About the Opportunity:As a Quality Engineer II, you will lead critical quality initiatives, ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, and drive process improvements across aerospace manufacturing operations. You will have 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.
Location:Newburyport, MA
100% onsite
Responsibilities:- 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 projects to ensure effective corrective/preventive actions using tools such as 5-Why and 8D.
- Participate in 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.
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering, Material Science or Metallurgy
- At least 3 years of quality engineering experience
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis without sponsorship now or in the future. The Company cannot offer employment to visa holders who require employer sponsorship in the future or cannot work now on a full-time basis.
- Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations.
Preferred Qualifications:- Aerospace experience.
- Experience and training in quality systems including AS9100 and NADCAP
- Strong proficiency in quality management systems, process validation, and customer specifications.
- Expertise in conducting root cause analyses and implementing corrective actions.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles.
- Proficiency in CAD, QMS and ERP software.
- Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills with the ability to guide junior team members effectively.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate across teams and with customers.
Working Conditions- Must be able to have prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to frequently sit, stand and walk.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 15 pounds.
- Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (e.g., safety glasses and safety shoes) as required on the shop floor.
- Occasional weekend and evening work may be required to accommodate priorities, deadlines, and schedules.
Acknowledgements: The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.
Benefits: Pursuit Aerospace also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements, among other things.
