Aerospace Supplier Quality Program Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

EAP & wellness programs

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Chromalloy is seeking a Supplier Quality Program Leader to drive the enterprise supplier quality program across aerospace manufacturing, repair, PMA, and contract-maintenance operations. You will lead audits, performance management, and supplier development with a strong focus on aviation safety and regulatory compliance.

The role requires building standardized controls, coaching engineers and buyers, and delivering risk-based supplier governance across Chromalloy sites while fostering a culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Quality, or related field.
• 10+ years in aerospace quality, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or regulatory compliance.
• 5+ years in leadership or program-management in aerospace manufacturing, MRO, PMA, or supply-chain.
• Experience building/leading risk-based supplier qualification, audit, surveillance & performance management.
• Hands-on with special processes, first article inspection, supplier corrective action, counterfeit prevention.
• Knowledge of FAA Parts 21 & 145, with EASA/CAAC experience.
• Ability to influence across sites & communicate with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Build and continuously improve enterprise supplier quality program for ECRS and PARTS suppliers.
• Create risk-based supplier segmentation considering criticality, regs, processes, and counterfeits.
• Own governance of the approved supplier list, qualification, requalification & disqualification.
• Lead supplier audits, source inspections, FAI, special-process assessments & surveillance.
• Establish supplier scorecards and executive reporting on quality, delivery & risk.
• Lead containment, root-cause, corrective action, and verification for high-risk issues.
• Integrate FAA/EASA/CAAC/AS9100/AS9120/NADCAP requirements into supplier controls.
• Serve as process owner for supplier quality workflows in ComplianceQuest (risk scores, audits, escapes).
• Standardize procedures, forms, audit criteria, data practices & escalation across sites.
• Coach supplier quality engineers, buyers, auditors & site leaders; influence partners enterprise-wide.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Risk-based qualification

Audits & surveillance

Supplier development

Cross-site influence

Leadership communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree (nice to have)

Tools

ComplianceQuest

Job description

Chromalloy is seeking a Supplier Quality Program Leader to drive the enterprise supplier quality program across aerospace manufacturing, repair, PMA, and contract-maintenance operations. You will lead audits, performance management, and supplier development with a strong focus on aviation safety and regulatory compliance.

The role requires building standardized controls, coaching engineers and buyers, and delivering risk-based supplier governance across Chromalloy sites while fostering a culture