Aerospace Supplier Quality Program Leader

Chromalloy Gas Turbine, LLC; Orangeburg (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day one benefits

Development programs

Paid time off

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Chromalloy Gas Turbine, LLC is seeking a Supplier Quality Program Leader to drive enterprise supplier quality across aerospace manufacturing, repair, PMA, and contract-maintenance operations. This role emphasizes aviation safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement while building a robust risk-based supplier program.

The successful candidate will lead supplier qualification, audits, scorecards, and governance, collaborating with multiple sites and senior leaders to strengthen

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace quality, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or regulatory compliance.
• 5+ years of leadership or program-management experience in aerospace manufacturing, MRO, repair station, PMA, or supply-chain environments.
• Hands-on experience with special processes, first article inspection, supplier corrective action, counterfeit-parts prevention, and approved supplier controls.
• Working knowledge of FAA Parts 21 and 145, with experience supporting EASA, CAAC, or other aviation authority requirements.
• Ability to influence across sites and functions, communicate with senior leaders, and make disciplined decisions when supplier risk is high.

Responsibilities

• Build, implement, and continuously improve an enterprise supplier quality program for ECRS and PARTS suppliers.
• Create a risk-based supplier segmentation model using part criticality, regulatory requirements, special processes, accreditation, escapes, performance, single-source exposure, and counterfeit risk.
• Own governance of the enterprise approved supplier list, including approval scope, supplier status, qualification, requalification, and disqualification requirements.
• Lead supplier audits, source inspections, first article reviews, special-process assessments, and performance-based surveillance.
• Establish supplier scorecards and executive-level reporting for quality, delivery, responsiveness, audit results, corrective-action effectiveness, and overall risk.
• Lead containment, root cause, corrective action, effectiveness verification, and escalation for systemic or high‑risk supplier issues.
• Integrate FAA, EASA, CAAC, AS9100, AS9120, NADCAP, customer, and counterfeit‑parts prevention requirements into standardized supplier controls.
• Serve as the business process owner for supplier quality workflows in ComplianceQuest, including risk scores, audits, escapes, corrective actions, and dashboards.
• Standardize procedures, forms, audit criteria, data practices, and escalation processes across Chromalloy sites.
• Coach and mentor supplier quality engineers, buyers, auditors, and site quality leaders while influencing suppliers and internal partners across the enterprise.

Skills

Leadership

Risk-based supplier qualification

Audits & surveillance

Supplier development

Regulatory compliance

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Cross-site collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

ComplianceQuest

Job description

Chromalloy Gas Turbine, LLC is seeking a Supplier Quality Program Leader to drive enterprise supplier quality across aerospace manufacturing, repair, PMA, and contract-maintenance operations. This role emphasizes aviation safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement while building a robust risk-based supplier program.

The successful candidate will lead supplier qualification, audits, scorecards, and governance, collaborating with multiple sites and senior leaders to strengthen