Quality Assurance Director

Safe Flight Instrument

$125K — $170K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of quality leadership experience in electronics manufacturing
  • Strong knowledge of ISO9001/AS9100 standards
  • Experience with lean six sigma concepts (green/black belt preferred)
  • Proficient in root cause analysis and corrective/preventative action implementation
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
  • Bachelor's Degree or 10 years of experience in a manufacturing organization, MBA preferred

Responsibilities

  • Develop departmental strategy aligning with corporate and regulatory goals
  • Oversee the end-to-end audit process and liaise with certification bodies
  • Ensure adherence to quality management standards and regulations
  • Mentor and evaluate the Quality Department staff
  • Identify and mitigate risks associated with Quality Management System
  • Apply lean manufacturing methods to enhance efficiency and quality
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address quality issues

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
  • Paid time off and flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Support for continuing education and certifications
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
Full Job Description
Quality Assurance director

Summary

The Quality director directly leads the Quality team made up of Quality Technicians and Quality Engineering to ensure that Safe Flight consistently supplying high-quality products to its customers, mitigating corporate and customer risk, and removing defects and waste in our manufacturing processes.

Salary Range: $125,000 to $170,000. (Salary will be commensurate with experience)

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Develop departmental strategy and vision to ensure alignment with company, corporate, and regulatory goals and objectives.
  • Responsible for end-to-end audit process (External, Internal), including acting as a point of contact for the certification bodies and auditors.
  • Ensure that the organization's Quality Management System conforms to customer, internal, AS/ISO, FAA and regulatory/legal requirements.
  • Staff, manage, motivate, mentor, and evaluate Quality Department employee performance.
  • Conduct and support process owners in ensuring that QMS risks are identified, regularly assessed, and appropriately mitigated, through KPI review and management collaboration. Develop, manage and oversee supplier quality assurance.
  • Reviewed Manufacturing Procedures (MP's) and applied lean manufacturing methods to increase efficiency, productivity, and overall quality assurance.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain, to resolve quality issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Manage overall company Corrective Action processes and procedures including tracking and effective closure. Ensure accurate and prompt processing of purchasing/manufacturing work orders through the quality department.
  • Professionally represent the Quality Department in various business process activities including management reviews and continuing improvement.
  • Analyze data and make recommendations for equipment, process, and product improvements to management staff.
  • Communicate directly with customers and suppliers regarding quality requirements, flow downs, first article/approvals, performance trends, corrective action reports, and quality surveys.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

  • 10 years of quality leadership experience in electronics manufacturing including printed circuit board assembly, surface mount assembly technology, and electro-mechanical assembly.
  • Excellent strategic, interpersonal, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast pace, multi-tasking environment which requires the capability to determine, respond to, set, and balance priorities.
  • Confidence and ability to design solution strategies for complex problems with customers.
  • Ability of analyzing, explaining, and solving problems with minimal to no direction.
  • ISO9001/AS9100 Quality knowledge of standards, procedures, and policies.
  • Experience with lean 6-sigma concepts and processes (green/black belt preferred).
  • Epicor experience preferred.
  • Proven ability to develop, document, and execute detailed quality plans.
  • Strong root cause analysis techniques and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This role is responsible for the overall supervision of the Quality department to support the achievement of the Company's financial, customer satisfaction, and employee fulfillment goals.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution or a minimum of ten years of experience in a manufacturing organization; Minimum of 5 years of Quality experience; a master's in business administration (MBA) or equivalent is preferred.
  • Quality experience in an electronic assembly/test environment is beneficial.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Compensation
125,000-170,000 per year

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