Site Quality & Compliance Manager - Aerospace

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At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions that enable reliable, efficient and increasingly sustainable flight for the lifecycle of the aircraft, including aftermarket support. Our passionate people with deep engineering expertise, together with our breadth of differentiated technologies, ensure that we make the extraordinary happen and continue to shape the future of aviation in partnership with our customers.

As a member of our team, you are instrumental in fulfilling our mission: “Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.” Pursuing a career at Parker presents unlimited opportunities for both professional and personal development. Working with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, your contributions will be pivotal in developing innovative technologies and products, significantly contributing to Parker’s goal of addressing the world's most pressing engineering challenges.

At Parker, our team members belong, matter and make a difference. We believe that the key to bringing talented new team members into our organization is by focusing on everyone's talents and potential rather than the job specification. If you have innovative ideas and a commitment to excellence, we are more than happy to consider you for other roles in Parker that may be a good fit.

The Site Quality and Compliance Manager provides leadership, direction, and development for the site Quality function, including quality inspectors, calibration technicians, and quality engineers. This role manages the day-to-day operation of the Quality function to ensure product quality, customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and operational effectiveness are maintained at the highest level.

The position is additionally responsible for leading the Division Quality program in accordance with applicable Parker policies, customer requirements, regulatory standards, and U.S. Government requirements, while ensuring quality systems, plans, standards, and procedures are effectively implemented and sustained across all division sites. The role also drives supplier quality, root cause corrective action, continuous improvement, and cross-functional quality support within an aerospace/manufacturing environment.

This role will have direct reports.

The role is based in Akron, OH, and reports directly to the Division Quality Manager, with a strong dotted-line relationship to the Akron Site Operations Manager. This position has management responsibility for the site Quality department and interfaces routinely with all plant functions, including:

• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Operations
• Sales/Marketing
• Customers
• Suppliers
• Outsourced service providers
• Division and business unit leadership

The role is accountable for aligning Division quality and compliance activities across all sites while supporting a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all site quality and compliance matters for Akron Manufacturing (Valves and Carbon) and MRO activities.
• Provide quality-focused leadership to achieve facility objectives related to customer satisfaction, throughput, product quality, cost reduction, and people productivity.
• Lead, develop, implement, and maintain the site Quality Management System to ensure compliance with AS9100, AS9102, customer-specific requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Act as the site quality representative for compliance with applicable government, military, FAA, EASA, DCMA, and customer quality system requirements.
• Ensure quality requirements are clearly defined at all functional levels to support effective planning, execution, verification, and compliance.
• Manage the day-to-day operation of the Quality Assurance team, ensuring effective support for production, inspection, calibration, and quality engineering activities.
• Establish and sustain a quality culture centered on true root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action, and continuous improvement.
• Lead structured problem-solving and investigation activities using tools and methodologies such as RCCA, 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone, A3, DMAIC, and other appropriate methods.
• Ensure effective Quality Clinic and Material Review Board (MRB) processes are in place and functioning properly.
• Maintain and analyze quality performance data to support control, improvement, and management reporting, using automated systems where available.
• Develop and implement process and product monitoring methods to assure product conformity and improve process capability.
• Support the setup and effective use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and other statistical methods for process improvement and corrective action development.
• Build and support schedules for the quality complex, equipment moves, First Article Inspections (FAIs), and machine capability studies.
• Become the subject matter expert for the North American Quality value stream, with detailed…