Director of Quality Assurance, PCC Metals Group

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With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries.

PCC is dedicated to quality and dependability in materials, products, and people. PCC is a Berkshire Hathaway company since 2016.

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Summary

The role is responsible for:

• Developing PCC Metals Group's Quality Assurance policies and processes aligned with PCC Quality Council initiatives and compliant with AS, ISO, NADCAP and customer-specific requirements.
• Leading the internal audit program to validate site-level compliance and assisting with external audit preparation.
• Managing division and local resources in EU, UK and US for raw materials procurement in titanium and nickel businesses; coordinating supplier/subcontractor audits and raw material approvals with procurement.
• Project management for division-wide initiatives, including defining business requirements and leading the Quality function in deploying and developing new QMS and LIMS applications across PCC Metals Group facilities.

Essential functions

• Manage a team of 8 Quality Engineers and Senior Quality Engineers across 4 sites to maintain the Raw Materials Qualifications and Approvals program.
• Support the development of QA personnel as required to support local plant functions.
• Ensure appropriate supplier controls for purchased raw materials, including supplier audits and verification of purchased product upon receipt; conduct raw material supplier audits as required and provide auditor training including hazard awareness.
• Maintain/enhance PCC Metals Group's Quality Management System across all sites to ensure continued compliance with customer and industry quality standards (e.g., ISO 9001, AS9100, AS13100), including related manuals and protocols.
• Work with each site to assess high risk quality system deficiencies and implement preventive measures to mitigate weaknesses in the quality program.
• Evaluate each site's QMS (training programs, management reviews, internal audit administration, RCCA program effectiveness) and identify improvement opportunities; align to AS9100/AS13100 and a business management approach; share best practices across the organization.
• Project manage the implementation of new QMS and LIMS applications across PCC Metals Group facilities, collaborating with IT Quality Systems Manager and leading steering committees for deployment.
• Formalize internal quality surveys to identify performance improvement opportunities.
• Participate in Management Reviews, Quality Team Meetings and third-party quality audits to promote consistency and best practice.
• Collaborate with local quality and operations management to periodically assess QA staff competence and identify improvements.

Additional Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Senior Director of Quality to resolve intracompany conflicts related to Quality Assurance activities.
• Work with site auditors on value-added internal and supplier audits; provide feedback on auditor performance to Plant Leadership and debrief other sites on findings.
• Review material disposition practices to harmonize release practices.
• Review site-specific Fixed Practice Agreements to harmonize customer agreement content.
• Host monthly Hazard Review best practice sharing calls.
• Assist with resolution of PCC Metals Group exceptions to customer/industry specifications.
• Represent PCC in the AESQ group as PCC's voting member.

Competencies

• Ethics and Integrity — Upholds values, respects confidentiality, communicates clearly, and meets goals.
• Quality — Pr定cision, attention to detail, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communications.
• Urgency and follow-through to ensure…