Quality Manager

Role overview

Quality leadership and compliance

• Lead the site Quality function, including policy, standards, compliance oversight, and resource management.
• Represent the site for Quality and Safety Management Systems, establish and improve the systems, and report performance to leadership.
• Ensure aerospace OEM and Aftermarket product and process compliance and achieve quality objectives within approved plans and budgets.
• Champion Voice of the Customer requirements from product development through in-service support.
• Develop processes and controls that provide consistent product and service quality.

Team, audits and improvement

• Lead and develop the Quality team, oversee daily operations, and support competency and cross-functional collaboration.
• Conduct audits against regulatory and customer standards and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain QMS documentation, processes, and training across sites and programs.
• Reduce Cost of Poor Quality and prevent product or process escapes through continuous improvement and analysis.
• Implement and improve corporate Lean tools and methodologies, including CORE, to reduce waste and improve quality performance.

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree with 5–8 years of managerial experience in a medium-sized operational facility; aviation maintenance, repair, or service experience is preferred.
• Experience managing technical operations and understanding facility production processes.
• Extensive QMS and Safety Management Systems knowledge, including measurement, analysis, and continuous-improvement tools.
• Lean and continuous-improvement expertise, including root cause analysis, value stream mapping, 5S, and Kaizen, in regulated manufacturing or aerospace environments.
• Regulated aerospace audit experience, formal auditor training, and knowledge of OEM and Aftermarket requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, JDE, SAP, and OneStream/HFM, with analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Leadership, stakeholder engagement, planning, organization, communication, interpersonal skills, and sound judgment.