Manager, Quality

Job Title: Manager, Quality

Job ID: 10505

Job Location: On Site, Daytona Beach, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80, 9 hour days Monday through Thursday, off every other Friday



The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Manager, Quality to join our growing team at our Daytona Beach, FL site.



Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The selected individual will be recognized as an internal expert and thought leader in areas pertaining to quality. Will work under consultative direction against annual goals to project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization. Communicates within and outside of the organization to influence leadership to accept new practices, approaches, and concepts. Develops or champions new systems, concepts, or technologies. Recommends tactics and strategies that directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional results. Communicates with contacts inside and outside of the organization on matters of strategic importance to influence executive leadership on new concepts, practices, and approaches. Establishes overall direction for new processes, systems, and solutions. Recommends tactics and strategies that directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional results.

25% - Develops, communicates and implements program quality plans that comply with contract requirements, quality management standards and command media.


25% - Trains and ensures full compliance with policies and procedures related to drawing requirements, controlling of nonconforming material, cause and corrective action, first article inspection, engineering milestone reviews, risk management, AS9100 requirements, as well as other responsibilities in quality engineering and inspection.


20% - Manages effectiveness along with participation and leadership in cause and corrective activities, failure investigations, metric creation & implementation and drives actions and accountability, and special projects to support program Corrective/Preventive Action Committees (CACs/PACs) and other management boards.


10% - Provides short and long-range strategic and tactical planning for safety programs


10% - Conducts routine audits and inspections to identify and eliminate non-compliance issues


10% - Leads systematic identification of hazards, assessing risks, and implementing controls to promote safe operations at the site





Required Qualifications:

Requires management and leadership knowledge in job area. Typically has comprehensive knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline and may have broad understanding of other areas within the job function. Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Experience in the field of manufacturing.


Strong understanding of quality management systems and quality principles.


Ability to strategically organize and complete projects, objectives and tasks.


Experience with continuous improvement concepts and the ability to deploy and lead to the benefit of the business is required.