What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Quality Operations position at BAE Systems USA?
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BAE Systems is seeking a Director of Quality Operations, reporting to the Sr. Director of Quality in the Electronic Combat Systems Business Area. The selected candidate will lead the teams responsible for quality assurance, inspection and continuous improvement Quality activities across NH-based factories, from Incoming Inspection, through multiple highly automated Microwave and circuit card assembly factories through EW-IMC production as well as the Sustainment Center.
The Director of Quality Operations has significant cross-functional influence, and requires the ability to partner across factories, functions, and programs to provide strategic thought leadership as well as proactive, execution-focused solutions that create value for our Customers, Programs and Business.
Key responsibilities include :
- Lead diverse work force including 150 exempt and non-exempt employees to determine strategy and tactical deployment that improve execution with reduced cost of poor quality, championing innovative ideas to drive enhanced affordability, production factory floor capability, and quality tool maturation for both new product release and in mature program process modernization initiatives. Provide direction, supervision, and guidance to ensure alignment with quality policy, strategic objectives and organization goals that drive to Zero Defect plans and Strategy.
- Provide AS9145 thought leadership to factory floors, serve as champion for APQP / PPAP implementation and maintenance throughout the product life cycle from design to production. Build capability and drive best practices in SPC, FMEA, KCs, APQP, MSA, and effective control planning that result in favorable impacts at the business area level.
- Collaborate with factory management for planning, execution, and management of risk mitigation, process improvements, and compliant process implementation and assurance.
- Ensure products conform to established company and regulatory performance and quality standards. Manage compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and minimize risk to employees and liability to the Business Area and Operations.
- Develop, recruit and align a highly capable quality assurance staff that partners seamlessly with Operations, Engineering and Programs to enhance the customer experience and support business area and factory needs through quality improvement.
- Develop and implement guidance for work plans as well as acceptance criteria across the factories.
- Investigate problems and develop disposition and corrective actions for discrepancies using proven RCCA techniques and driving sustainable preventive improvements.
- Flawlessly implement corrective actions, dispositions, process optimization and modifications – makes the news, doesn’t just report the news.
- Encourage high level collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Marshal resources to achieve challenging requirements, orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal, use matrixed resources effectively and efficiently, and arrange information in a useful manner.
The successful candidate :
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range : $169630 - $288370
Please note : This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to : business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits : At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered : health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and / or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.
Salary : $169,630 - $288,370
