QA Manager
Location: Red Oak, IA
Workplace Type: Onsite
Current Greenbrier Employees with GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your GBRX email account.
Current Greenbrier Employees without GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your email address listed in ADP.
At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail transportation equipment and services.
Greenbrier's heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.
Greenbrier's success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction. Our Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) commitment is rooted in these values, which lead to a culture where employees are engaged and feel good about coming to work every day.
Summary
The Quality Assurance Manager position is responsible for providing support to the GBX facility to ensure that products and workmanship meet Greenbrier, customer, and applicable regulatory requirements. The role involves actively leading QA initiatives, including conducting training, assisting in internal and external audits, collaborating with cross functional teams to standardize Quality processes, and assisting in the development, tracking and implementation of corrective actions.
Duties And Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.
Leads improvement initiatives and Quality Team Communications.
Ensures implementation, oversight, and management of the Quality Assurance Program on a site level basis
Leads customer visits & audits
Manages internal/external AAR audits
Evaluates quality workload demands to determine adequate resource allocation to support facility Quality Assurance
Ensures process nonconformance's are reported, entered into the nonconformance application and analyzed
Leads and participates in continuous improvement opportunities resulting from RCA data analysis
Supervises and coordinates activities for Inspections
Ensures adherence to Greenbrier safety policies and procedures
Contributes to the overall performance from the standpoints of safety, quality, profitability
Manages in process inspection and final inspection audits to ensure compliance with quality program
Facilitates root cause and corrective action processes with cross-functional operations team
Ensure all required customer, AAR regulatory and Greenbrier standards, specifications and instruction are maintained
Evaluates and coordinates with the Plant Manager and Functional Leaders the operational and quality training needs
Qualifications
The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.
Minimum Qualifications
Ability to help others learn and develop
Ability to maintain appropriate levels of confidentiality and sensitive information
Ability to organize and prioritize projects and information with accuracy, under tight timeframes, to meet organizational needs
Ability to communicate and collaborate professionally, both verbally and in writing, at all levels
Preferred Qualifications
Degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or equivalent, or five years experience in quality assurance, including two years in a Quality Manager role.
Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SmartSheet
Working knowledge of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and The Association of American Railroads (AAR) regulations
Work Environment And Physical Requirements
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
With the exception of clerical, administrative, and some management positions, the physical environment requires the employee to work in hot and cold environments, in and out of the weather, work safely around heavy equipment, as well as around railroad tracks. Employees are required to use personal protective equipment such as steel toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, welding and grinding shields, etc. or as environmental conditions dictate
Physical Activities and Requirements
Frequency Key
Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation
Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours/day)
Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5: 5.5+ hours/day)
Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)
Working Postures
Sit: Frequently
Stand: Frequently
Walk: Frequently
Bend: Occasionally
Kneel/Squat: Occasionally
Crawl: Occasionally
Climb: Occasionally
Reach Forward: Occasionally
Reach Upward: Occasionally
Handling/Fingering: Occasionally
Lift / Carry Requirements
5-10 lbs: Occasionally
10-25 lbs: Occasionally
25-50 lbs: Occasionally
50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
75+ lbs: Not Applicable
Push / Pull Requirements
Up to 10 lbs: Occasionally
10-25 lbs: Occasionally
25-50 lbs: Occasionally
50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
75+ lbs: Not Applicable
EOE including Vet/Disability
Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at careersgbrx or call us at ....
Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in gbrx or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application. During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with -gbrx.icims. In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.
Job Locations US-IA-Red Oak
ID 2026-4296
Company Gunderson Rail Services, LLC
Position Type Regular Full-Time
Category Quality/Safety
Workplace Type Onsite
Current Greenbrier Employees with GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your GBRX email account.
Current Greenbrier Employees without GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your email address listed in ADP.
Location: Red Oak, IA
Workplace Type: Onsite
Current Greenbrier Employees with GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your GBRX email account.
Current Greenbrier Employees without GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your email address listed in ADP.
At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail transportation equipment and services.
Greenbrier's heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.
Greenbrier's success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction. Our Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) commitment is rooted in these values, which lead to a culture where employees are engaged and feel good about coming to work every day.
Summary
The Quality Assurance Manager position is responsible for providing support to the GBX facility to ensure that products and workmanship meet Greenbrier, customer, and applicable regulatory requirements. The role involves actively leading QA initiatives, including conducting training, assisting in internal and external audits, collaborating with cross functional teams to standardize Quality processes, and assisting in the development, tracking and implementation of corrective actions.
Duties And Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.
Leads improvement initiatives and Quality Team Communications.
Ensures implementation, oversight, and management of the Quality Assurance Program on a site level basis
Leads customer visits & audits
Manages internal/external AAR audits
Evaluates quality workload demands to determine adequate resource allocation to support facility Quality Assurance
Ensures process nonconformance's are reported, entered into the nonconformance application and analyzed
Leads and participates in continuous improvement opportunities resulting from RCA data analysis
Supervises and coordinates activities for Inspections
Ensures adherence to Greenbrier safety policies and procedures
Contributes to the overall performance from the standpoints of safety, quality, profitability
Manages in process inspection and final inspection audits to ensure compliance with quality program
Facilitates root cause and corrective action processes with cross-functional operations team
Ensure all required customer, AAR regulatory and Greenbrier standards, specifications and instruction are maintained
Evaluates and coordinates with the Plant Manager and Functional Leaders the operational and quality training needs
Qualifications
The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.
Minimum Qualifications
Ability to help others learn and develop
Ability to maintain appropriate levels of confidentiality and sensitive information
Ability to organize and prioritize projects and information with accuracy, under tight timeframes, to meet organizational needs
Ability to communicate and collaborate professionally, both verbally and in writing, at all levels
Preferred Qualifications
Degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or equivalent, or five years experience in quality assurance, including two years in a Quality Manager role.
Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SmartSheet
Working knowledge of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and The Association of American Railroads (AAR) regulations
Work Environment And Physical Requirements
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
With the exception of clerical, administrative, and some management positions, the physical environment requires the employee to work in hot and cold environments, in and out of the weather, work safely around heavy equipment, as well as around railroad tracks. Employees are required to use personal protective equipment such as steel toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, welding and grinding shields, etc. or as environmental conditions dictate
Physical Activities and Requirements
Frequency Key
Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation
Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours/day)
Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5: 5.5+ hours/day)
Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)
Working Postures
Sit: Frequently
Stand: Frequently
Walk: Frequently
Bend: Occasionally
Kneel/Squat: Occasionally
Crawl: Occasionally
Climb: Occasionally
Reach Forward: Occasionally
Reach Upward: Occasionally
Handling/Fingering: Occasionally
Lift / Carry Requirements
5-10 lbs: Occasionally
10-25 lbs: Occasionally
25-50 lbs: Occasionally
50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
75+ lbs: Not Applicable
Push / Pull Requirements
Up to 10 lbs: Occasionally
10-25 lbs: Occasionally
25-50 lbs: Occasionally
50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
75+ lbs: Not Applicable
EOE including Vet/Disability
Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at careersgbrx or call us at ....
Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in gbrx or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application. During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with -gbrx.icims. In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.
Job Locations US-IA-Red Oak
ID 2026-4296
Company Gunderson Rail Services, LLC
Position Type Regular Full-Time
Category Quality/Safety
Workplace Type Onsite
Current Greenbrier Employees with GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your GBRX email account.
Current Greenbrier Employees without GBRX Email Account: Apply as an Employee and log in using your email address listed in ADP.
Job ID: 522854261
Originally Posted on: 5/29/2026
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