Quality Manager

Position Summary:

Responsibility for maintaining a product quality and inspection system consistent with the plant's quality policies and objectives including, but not limited to, dimensional, metallurgical, NDT and part traceability.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assist in establishing, implementing, and maintaining the quality management system. (AS9100, AS13100, NADCAP)
• Participate in contract review process to ensure customer requirements can be met and are effectively incorporated in QMS.
• Lead corrective action process to ensure effective corrective/preventive actions using tools such as 5-Why and 8D.
• Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system, such as 5S, Kaizen, LEAN, etc.
• Interface with Engineering and Operations to ensure transfer to production of new products are in accordance with customer requirements.
• Support the Quality Inspectors to ensure that products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the quality management system and customer requirements.
• Conduct internal audits, including closing out audit findings, creating audits finding reports and determine proper corrective and preventive actions.
• Work with customer auditors to facilitate audits, close out audit findings using proper corrective and preventative actions.
• Review and disposition nonconforming material reports.
• Prepare and submit customer approval documentation.
• Create and maintain company quality documentation, such as quality manuals, quality procedures, etc.
• Support site needs related to over-inspection, shipment write up, and other Quality dock area functions.

Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, material science, metallurgy or suitable technical area.
• Related experience and training in quality systems including AS9100 and NADCAP.
• Experience in database systems and software for management of quality requirements.

Desired Characteristics:

• Utilize comprehensive knowledge quality best practices and industry/customer standards.
• Extensive experience in approval process of aerospace customers (preferred: GE, Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell, Bell)
• Capable of developing systems to support AS9100, NADCAP, and Customer requirements.
• Excellent computer skills (Including, but not limited to: Windows, Office (Word, Excel, Access), CAD, Visio, Project Manager, and Internet).
• Excellent Communication, written and verbal.
• Work independently, and proactively.
• Familiarity with statistical and quality control tools (8D, 5 Why, Gage R&R, 6 Sigma, LEAN, TOC)
• Be a positive influence within the organization, driving for truth and improvements.
• The individual must demonstrate a proven track record implementing, training, enforcing, and controlling Quality.

Physical Demands:

• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.