian and Kazakh.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills
• Must have legal authorization to work in Kazakhstan

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

About Us

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life?

At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours!

Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

Wabtec celebrates thinkers and doers. Our values included in the About Us page are rooted in innovation, collaboration, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Whether your talents lie in digital solution development, next-gen manufacturing, advanced service delivery, or the spectrum of business functions that support them, Wabtec literally has a world of opportunity for you across our global network.

Our employees are the architects of the future. Where will you be tomorrow?