AS9100 Quality Lead & QMS Champion

Confident Search Consultants; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Confident Search Consultants in Dubuque, IA seeks a Quality Manager to own the QMS and drive AS9100 compliance across production and admin processes. You will lead audits, coordinate corrective actions and mentor teams to uphold the highest quality standards.

Responsibilities include maintaining the QMS, leading internal and supplier-related audits, steering 8D/CARs/SCARs, and ensuring timely containment and disposition of nonconforming material while partnering with cross-functional teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, or management.
• 3+ years of quality checks and AS9100 audits.
• Hands-on inspection experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the AS9100 Quality Management System, ensuring compliance and effectiveness.
• Lead internal audits and coordinate external audits, including customer and registrar audits.
• Monitor quality performance and address issues impacting product quality in real time.
• Communicate quality performance, risks and significant issues to leadership in a timely manner.
• Perform hands-on inspection of parts as needed to verify quality standards and reinforce expectations.
• Engage with production employees through brief training and coaching conversations to improve quality awareness and execution.
• Lead and drive corrective actions (8D, CARs, SCARs) across departments, ensuring timely completion and effectiveness.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customer quality issues and responses.
• Oversee supplier performance, including quality, corrective actions and on-time delivery.
• Own, monitor and drive improvement of key quality performance metrics including customer returns, internal scrap and supplier performance.
• Support or perform technical validation activities such as dimensional inspection and laser scanning as required.
• Ensure inspection processes (incoming, in-process, final) are effective and consistently executed.

Skills

AS9100 knowledge

Quality management

Audits

8D / CARs / SCARs

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/quality/management

Tools

Dimensional inspection

Laser scanning

Job description

Confident Search Consultants in Dubuque, IA seeks a Quality Manager to own the QMS and drive AS9100 compliance across production and admin processes. You will lead audits, coordinate corrective actions and mentor teams to uphold the highest quality standards.

Responsibilities include maintaining the QMS, leading internal and supplier-related audits, steering 8D/CARs/SCARs, and ensuring timely containment and disposition of nonconforming material while partnering with cross-functional teams to