Quality Assurance Manager

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation seeks a QA Manager to drive quality across product development and manufacturing lifecycles. You will lead continuous improvement, baseline quality metrics, and ensure AS9100 compliance, working with customers, employees, and suppliers to qualify processes and meet standards.

You will direct QA activities, report issues and metrics, and manage MRB/FRB and RCCA processes while pushing productivity across the organization to improve overall quality performance.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Robust skills in numerical and statistical analysis.
• Ability to direct, oversee and lead personnel.
• Must be a U.S. Person for ITAR Compliance.
• Excellent communication with production workforce, management, suppliers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Establish and enact quality assurance procedures within the QMS across manufacturing, development and business processes.
• Assess current production and inspection systems; develop new solutions to enhance quality control with production managers.
• Direct and coordinate quality assurance personnel and provide oversight during QA processes.
• Develop and report recurring quality issues, audit findings and performance metrics to Management.
• Maintain detailed records of quality assurance activities and issues.
• Enhance performance by analyzing QA data to identify patterns and drive improvements.
• Lead production efficiency by identifying opportunities to improve productivity and implement cost-saving measures.
• Own MRB/FRB activities and RCCA processes.
• Collaborate with customers on issues, corrective actions and inspections.

Skills

Quality assurance

Process improvement

Statistical analysis

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

The Quality Assurance (QA) Manager will maintain the company's focus built around high-quality driven products. As QA Manager, will be responsible to lead the company’s quality throughout the product development and manufacturing lifecycles, maintain and derive quality driven metrics that drives the company forward, and participate in and lead continuous productivity through process improvement efforts.

We are looking for a passionate and collaborative professional that can lead through their personality traits. In this role, you will have the opportunity baseline quality metrics, recommend and develop continuous process improvement initiatives, while maintaining the organizations Quality Management Systems compliance to AS9100.

The QA Manager will work directly with customers, employees, and external suppliers to qualify processes, monitor quality performance, and develop product requirements. Develop and direct quality assurance procedures so that a company’s products meet internal and external standards before shipment to customers. As the QA Manager, you will work in a variety of areas ranging from manufacturing to business activities, play a vital role in establishing processes and standards,

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish and enact quality assurance procedures and methodologies within the Quality Management System (QMS) throughout the manufacturing, development and business processes.
• Assess current production and inspection systems and develop new solutions to enhance quality control, frequently working with production managers and other leaders to enact and improve these procedures.
• Direct and coordinate quality assurance and quality control personnel, instructing them on new or revised processes, policies, procedures and systems and providing oversight during the QA process.
• Develop and report recurring quality issues, audit findings, performance metrics of the business to all Management.
• Ensure and maintain detailed records of quality assurance activities and issues.
• Enhance performance by analyzing and assessing quality control and assurance data, find patterns and areas for improvements based on QA data over time and utilizes these reports to improve processes and performance.
• Lead overall production and manufacturing efficiency by identifying opportunities to enhance productivity, implementing cost-saving and efficiency-enhancing solutions both in quality assurance procedures and production activities as a whole.
• Own and manage MRB (Material Review Board)/FRB (Failure Review Board) activities and RCCA (Root Cause and Corrective Action) process.
• Collaborate and report out to customers on issues, corrective actions, project lifecycle requirements, FAI (First Article Inspections), and source inspections.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires Bachelors degree in engineering or equivalent, and 10+ years of experience.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and written to the production workforce, management, suppliers and customers, and possess strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Solid foundation of quality assurance process, policies, procedures and methodologies.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Robust skills in numerical and statistical analysis, and extensive knowledge with process improvement and enhancement.
• Ability to direct, oversees and leads personnel, and is a great team player through coordination, and motivational leadership.
• Per ITAR Compliance must be a U.S. Person.