AS9100 Quality Lead & QMS Champion

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC is hiring aQuality Manager to own the QMS and ensure AS9100 compliance across production and administrative processes. The role emphasizes proactive leadership, corrective actions, and vigilant quality performance monitoring.

You will lead audits, coordinate with Production, Engineering and Supply Chain, and coach teams on quality standards. Hands-on inspection and PPAP attention are required to sustain quality excellence.

Qualifications

• Education — Bachelors in related field (engineering, quality or management).
• Three years or more of quality checks of parts and AS9100 audits.
• Hands-on inspection of parts produced during manufacturing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain AS9100 Quality Management System (QMS) for effectiveness and compliance.
• Lead internal audits and coordinate external audits (customer and registrar).
• Monitor quality performance and address issues affecting product quality in real time.
• Communicate quality performance, risks and significant issues to leadership promptly.
• Perform hands-on inspection of parts to verify quality standards.
• Provide on-floor training and coaching to improve quality awareness and execution.
• Lead corrective actions (8D, CARs, SCARs) across departments.
• Serve as primary contact for customer quality issues and responses.
• Oversee supplier performance, including quality, corrective actions and on-time delivery.
• Drive improvement of quality metrics (customer returns, scrap, supplier performance).
• Support validation activities such as dimensional inspection and laser scanning as required.
• Ensure inspection processes (incoming, in-process, final) are effective and executed.

Skills

QMS ownership

Internal audits

Corrective actions

PPAPs

First article

Dimensional inspection

Laser scanning

Supplier quality

Quality metrics

On-floor presence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/quality/management

Job description

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC is hiring aQuality Manager to own the QMS and ensure AS9100 compliance across production and administrative processes. The role emphasizes proactive leadership, corrective actions, and vigilant quality performance monitoring.

You will lead audits, coordinate with Production, Engineering and Supply Chain, and coach teams on quality standards. Hands-on inspection and PPAP attention are required to sustain quality excellence.