Quality & Continuous Improvement Lead

About this role

About Carrier Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About this role: The Quality & Continuous Improvement Lead owns the execution of the long-term quality strategy and operational direction for a Carrier manufacturing facility. This role sets strategies and develops projects and processes to ensure continuous quality improvement, partnering with key stakeholders including Engineering, the factory, suppliers, and the field. The Lead provides guidance and leadership across the organization in implementing plans and procedures that drive the achievement of quality goals.

Key Responsibilities: • Establishes and implements the long-term quality strategy — plans, guidelines, policies, and processes — to ensure achievement of quality targets.

• Leads development of projects and processes to ensure overall quality is continuously improving.

• Leads teams collecting and analyzing quality data from multiple sources to shape quality strategy and programs.

• Leads production-process analyses, ensuring standards are met and recommending improvements (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, 8D).

• Owns the Quality Management System (ISO 9001), audits, and management reviews.

• Leads customer satisfaction, warranty, and complaint resolution with a continuous-improvement mindset.

• Owns quality KPIs (PPM, COPQ, First-Time Yield) and improvement roadmaps.

• Develops and coaches the quality and quality engineering team.

• Drive operational excellence and performance improvement.

• Develop continuous improvement (CI) and quality capabilities across the site.

• Lead operational excellence deployment.  

Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree.

• 8+ years of quality experience, including 3+ years leading quality teams.

Preferred Qualifications: • Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical or Quality Engineering or related field.

• Proven experience owning a Quality Management System (ISO 9001), including audits and management reviews.

• Expert command of quality core tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA) and problem-solving (8D, root-cause analysis).

• Demonstrated ability to build a quality/continuous-improvement culture and drive customer-satisfaction and warranty performance.

• Track record improving quality KPIs (PPM, COPQ, First-Time Yield).

• Six Sigma Black Belt and/or ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification strongly preferred.

• Experience in high-growth or fast-paced manufacturing environments.

• Collaborative, bias for action, customer-centric and solution-oriented.

Pay Range The annual salary for this position is between $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. Other Compensation This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements. Benefits Employees are eligible for benefits, including: • Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave : Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability : Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate . The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at Carrier.Recruiting@carrier.com . We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 14 August 2026 Job Applicant's Privacy Notice Please click on the link to review the Job Applicant Privacy Notice .

Use of AI Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.

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