Quality Analyst

Jobtailor; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior quality program professional to develop and implement comprehensive quality plans, ensuring regulatory and company standards are met across multiple engineering domains.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, and suppliers to drive quality improvements and performance metrics. Strong data-driven decision making and Six Sigma methodology are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years of exempt experience or Master’s with 8+ years of exempt experience.
• Equivalent pathways include Navy NNPS, Apprenticeship, or 2-year program plus experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Experience evaluating quality data for a large organization with varying products and formats.
• Ability to use statistical quality control and lean manufacturing concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures.
• Review, analyze, and report quality discrepancies across assembly, process, mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Investigate problems and develop dispositions and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies.
• Interface with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor, and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met.
• Drive consistency in quality data capture and reporting across engineering.

Skills

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Communication

Analytical Thinking

Team Collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years experience

Master’s Degree with 8+ years experience

Tools

Six Sigma Tools

Job description

• Develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures
• Ensure performance and quality products conform to company and regulatory standards
• Review, analyze, and report quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical systems
• Investigate problems and develop dispositions and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies
• Interface with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor, and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met
• Recommend corrective actions, dispositions, and modifications
• Evaluate engineering quality escapes for trends and recommended corrective actions
• Drive consistency in quality data capture and reporting across engineering
• Develop Quality Flashes highlighting quality escapes as lessons learned
• Compile the annual self-assessment report for Engineering
• Maintain engineering division demographics
• Maintain critical skill demographics
• Support various training initiatives
• Compile information for various audits

Demonstrates expertise in developing and implementing quality plans and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and utilizing statistical quality control and Six Sigma methodologies. Proven ability to analyze quality discrepancies and drive corrective actions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of relevant exempt experience; Master’s Degree and 8 years of relevant professional experience
• Equivalent pathways include NNS Apprentice School graduate; Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate; Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program plus 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience; Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience; High School/GED plus specified combined manufacturing, shipbuilding, trades, military, or other relevant experience
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Experience evaluating quality data for a large organization with varying products and formats
• Ability to use statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and Six Sigma tools and analyses
• Ability to review, analyze, and report quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical systems
• Ability to investigate problems and develop dispositions and corrective actions
• Ability to interface with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor, and subcontractor representatives
• Clearance not required to start

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and implementing quality plans and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and utilizing statistical quality control and Six Sigma methodologies. Proven ability to analyze quality discrepancies and drive corrective actions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Quality Plan Development
• Statistical Quality Control
• Six Sigma Tools
• Quality Discrepancy Analysis
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Hard Skills

• Quality Data Evaluation
• Corrective Action Development
• Lean Manufacturing Concepts
• Mechanical Systems Analysis
• Electrical Systems Analysis
• Electro-Mechanical Systems Analysis
• Quality Reporting
• Trend Analysis
• Engineering Quality Escapes Evaluation
• Training Initiative Support

Soft Skills

• Problem Solving
• Interpersonal Communication
• Analytical Thinking
• Team Collaboration
• Adaptability

Industry Keywords

• Regulatory Standards
• Manufacturing
• Shipbuilding
• Quality Assurance
• Engineering
• Military Experience
• Navy Nuclear Power School
• NNS Apprentice School
• Quality Audits
• Demographic Maintenance