Quality NDT Leader

Job Info

Job Identification: 114487

Job Category:
Quality

Posting Date: 09/27/2025, 04:00 AM

Locations: 9 Roy Street, Dover, NJ, , US

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote Work Schedule Availability?:
None

Export-Controlled Data:
This position entails access to export‑controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items

Howmet Engines is a world‑class producer of aero engine and industrial gas turbine components, including airfoils, rings, disks and forgings. We excel in vacuum melted superalloys, machining, performance coatings and hot isostatic pressing for high performance parts that enable the next generation of quieter, more fuel‑efficient aero engines and cleaner power generation. Howmet Dover Casting is a world‑class supplier of complex, investment‑cast turbine airfoils and other components for the aircraft engine and industrial gas turbine industries.

Howmet Dover Alloy is a world‑class supplier of vacuum and air‑melted nickel‑and cobalt‑based superalloys to aerospace, gas turbine, medical and other high‑technology industrial markets.

The Quality NDT Leader is responsible for assuring compliance to plant, corporation, customer, and industry standards of the non‑destructive testing methods (including but not limited to: visual - VT, ultrasonic - UT, FPI - PT, X‑ray - RT/DR, Crystal Grain Etch - CVM). This position will be responsible for leading audits and driving continuous improvement efforts to improve quality and process controls.

Anticipated Pay Range: $93K-110K per Year. Pay rates within this range are determined based on various factors including experience, education, certifications, etc.

We are proud to offer a competitive benefits package, including comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage, matching 401K, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Performance Pay Bonus, Paid Time Off, Wellness Programs, EAP Program (free local gym membership) as well as other discounted benefits.

• Expected to assist in the implementation of Howmet Aerospace's value and policy statement and its accompanying principles;
• Comply with all department, facility, Corporate and Regulatory EH&S regulations;
• Wear all required personal protective equipment;
• Report all job‑related illness and injuries (Per employee handbook);
• Report all Safety, Health & Environmental concerns to your supervisor in a timely manner;
• Attend all EH&S training.

Essential Job Functions

• Ensure that NDT methods and procedures meet the customer and industry standards.
• Maintain compliance of products and processes in manufacturing to specific company, industry, and customer requirements.
• Support L3s in maintaining training and certification of NDT personnel.
• Monitor quality and productivity trends. Initiate and lead continuous improvement of NDT‑related manufacturing processes to improve quality, reduce costs, and ensure product quality objectives are met.
• Support internal and external audits of the NDT processes.
• Effectively manage and develop direct reports and ensure succession plans are in place to have a sustained quality workforce
• Be a team player and develop relationships, both internally and externally, to achieve the necessary leadership engagement, management influence and customer connections
• Maintain lines of communication with customers. This includes verbal and written correspondence and personal visits when required.
• Provide technical support to Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing and Sales.
• Develop, maintain and implement enhancements to the quality system or processes that result in improved quality performance, increased customer satisfaction, and/or simplification of processes to reduce costs, including tracking, analyzing, risk‑based thinking, reporting, and problem solving.
• A thorough understanding of problem solving, root cause analysis, and quality improvement tools and techniques. This includes knowledge of management planning tools, quality tools, preventive and corrective actions, and how to overcome barriers to quality improvement.
• Effectively…