AS9100 Quality Systems Lead

R.L. Barclay & Associates; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

R.L. Barclay & Associates in Dubuque, IA is seeking a Quality Manager to own and improve the Quality Management System (QMS) and drive AS9100 compliance across production and admin processes.

The role focuses on corrective actions, audits, and leading quality initiatives to deliver consistent product quality and customer satisfaction. You will partner with Production, Engineering, and suppliers to mitigate quality risks and sustain continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field such as engineering, quality, or management.
• Three years or more of quality checks of parts and participation in AS9100 audits.

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.
• Engage with production employees through brief training and coaching to improve quality awareness.
• Lead corrective actions (8D, CARs, SCARs) across departments; ensure timely completion.
• Serve as 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 (customer returns, internal scrap, supplier performance).
• Support or perform technical validation activities such as dimensional inspection and laser scanning.
• Ensure inspection processes (incoming, in-process, final) are effective and consistently executed.

Skills

AS9100 knowledge

QMS leadership

Audits

Root cause analysis

Corrective actions

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

R.L. Barclay & Associates in Dubuque, IA is seeking a Quality Manager to own and improve the Quality Management System (QMS) and drive AS9100 compliance across production and admin processes.

The role focuses on corrective actions, audits, and leading quality initiatives to deliver consistent product quality and customer satisfaction. You will partner with Production, Engineering, and suppliers to mitigate quality risks and sustain continuous improvement.