AS9100 Quality Systems Leader

Connectly Recruiting; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Connectly Recruiting seeks a Quality Manager to own our AS9100 Quality Management System and oversee product quality across production and administrative processes. You will lead internal audits, coordinate customer and registrar audits, and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

The role requires hands-on inspection, cross-functional coaching, and leadership to sustain quality improvements, supplier performance, and critical metrics such as customer returns and scrap.

Qualifications

• Experience leading internal audits and coordinating external audits (customer and registrar).
• Strong knowledge of AS9100 requirements and QMS ownership.
• Ability to drive corrective actions (8D, CARs, SCARs) across departments.

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 conversations to improve quality awareness and execution.
• Lead and drive corrective actions 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.
• Ensure quality processes and standards are consistently followed and sustained across all departments.
• Monitor effectiveness of corrective actions and elevate when issues are not resolved.
• Verify that process changes, corrective actions and improvements are properly implemented and maintained.
• Ensure documentation and records within the QMS remain current, accurate and controlled.
• Oversee adherence to quality standards across all manufacturing processes.
• Monitor process compliance and identify deviations from established quality requirements.
• Ensure nonconforming material is clearly identified, segregated and controlled.
• Prevent shipment of nonconforming product through effective inspection and process controls.
• Provide training, coaching and guidance to employees regarding quality standards and expectations.
• Conduct brief, on-the-floor interactions to reinforce quality awareness and correct behaviours.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Maintenance and other departments to resolve quality issues.
• Work with Purchasing and suppliers to address supplier-related quality concerns.
• Drive accountability for quality performance across all departments.
• Conduct regular team communication meetings and employee development discussions to support accountability, alignment and performance.

Skills

Quality leadership

AS9100 knowledge

Audits & compliance

Corrective actions

Training & coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

Connectly Recruiting seeks a Quality Manager to own our AS9100 Quality Management System and oversee product quality across production and administrative processes. You will lead internal audits, coordinate customer and registrar audits, and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

The role requires hands-on inspection, cross-functional coaching, and leadership to sustain quality improvements, supplier performance, and critical metrics such as customer returns and scrap.