Forest City Gear Hires New QA Manager
Bob McClain oversees their quality lab and systems for aerospace, medical and other precision gearing applications.
Posted: March 15, 2019
As the quality assurance manager, he will be instrumental in ensuring that the company has the infrastructure, systems and supplier network in place to meet the very highest quality standards that are increasingly common in precision gear projects.
Forest City Gear Company (Roscoe, IL) hired Bob McClain as their quality assurance manager to oversee the activities of their world-class quality lab and manage all company-wide quality systems for aerospace, medical and other precision gearing applications. McClain brings a wealth of quality program management experience and a deep familiarity with precision parts manufacturing for the aerospace, military, automation and other industrial markets. He will be instrumental in ensuring that the company has the infrastructure, systems and supplier network in place to meet the very highest quality standards that are increasingly common to precision gear projects.
“Our criteria for this position has never been more challenging: vast quality experience, familiarity with all the latest quality management systems and certifications as they relate to our core customers and, rarer still, someone that customers and quality staff alike would enjoy working with,” explained Wendy Young, the president and chief executive officer of the company. “Fortunately, Bob is the perfect fit.”
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