Quality Process and Systems Specialist

Description

Job Overview

The Entwistle Company is seeking a skilled and motivated Quality Systems & Process Specialist to build a long-term career in our collaborative and innovative environment.

In this role, you’ll help deliver mission-critical components that support U.S. and allied defense
, with your skills, creativity, and impact directly contributing to national and global security. We value talent, encourage innovation, and promote professional growth.

The Quality Systems and Process Specialist leads the development, improvement, and preventive control of quality systems and manufacturing quality processes. The position owns NADCAP readiness, ongoing compliance quality planning, contract and specification review, quality metrics, and the redesign of processes needed to prevent recurring failures. This role provides senior technical guidance to inspectors and cross functional teams in a defense manufacturing environment.

Our Mission Statement

At The Entwistle Company, our values—Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Commitment—guide everything we do, from daily decisions to long-term strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead development, maintenance, and continual improvement of the Quality Management System and related manufacturing quality processes.
• Own NADCAP preparation, audit readiness, ongoing compliance finding response, and sustained process controls for applicable special processes.
• Lead quality participation in contract and specification reviews and translate customer government and technical requirements into clear internal and supplier requirements.
• Apply and interpret applicable Navy technical publications including NAVSEA  and 1688 requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and revise quality plans, inspection hold points, control methods, and quality requirements for routers and shop orders.
• Coordinate MRR and VRR workflow and closure and provide or obtain technical disposition input in accordance with the established approval matrix.
• Analyze defects, nonconformances, audit results, and quality performance data using Pareto analysis and other appropriate methods to identify trends and improvement priorities.
• Redesign procedures, workflows, and preventive controls to eliminate recurring quality failures and reduce manufacturing delays.
• Conduct internal quality system and process audits and recommend or require corrective improvements within delegated authority.
• Provide technical guidance to inspectors and other employees regarding drawings specifications, GD&T measurement techniques, quality plans, and acceptance requirements.
• Develop and deliver quality training for inspectors and other departments based on identified needs, process changes, and compliance requirements.
• Partner with the Quality Assurance Specialist on systemic corrective actions while retaining ownership of broader process and system improvements.
• Collaborate with Contracts, Engineering, Operations, Purchasing, Program Management, and suppliers to resolve complex quality and requirement issues.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Work is performed in office, quality laboratory, and manufacturing environments.
• Ability to move safely through production areas and comply with required personal protective equipment practices.
• Ability to review detailed drawings, specifications, electronic records, and inspection…