Global QMS Manager

Job Summary

CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future.We are proud to share that CECO was named one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies for 2025 and that Forbes recognized CECO as one of America’s Most Successful Small‑Cap Companies for 2026, marking our third consecutive year on the Forbes list. CECO Environmental is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker CECO, reflecting our strong growth, financial performance, and commitment to delivering value to shareholders.

As part of the CECO corporate team, you will play a key role in supporting the continued growth and success of our global family of brands. Whether working in finance, HR, IT, accounting, marketing, or another corporate function, your expertise will help drive efficiency and innovation across our organization. By joining CECO, you’ll be part of a company committed to protecting the environment and enhancing industrial operations, all while fostering a collaborative and purpose-driven work environment.

Job Summary

The Global QMS Manager is responsible for supporting, maintaining, and continuously improving the company’s global Quality Management System. This role provides quality system expertise, data analysis, reporting, and cross-functional support to ensure consistent execution of QMS processes across global business units and operating sites. The successful candidate will help drive quality performance, support audit readiness, maintain QMS documentation and metrics, and partner with leaders across operations, engineering, supply chain, and quality to strengthen compliance, standardization, and continuous improvement.

Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve global QMS processes, procedures, records, and governance practices.
• Collect, analyze, and report QMS data, including quality metrics, audit findings, corrective and preventive actions, nonconformances, customer issues, supplier performance, and process effectiveness.
• Prepare dashboards, management review materials, trend reports, and executive summaries that provide actionable insight into global quality performance.
• Lead site quality teams and process owners to ensure consistent application of QMS requirements across regions and business units.
• Responsible for internal and external audit programs, including audit planning, evidence collection, finding response, CAPA tracking, and closure verification.
• Maintain controlled documentation and support document control activities, including procedure updates, workflow coordination, records management, and training assignment support.
• Identify process gaps, data trends, and improvement opportunities; recommend actions that improve QMS effectiveness, compliance, and operational performance.
• Provide training, coaching, and guidance to global stakeholders on QMS expectations, tools, reporting requirements, and best practices.
• Support supplier quality, customer quality, and regulatory compliance activities as needed, including supplier evaluations, customer requests, and quality documentation packages.
• Maintain strong working relationships with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams to promote quality ownership and timely issue resolution.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in quality management, quality systems, quality assurance, operations quality, supplier quality, or a related quality function.
• Experience supporting or managing global or multi-site QMS processes in a manufacturing, industrial, engineering, environmental, or technical services environment preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with quality metrics, data analysis, dashboards, audit findings, CAPA, document control, management review, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with ISO 9001 or equivalent quality management system standards preferred.
• ASQ, ISO 9001 auditor, Six Sigma, Lean, or other quality-related certification preferred but not required.
• Strong understanding of QMS principles, process improvement, audit practices, corrective action systems, and quality documentation requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, SharePoint, or electronic QMS platforms preferred.

Travel Requirements: Travel will be required to support site audits, supplier visits, leadership meetings, or QMS implementation activities.

ADA RequirementsPositions in this function typically require typing, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.  

• Concentrated mental and/or visual attention. The work involves performing complex tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications, or a high degree of hand and eye coordination for sustained periods. 

• The job is typically performed under comfortable working conditions; any disagreeable elements are generally absent during normal performance of job.  Visits to our manufacturing facility and suppliers’ facilities is required to monitor active projects and address design issues. 

• Compliance with company attendance standards.  

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. 

We Offer: 

We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and much more.  

At CECO, we are committed to a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.  

ABOUT US 

CECO’s Commitment to Our People 

At CECO, our people are at the center of everything we do. Whether you’re a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring opportunities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with CECO. 

ABOUT CECO 

CECO Environmental is a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment across the globe, serving a broad landscape of industrial air, industrial water and energy transition markets. 

We serve these markets and our global customers through our key business segments: Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions. Learn more about CECO by visiting About Us. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

CECO is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment. 

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