Hands-on AS9100 Quality Lead & QMS Champion

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc.; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. seeks a Quality Manager to own the QMS, lead audits, drive corrective actions and uphold AS9100 standards across production and administrative functions.

The role emphasizes proactive quality leadership, monitoring performance, and timely containment of nonconformities while collaborating with multiple departments to sustain continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• AS9100 awareness and compliance responsibilities.
• Experience leading quality initiatives across production and admin processes.
• Hands-on inspection and training to improve quality execution.

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 leadership

Internal audits

Corrective actions

Quality metrics

Education

Bachelor's in related field

Job description

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. seeks a Quality Manager to own the QMS, lead audits, drive corrective actions and uphold AS9100 standards across production and administrative functions.

The role emphasizes proactive quality leadership, monitoring performance, and timely containment of nonconformities while collaborating with multiple departments to sustain continuous improvement.