AS9100 Quality Leader & Continuous Improvement

Management Performance Associates; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Management Performance Associates seeks a Quality Manager to own and drive the QMS, ensure AS9100 compliance and lead corrective actions across production and admin processes. You will manage audits and collaborate with engineering to sustain high quality performance across all operations.

The role emphasizes on-floor engagement, training, and timely supplier performance reviews to reduce customer complaints and nonconforming material.

Qualifications

• Own and maintain AS9100 QMS compliance.
• Lead internal audits and customer/registrar audits.
• Perform hands-on inspection of parts as needed.
• Coordinate with Production and Engineering on quality issues.

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

Quality leadership

AS9100

Audits

Corrective actions

PPAPs

On-floor inspection

Training & coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

Management Performance Associates seeks a Quality Manager to own and drive the QMS, ensure AS9100 compliance and lead corrective actions across production and admin processes. You will manage audits and collaborate with engineering to sustain high quality performance across all operations.

The role emphasizes on-floor engagement, training, and timely supplier performance reviews to reduce customer complaints and nonconforming material.