Supervisor Quality

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The Leonardo DRS Land Systems business is a recognized leader in the design and integration of complex technologies into new and legacy systems and platforms for global military and commercial customers. We are a 6 year running Top Workplace in the Greater St. Louis area.  
-Business Unit:
Land Systems

Location:

West Plains, MOTelework Type:
None Relocation Available:
No Relocation Benefit Type:
Full Time

Schedule:

4/10 (Monday - Thursday)(1) Position First

Shift: 6:00am - 4:30pm; (1) Position Second Shift 4:30pm - 3:00amJob Summary Responsible for supervising a team of quality technicians and inspectors for a program, commodity, or quality system process. Promote innovative use of quality tools, championing proactive quality improvement techniques in lieu of traditional inspection activities.

Job Responsibilities Responsible for supervising a team of quality technicians and inspectors for a program, commodity, or quality system process Promote innovative use of quality tools, championing proactive quality improvement techniques in lieu of traditional inspection activities

Responsible for supervising a team of technicians and inspectors independently

Assist in managing budget, cost, and schedule input for quality assignments

Develop recommendations for improvements that increase product uniformity and reliability and improves quality characteristics to reduce field failures and issues

Ensure that products are inspected and tested as required prior to shipment

Assist in developing and initiate methods and procedures for inspection, testing and evaluation

Establish quality control programs to evaluate precision and accuracy of production and processing equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical facilities Direct quality control workers engaged in measuring and testing products and tabulating quality and reliability data Prepare quality control reports, requirements, etc, in response to request for proposals, quotes, brochures, manuals, etc.

Review quality control program plans and inspection plans submitted for approval

Work with Facility / Manufacturing Managers in establishing quality plans, procedures, and implementation on the manufacturing floor

Develop short- and long-range plans to improve the effectiveness of systems and processes while ensuring compliance with customer and internal quality standards, and to identify and resolve systematic and incidental quality problems

Develop and implement a systematic and effective process to investigate and resolve customer concerns and issues, and to ensure mutually beneficial and collaborative actions to maintain product quality

Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values, and culture of the organization

Attend appropriate engineering, customer, or business meetings

Supervise teams of technicians and inspectors

Participate in special projects and performs other related work as assigned

Participate on teams for new product development as directed

Maintain knowledge of current trends and developments in the field of quality and process improvement May serve as liaison with customers on items of product quality or reliability

Visit customers and suppliers when necessary to confer on specific quality issues

Job Responsibilities Part II Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, management, or related technical field, or equivalent, with a minimum of 2 years of experience Proficient technical…