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Overview
Industrial quality managers define and monitor quality processes in manufacturing and industrial operations. They audit production, analyse test data, check materials and products, and advise on preventive or corrective action.
In job descriptions, look for quality standards, audit plans, production-line checks, raw materials, test results, manufacturing criteria, supplier risks and communication with engineering or production teams.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Industrial quality managers work where production processes need documented standards, audits and corrective action. They review test data, raw materials, product checks, hygiene or safety findings and production-line variation before quality problems reach customers.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include audit techniques, manufacturing quality criteria, test-data analysis, supplier risk assessment, quality standards and communication with production, engineering and purchasing. Some roles emphasize systems, others hands-on line checks.
Salary context
Salary context depends on plant size, audit responsibility, product risk, number of production lines, supplier scope, team leadership and authority to stop, release or change manufacturing processes. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Career paths can move from quality technician, process engineering, production supervision or auditing into quality management, supplier quality, manufacturing excellence, compliance leadership or plant operations roles.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name the product area, standards, audit cycle, testing methods, supplier work and decision rights. Those details show whether the role is strategic, operational or both.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
MANUFACTURING
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include industrial production manager and manufacturing manager.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Quality Control Systems Managers
11-3051.01
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
CMANUFACTURING
Alternative labels
Occupation group
manufacturing manager (1321.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fdb16700-109e-4d02-949e-3213f278df93 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 1321.2.2 |
| ISCO group | 1321 |
| Concept type | Occupation |