Quality Engineering Technical Manager - Advanced Casting Foundry (Onsite)

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About the role

Pratt & Whitney is constructing an Advanced Casting Foundry (ACF) within its Asheville, NC factory. We’re looking for an experienced Quality Leader for this greenfield business. This position is for a leadership role in the Quality Engineering team and Clinic function to support the Advanced Castings Foundry (ACF).

Responsibilities

• Drive culture of compliance through strong collaboration with Operations and Manufacturing teams.
• Act as leader for Asheville site to drive critical improvements and issue resolution for quality issues to closure.
• Lead Process Improvement opportunities using DMAIC, CORE and Lean Strategies to enhance quality, decrease process cycle time, and reduce operational costs.
• Identify and establish required QMS improvements to support this new internal product line.
• Lead activities to support FAA & AS9100 scope expansion.
• Day to day operational decision making and oversee allocation of resources to meet customer demand.
• Provide technical expertise of non-conforming material and support the communication and processing of quality notifications through the Material Review Board (MRB) process.
• Collaborate with the operations and materials teams to ensure alignment to meet customer demand.
• Define and implement plans to support the objectives of the business including Quality, CORE, and financial metrics.
• Provide effective communication to ensure alignment as a leader within the Quality and ACF organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience.
• Minimum of 3+ years in a Quality Engineering role.

Qualifications

We Prefer:

• Demonstrated leadership & Management experience.
• Knowledgeable / experienced in AS9100 / ISO 9001 Quality systems.
• Working knowledge/ proficiency in Quality tools such as FAI, PFMEA, DFMEA, GR&R, GD&T elements, etc.
• Experienced in root cause corrective action and eliminating non-conformances.
• PW Quality system experience.
• Practical DMAIC, CORE, Six Sigma experience or other Lean Systems experience.

Schedule

This role is onsite. Employees in onsite roles will work primarily at the assigned site. Commuting to and from the site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

Pay

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program.
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (payments not guaranteed and dependent on individual, business unit, and company performance).