QMS Coordinator

Job Summary The QMS Coordinator oversees aerospace Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with AS9100 standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the internal audit program and support external, customer, and certification audits
• Support audit planning, audit readiness, audit response, and closure of audit findings
• Maintain and improve procedures, work instructions, forms, and system documentation
• Ensure QMS documentation supports practical execution, not just compliance
• Ensure effective implementation of corrective and preventive actions
• Identify systemic QMS weaknesses and lead practical improvements to strengthen process control and audit readiness
• Mentor and develop Quality Engineers and Quality Technicians
• Partner with Process Owners to improve quality outcomes
• Serve as a primary Quality contact during customer visits, audits, and quality discussions
• Balance compliance discipline with operational practicality
• Build cross-functional alignment around quality objectives, customer expectations, and process performance (KPI-Score Cards)
• Challenge corrective actions, ineffective process controls, and recurring nonconformance patterns
• Communicate quality risks clearly, including customer impact, business impact, containment expectations, and recommended actions
• Drive measurable improvements in defect reduction, escape prevention, audit performance, supplier quality, and process stability (KPI)
• Contribute to strategic quality planning in partnership with the Quality Manager
• Support planned Quality leadership continuity by assuming increasing responsibility for selected QMS, audit, customer, and Quality Engineering activities over time
• Implement, maintain, and continuously improve the QMS to meet AS9100 aerospace standards
• Plan and lead internal audits, and coordinate external registrar, customer, and regulatory audits
• Drive root-cause analysis and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA/8D) for nonconformances
• Oversee creation, revision, approval, and archiving of quality manuals, procedures, and work instructions
• Act as the primary QMS liaison for management reviews, reporting directly on system performance and compliance
• Monitor incoming material compliance and manage vendor evaluation processes
• Supervise, train, and mentor quality control inspectors and assurance staff

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering, Quality, or related technical field
• 3-5 years of QMS Quality experience in manufacturing or production environments
• 5+ years in a leadership, supervisory, or team-development quality role
• Strong practical experience working within AS9100 requirements
• Experience leading or heavily supporting audits, RCCA, nonconformance management, supplier quality, and customer quality activities
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, customer requirements, and technical documentation
• Strong understanding of inspection methods, production quality controls, corrective action, and process-based quality management
• Ability to work effectively with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Inspection, and Senior Leadership
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain quality issues clearly and drive accountability without creating unnecessary bureaucracy

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Flexible PTO
• Paid holidays
• Prescription Drug Plans
• Retirement Savings Plan (4