Quality & Continuous Improvement Champion

47G; Ogden, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GMRE is seeking a Quality & Continuous Improvement Lead to serve as the enterprise quality SME and drive the Quality Management System improvements across the organization.

The role partners with departments to identify opportunities for process improvement, strengthen discipline, and raise organizational maturity through root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and performance measurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Business, or a related discipline required.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in quality management, process improvement, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or government contracting preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting an AS9100D and/or ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
• Experience with internal auditing, corrective action, process improvement, and cross‑functional problem solving.
• ASQ, Lean Six Sigma, Lead Auditor, or related professional certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and continually improve GMRE's QMS in alignment with AS9100D, ISO 9001, contractual requirements, and company objectives.
• Serve as a quality subject-matter expert and resource to departments, programs, and leadership.
• Help departments define, document, maintain, and improve processes, procedures, work instructions, and supporting records.
• Facilitate continuous improvement initiatives focused on effectiveness, consistency, efficiency, and organizational maturity.
• Promote practical quality principles throughout the organization rather than limiting Quality to certification or compliance activities.
• Develop and support methods for departmental and process self-assessment.
• Identify recurring issues, process gaps, trends, and improvement opportunities and work with responsible organizations to address them.
• Facilitate root-cause analysis, corrective action, preventive improvement, and verification of effectiveness.
• Support development and monitoring of meaningful quality and process performance measures.
• Promote standardization and sharing of effective practices across GMRE.

Skills

AS9100D knowledge

ISO 9001 knowledge

Continuous improvement

Root-cause analysis

Auditing

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality documentation

Communication skills

MS Office / quality systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality/Manufacturing

ASQ Lean Six Sigma Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Document management systems

Enterprise quality systems

Job description

GMRE is seeking a Quality & Continuous Improvement Lead to serve as the enterprise quality SME and drive the Quality Management System improvements across the organization.

The role partners with departments to identify opportunities for process improvement, strengthen discipline, and raise organizational maturity through root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and performance measurement.