Senior Quality Manager; Aerospace

Overview

Acara Solutions has been providing aerospace firms throughout the U.S. with our staffing services for over 65 years. Our Cleveland, OH area (Elyria) international aerospace client has an onsite direct salaried Sr. Quality Manager position open. The salary range is from $140K-$165K in this lower cost of living region with a 7.5% annual bonus that can possibly double. Relocation assistance available.

This position requires an aerospace background, including AS9145 APQP
.

The position has 8 direct reports of quality professionals: 3 QEs and 3 SQEs, 1 Quality tech, 1 QC Supervisor (with 2 admins and 12 hourly union associates that include 7 inspectors and 5 NDT Technicians).

This position provides quality leadership and has full responsibility for Quality at the Elyria Site regarding the Quality Management System (QMS), customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, for product life cycle from Product development, Production, Supply Chain to Aftermarket.

• Establish a zero defect culture by leading the deployment and continuous improvement of Quality Strategy based on AS9100 Quality Systems - Aerospace and AS9145 Advanced Product Quality Planning
• Achieve leading customer performance ratings through the implementation of Company Business System and QMS, driving improvement in key customer metrics.
• Proactive approach with an effective accountability process is in place enabling prevention and control, drive accountability for daily performance and problem solving of key performance indicators (KPIs) such as safety/quality/delivery/cost/growth
• Develop and implement a quality organizational structure capable of supporting the strategic initiatives and lead the efforts to integrate quality into development of short and long terms business plans, operating budget responsibility
• Ensure compliance with Company QMS, customer and industry specific quality requirements by establishing an effective internal audit and assessment, robust corrective action process to validate and improve system effectiveness
• Ensure the effectiveness of measurement and monitoring systems to achieve improvement in Site business key metrics and quality processes key metrics.
• Ensure Advanced Quality Planning using AS9145 in Product Development Process (PDP). Utilize the quality function to provide oversight and enhancements to the PDP to verify appropriate processes and procedures are being followed to ensure customer performance measures are met and a zero defect transition into production takes place.
• Effectively manages the supply chain quality performance over the lifecycle. Ensure that the quality of purchased materials meets requirements and comply with applicable regulations,
  preferred experience with castings commodity
  .

Required Skills /

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Engineering
• Min 10 years of experience in quality engineering in Aerospace and Defense (additional Automotive exp is a plus).
• Min 5 years in a management role leading employees (including QEs)
• The above requirements should include the following:
• FAA requirements Title 14 CFR 21 (FSDO), Repair Station Title 14 CFR 145 experience (MIDO)
• Expert level of leadership within problem solving, 6 Sigma, AS9145 APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, MSA, process control plans, process capability
• Experience with AS9100D QMS and in Engine customer specific quality standards - Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, GE, Safran, CFM
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of people and resources
• Leadership and people development, roll up sleeves, establish a culture of quality integration into the daily production issues and product development, and develop his or her staff to work similarly
• Collaborative relationship with other functions focused on finding solutions that meet both our (internal and external) quality requirements and business objectives

This is an ITAR facility - U.S. Persons required (Green Card is fine)

Highly Preferred:

• NADCAP experience (special processes):
  Heat treating, NDT, EDM
• Certified FAA DMIR, ARD 8130-3 Conformity
• EASA Mag-5 8130-3 Repair and Overhaul
• CAAC…