Quality Assurance Supervisor

About the role

At Airbus Helicopters, Inc., we don't just build and maintain aircraft—we set the global benchmark for aerospace excellence. We are looking for a high-caliber, safety-minded Quality Assurance Supervisor to lead our 100% onsite quality operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 10+ skilled inspectors, overseeing the entire inspection lifecycle from incoming components to the final return-to-service milestone of world-class aircraft.
• Ensure inspection criteria and activities performed are in accordance with approved data, maintenance manuals, and regulatory requirements, as well as company policies and procedures.
• Participate in all quality gates and/or in-process milestone inspections to identify potential issues and ensure that articles and aircraft are on schedule.
• Coordinate with Quality Engineering, Design Office, and Technical Support to resolve technical issues/non-conformities in a timely manner and maintain target delivery dates.
• Collaborate with Civil and Military Programs counterparts to meet customer contract requirements.
• Review work performed for proper documentation.
• Supervise inspection of a variety of articles, products, or materials manufactured onsite or received from suppliers.
• Manage final inspections to verify conformance to type design.
• Attend all department and company meetings to address any quality-related issues.
• Report daily quality activities to Quality Management.
• Return to service company-owned aircraft.
• Provide facility tours to customers and visitors as required.
• Act as a Lead Auditor on the Internal Audit Team.
• Apply Airbus Core Values to create an environment for success, set the example, uphold the standard, and welcome challenges while maintaining integrity, commitment, confidence, teamwork, customer focus, respect, and reliability.
• Demonstrate situational awareness skills by critically analyzing complex situations to create balance between the needs of the customer, regulations, and company objectives.
• Motivate and develop the quality team to which they are assigned, ensuring objectives are met.
• Focal point for performing interviews and final selections for inspection personnel with guidance and oversight from quality management.
• Identify and recommend lean manufacturing projects that will improve the overall process.
• Coordinate technical/quality status updates to department management for reporting to internal/external parties.
• Suggest and implement changes in working conditions and identify equipment to increase the efficiency, accuracy, safety, and quality of department and work crew.
• Create and issue CARs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace/Aviation Management or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years Quality Inspection on aircraft components and systems or 10 years combined experience as a quality inspector and/or certificated aviation maintenance technician (AMT) on aircraft systems.
• Valid/current Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) License.
• Knowledge of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulations 14 CFR Parts 21, 43 and 145.
• Knowledge of AS9100 Quality Requirements and Systems.
• Advanced level of computer skills.
• Subject matter expert for Adobe Acrobat, SAP & Google Suite.
• Travel Required: 15%

Qualifications

• Must be a US Person under ITAR definition (a U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license).
• Physical Requirements: Onsite or remote: 100% Onsite unless traveling.
• Physical Demands: Onsite or remote: 100% Onsite unless traveling.

Skills

• Compliance: Ensure inspection criteria and activities performed are in accordance with approved data, maintenance manuals and regulatory requirements.
• Actively participate in all quality gates and/or in-process milestone inspections to identify potential issues and ensure that articles and aircraft are on schedule.
• Coordinate with Quality Engineering, Design Office and Technical Support to resolve technical issues/non-conformities in a timely manner and maintain target delivery date.
• Collaborate with Civil and Military Programs counterparts to meet customer contract requirements.
• Review work performed for proper documentation.
• Supervise inspection of a variety of articles, products, or materials manufactured onsite or received from suppliers.
• Manage final inspections to verify conformance to type design.
• Attend all department and company meetings to address any quality-related issues.
• Report daily quality activities to Quality Management.
• Return to service company-owned aircraft.
• Provide facility tours to customers and visitors as required.
• Act as a Lead Auditor on the Internal Audit Team.
• Apply Airbus Core Values to create an environment for success, set the example, uphold the standard, and welcome challenges while maintaining integrity, commitment, confidence, teamwork, customer focus, respect, and reliability.
• Demonstrate situational awareness skills by critically analyzing complex situations to create balance between the needs of the customer, regulations, and company objectives.
• Motivate and develop the quality team to which they are assigned, ensuring objectives are met.
• Focal point for performing interviews and final selections for inspection personnel with guidance and oversight from quality management.
• Identify and recommend lean manufacturing projects that will improve the overall process.
• Coordinate technical/quality status updates to department management for reporting to internal/external parties.
• Suggest and implement changes in working conditions and identify equipment to increase the efficiency, accuracy, safety, and quality of department and work crew.
• Create and issue CARs.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes.
• Retirement savings plan.
• The ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”).
• Paid time off including personal time, holidays, and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”), and other supplemental benefit coverages.

Pay

Competitive base salary.

Schedule

Onsite or remote: 100% Onsite unless traveling.

Company

At Airbus Helicopters, Inc., we don't just build and maintain aircraft—we set the global benchmark for aerospace excellence. We are looking for a high-caliber, safety-minded Quality Assurance Supervisor to lead our 100% onsite quality operations.