Senior Quality Engineer

Core Responsibilities:

· Lead the expansion and sustainment of a committed quality culture throughout the value chain through influence and management skills.

· Ensure that all manufacturing and quality processes and tooling conform to customer, organizational, and governmental standards.

· Drive continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs to produce legacy products.

· Assist the quality team with MRR and quality clinic processes.

· Manage pre-production validation package for Customer approval: First Article Inspection

or Production Part Approval Process (knowledge of AS9102 a plus).

· Ensure the centers of excellence and vendor quality systems consistently meet or exceed

customer regulatory requirements, AS-9100 Quality Management System, special

processes, and other customer specific requirements.

· Lead containment, root cause analysis, corrective, and preventive actions (RCCA/CAPA);

train and mentor other associates and suppliers to perform effective problem solving using

standard tools (8D, 3P and 5Why, etc.).

· Manage the quality metrics, cost of poor quality to achieve business goals and optimize return on investment.

· Lead, participate in and facilitate cross-functional teams on process control and optimization projects to stabilize and improve first passed yield; participate in other continuous improvement projects (i.e., Kaizen, Baseline, and Production Preparation Process (3P).

· Responsible for overseeing inspectors, and assisting inspectors with day-to-day processes.

· Assist Quality Manager with MRO tasks such as internal audits, customer audits, quality metric generation and reporting.

· Comfortability leading team meetings, and assisting with leadership activities.

 

Qualifications:

· 7-10 year’s experience in Quality in a manufacturing environment.

· Managerial experience; cross-functional experience in precision machining a plus.

· Three to five years of supervisory experience is a plus.

· CMM experience/knowledge is a plus.

· Demonstrated leadership effectiveness.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate change effectively.

· Knowledge of FAA parts 145 repair station requirements preferred.

 

Education Requirements:

· BA or BS in technical field preferred; or equivalent work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)