Quality Manager 1 - 1st Shift

About the role

The Quality Manager 1 will provide direction to employees utilizing management guidelines and general policies. They will drive employee efficiency, meet product cost and schedule targets, manage the area to produce quality products, and engage employees to achieve their highest potential.

Responsibilities

• Managing approximately 15 – 20 represented (union) employees.
• Responsible for driving the team to achieve monthly delivery objectives per programs with the cell.
• Ability to lead continuous improvement or lean projects in own area or across areas.
• Manager requires higher level understanding and has the ability to effectively give direction when related to Assessment and closure, IBASE, and inventory issues.
• Executing major programs phases of production that requires additional ability to interface with engineering and program.
• Supporting ISO, LEAN, and Quality initiatives.
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Designs and analyzes inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
• Audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• Strong communication, presentation, and analytical skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years of quality and/or manufacturing experience OR;
• A Master’s Degree with 3 years of quality and/or manufacturing experience.
• Experienced people leader with strong leadership skills and the ability to lead teams.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance.
• US citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, or other STEM area.
• Experienced with dispositioning hardware for quality related issues in a manufacturing facility.
• Experienced with Material Review Board (MRB) process.
• Experienced with electrical or mechanical design requirements and specifications.
• Experienced in Quality and Mission Excellence applications.
• Green/Black Belt Certified in Lean Six-sigma.
• Experienced in Data Analytics and Statistical Analysis methods and techniques.
• Experienced using Microsoft Excel, Minitab, Tableau or equivalent tools for statistical analysis.
• Experienced with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) techniques.
• Experienced with Quality Notifications, Production Orders and Purchase Orders.
• Experienced working knowledge of inspection tools, methods and techniques used for hardware reviews, validation and inspections.
• Experience using SAP, ISE and CADSTAR.
• Experience with ISO9001 or AS9100 Quality Management System and AS9102 First Article Inspections (FAI).

Skills

• Strong communication, presentation, and analytical skills.

Pay

Annual salary range: $105,000.00 - $157,600.00