Aerospace Supplier Quality Program Leader

Chromalloy Gas Turbine, LLC; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-one benefits

Bonuses (quarterly and annual)

Paid time off

Job summary

Chromalloy Gas Turbine, LLC in the United States seeks a seasoned Supplier Quality Program Leader to drive the enterprise supplier quality program across aerospace manufacturing, repair, PMA, and contract-maintenance operations. You will lead qualification, audits, and performance management while championing aviation safety and regulatory compliance.

You will build a risk-based supplier segmentation model, standardize supplier controls, and foster accountability and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or a 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 or supply-chain environments.
• Experience building or leading risk-based supplier qualification, audit, surveillance, and performance-management programs.
• 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.

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

Program management

Aerospace quality

Supplier quality

Risk management

Cross-site influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline

Tools

ComplianceQuest

FAA Parts 21/145 knowledge

AS9100/AS9120Lead Auditor knowledge

Job description

Chromalloy Gas Turbine, LLC in the United States seeks a seasoned Supplier Quality Program Leader to drive the enterprise supplier quality program across aerospace manufacturing, repair, PMA, and contract-maintenance operations. You will lead qualification, audits, and performance management while championing aviation safety and regulatory compliance.

You will build a risk-based supplier segmentation model, standardize supplier controls, and foster accountability and continuous improvement