Responsibilities
- Be responsible for maintaining and improving the Quality Management system per ISO 9001:2008, AS9100 and Customer Requirements.
- Ensure compliance to quality policy, standards and requirements.
- Communicate quality standards and expectations to employees, suppliers and customers.
- Be responsible for managing internal/external audits and corrective/preventive action process.
- Be responsible for strategic planning and direction of compliance systems.
- Lead, coach, and work on the career development of the Quality Assurance team.
- Work closely with the Production team to improve production processes and quality control.
- Be responsible for Continuous Improvement projects to improve the effectiveness of Quality Management System, associated processes, key metrics, cost of non-conformances, and in turn enhances customer value.
- Participate in FMEA, Risk Mitigation, Process Control Plans and problem solving projects.
- Act as senior point of contact for compliance issues.
- Identify metrics for measuring effectiveness of internal and supplier compliance.
- Assist Engineering team in new product/process design and implementation to ensure effective quality control procedures are implemented.
- Support Inside Sales team to ensure fulfillment of customer requirements.
- Perform any other assigned duty as directed by management.
Requirements & Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience required
- Quality Assurance experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment required.
- In depth knowledge of AS9100 (or equivalent standard) and ISO9001:2008 required.
- Experience of implementing Continuous Improvement projects.
- Experience with rubber products/sealing technologies preferred.
- ISO 9001 / AS9100 Lead Auditor Qualification preferred,.
- Experience with 8D Corrective action methodology preferred
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to persuade and manage through influence
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