Acara Solutions has been around for 65 years supporting the nation's aerospace and advanced manufacturing firms with our staffing related services. Our Cleveland region aerospace manufacturer client is looking for a Senior level Quality Manager to join their organization as a salaried direct employee.
This is a high visibility senior quality management position that reports to the VP of Quality for the organization.
This position provides quality leadership and has full responsibility for Quality at the Site regarding the Quality Management System (QMS), customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, for product life cycle from Product development, Production, Supply Chain to Aftermarket. The incumbent must be a proven effective quality leader with exceptional interpersonal skills, sense of urgency, demonstrated performance results and a continual improvement mindset.
- Establish a zero defect culture by leading the deployment and continuous improvement of Quality Strategy based on AS9100 Quality Systems - Aerospace and AS9145 Product Quality Planning.
- Achieve leading customer performance ratings through the implementation of Crane Business System and QMS, driving improvement in key customer metrics.
- Proactive approach with an effective accountability process is in place enabling prevention and control, drive accountability for daily performance and problem solving of key performance indicators (KPIs) such as safety/quality/delivery/cost/growth.
- Develop and implement a quality organizational structure capable of supporting the strategic initiatives and lead the efforts to integrate quality into development of short and long terms business plans, operating budget responsibility.
- Ensure compliance with company, customer and industry specific quality requirements by establishing an effective internal audit and assessment, robust corrective action process to validate and improve system effectiveness.
- Ensure the effectiveness of measurement and monitoring systems to achieve improvement in Site business key metrics and quality processes key metrics.
- Ensure Advanced Quality Planning using AS9145 in Product Development Process (PDP). Utilize the quality function to provide oversight and enhancements to the PDP to verify appropriate processes and procedures are being followed to ensure customer performance measures are met and a zero defect transition into production takes place.
- Effectively manages the supply chain quality performance over the lifecycle. Ensure that the quality of purchased materials meets requirements and comply with applicable regulations, preferred experience with castings commodity.
Required Skills / Qualifications:
BSEE, BSME or other engineering related degree
- Min 10 years' Quality assurance experience in the defense, space electronics or high-end aerospace industry
- Min 7 years' experience as a Quality Manager that includes Lean and Six Sigma experience
- The above experience should include the majority of the following:
-- FAA requirements Title 14 CFR 21 (FSDO).
-- Repair Station Title 14 CFR 145 experience (MIDO).
-- AS9145 APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, MSA, process control plans, process capability.
- Min 2 years of experience in AS9100D QMS and in Engine customer specific quality standards – Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, GE, Safran, CF.
Some light travel expected.
This is a U.S. defense contractor ITAR facility, U.S. Persons required.
Preferred Skills / Qualifications:
- NADCAP experience (special processes): Heat treating, NDT, EDM
- Certified FAA DMIR, ARD 8130-3
- EASA Mag-5 8130-3 Repair and Overhaul
- CAAC CCAR-145 Trained
- AS13100 QMS Aero Engine Design and Production Organizations
- ASQ Certified Quality Manager or Certified Quality Engineer
- Six Sigma Black Belt
Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. The Aleron companies welcome and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.
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