NDT Team Lead: Strategy, Operations & Quality

Albany International Corp.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany International Corp. in Salt Lake City seeks an NDT Team Leader to guide the Non-Destructive Testing organization, including Operations, Engineering, and Responsible Level III, ensuring safe, quality products and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes leadership over hands-on certification, budgeting, staffing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to achieve production objectives while maintaining NAS410 compliance.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in manufacturing, aerospace, quality, engineering, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for the NDT organization including Operations, Engineering, and Technical Authority.
• Develop and execute goals aligned with safety, quality, delivery, cost, and continuous improvement.
• Establish staffing plans, succession planning, and development strategies.
• Foster accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence.
• Lead organizational change initiatives to scale NDT capabilities.
• Monitor KPIs like throughput, quality, schedule adherence, and cost performance.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Program Management to resolve issues.
• Lead NDT Engineers in process development, equipment qualification, and automation.
• Prioritize projects to improve inspection capability, capacity, repeatability, and cost effectiveness.
• Coordinate with Central Engineering on tooling, machine programming, controls, reliability, and capital equipment initiatives.
• Support implementation of new inspection technologies and process improvements.
• Partner with the Responsible Level III to ensure NAS410 compliance and regulatory standards.
• Support personnel qualification programs, written practices, and audit readiness.
• Ensure resources are available to maintain technical excellence without taking independent Level III responsibilities.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teams

Strategic planning

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Business, or related technical discipline

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Albany International Corp. in Salt Lake City seeks an NDT Team Leader to guide the Non-Destructive Testing organization, including Operations, Engineering, and Responsible Level III, ensuring safe, quality products and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes leadership over hands-on certification, budgeting, staffing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to achieve production objectives while maintaining NAS410 compliance.