Quality Assurance Specialist

Overview

HEICO Corporation serves niche segments of the aviation, defense, space and electronic industries. The company provides innovative and cost-saving products and services and offers competitive compensation, paid vacation and holidays, an excellent 401K plan with company match, and medical, dental, life, and disability insurance.

Role:
As a Quality Assurance Specialist
, you will join a team within the Technical Services (TS) organization, providing quality and engineering oversight, guidance, and assistance to Business Units (BUs) within HEICO Parts Group (HPG). You will perform quality assurance tasks such as BU compliance audits to FAA regulations, corporate policies and industry standards. You may support quality control and process excellence tasks/projects. This position involves significant interaction with BUs at different levels of the organization.

include the following:

• Develop and maintain mutually trustful relationships with the Technical Services team and BU personnel.
• Assess BU compliance to HPG quality manual and policies, FAA regulations, and corporate policies through desk reviews and onsite audit activities.
• Classification of nonconformances and audit report generation.
• Conduct risk analysis for identified non-conformances.
• Facilitation of, and accountability for, closure of Corrective and Preventive Actions arising from audit activities.
• Ensure awareness of HPG corporate requirements at BU.
• Promote a quality-driven culture by applying effective quality practices and standards.
• Continuously improve HPG quality auditing tools and practices.
• Provide feedback on HPG Quality documentation to ensure regulatory compliance and alignment with business conditions; facilitate implementation of changes warranted by the feedback.

• Capture and share best practices with BUs and, where possible, harmonize BU implementation of these practices, including inspection methodologies.
• Act as a process compliance/quality assurance consultant to BU enabling a culture of collaboration and best practices.
• Create training material and conduct training on quality assurance topics for BUs.
• May assist in developing quality inspection plans to help BUs streamline inspection methodologies.

• Support HPG Quality Director in driving closure for customer complaints, analyzing trends, and leading root cause and corrective actions to address defect trends. Track waivers and mitigation plans as required.
• Conduct risk analysis for identified defect trends in partnership with key BU and TS personnel.
• Support HPG Quality Director in establishing and monitoring BU quality performance indicators based on audit results and risk analysis.
• Perform additional tasks as required by the supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

• Bachelor's in Science (BS) in industrial or Mechanical Engineering or related field from an accredited college or university and/or combination of education and experience preferred.

• At least 5 years product realization experience; scope should include Design, Process Design and Development, Process Analysis, Source Substantiation, Quality Planning and First Article Inspection reviews.
• Aerospace product quality experience HIGHLY preferred.

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer certification desirable.
• ASQ Certified Quality Auditor certification desirable.
• SAE AS9100 Internal Auditor certification desirable.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification desirable.

• Deep understanding of quality management principles and practices such as ISO 9001, AS9100, etc.
• Ability to interpret requirements to verify drawing and quality requirements and determine conformance of inspection outcomes. Proficient in Drawing Interpretation per ASME Y14.5 and GDnT practices.
• Knowledge of bench layouts and various inspection methodologies.
• FAA Orders and Policies, Advisory Circulars, Service Difficulty Reports and Airworthiness Directives: ability to interpret content for oversight and guidance.
• Approachable with emotional intelligence and awareness of political landscapes with the ability to negotiate effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively, written and verbally, at all levels; lead meetings and discussions.
• Thrives in a team-oriented, deadline-driven environment.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite, SharePoint and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Understanding of various business functions and cross-group dependencies.
• Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize multiple assignments.
• Stay current with industry best practices.
• Ability to become accredited in two of the following within the first 12 months:
  Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Quality Auditor, and/or AS9100 Internal Auditor.

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or…