Quality Manager
Listed on 2026-09-22
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers
Quality Manager
The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for leading the company’s Quality Management System and ensuring products and processes meetAS
9100, customer, regulatory, and government contract requirements. This role oversees quality assurance, audits, corrective actions, supplier quality,inspection, and continuous improvement.
Founded in 1849, Ducommun is the oldest company in California. Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rushand eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas and Lockheed.
Today Ducommun is a global provider of innovative manufacturing solutions for customers in the aerospace, defense and industrial markets. We specialize in electronic and structural systems, producing complex products and components for commercial aircraft platforms, mission-critical military and space programs, and sophisticated industrial applications.
Job Summary- Manageand continuously improve the Quality Management System.
- Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, customer requirements, FAR/DFARS, and applicable government contract requirements.
- Lead internal, customer, registrar, and government audits.
- Managenonconformances, corrective actions, root-cause analysis, and quality escapes.
- Oversee incoming, in-process, and final inspection.
- Monitor supplier quality and corrective actions.
- Serveas the primary quality contact for customers and government representatives.
- Track quality metrics, including defects, scrap, rework, customer complaints,and corrective actions.
- Leadand develop Quality personnel.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management toresolve quality issues.
- Maintain quality records, traceability, and compliance documentation.
- Promotea culture of quality and continuous improvement.
Skills and Qualifications
- Strong leadership and team-management skills
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
- Strong knowledge of quality systems and manufacturing processes
- Abilityto interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements
- Strong understanding of inspection and measurement processes
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills
- Abilityto manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline
- Abilityto work effectively with customers, auditors, government representatives,engineers, and production personnel
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and quality/ERP systems
- Ability and willingness to make independent quality decisions, including placing product on hold when requirements are not met
- Bachelor’sdegree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+years of quality experience, preferably in aerospace, defense, or precision manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001.
- Experience with audits, corrective action, nonconformance management, and root-cause analysis.
- Government contracting experience and knowledge of FAR/DFARS preferred.
- Experience working with aerospace customers and/or government contractors preferred.
Base Compensation: USD - Paid Salaried
Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled
11002 29th Ave W, Bldg C-19 Everett, Washington, 98204 United States
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