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.