Quality Manager

TT Electronics plc; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TT Electronics plc is seeking a Quality Manager to lead quality initiatives across production shifts and ensure compliance with ITAR and quality systems (Mil STD, AS9100, FMEA, PPAP, MSA). The role requires driving KPIs, supplier development, and continuous improvement across the value stream.

You will stop production when necessary to protect product quality. Ideal candidates hold a engineering/quality degree with 5+ years in manufacturing and hands-on experience with AS9100, FMEA, APQP, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality or related field.
• Experience in manufacturing, preferably in a similar industry (5+ years).
• Experience with AS9100, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, and MSA.
• ITAR-related information handling; must be a U.S. person.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product quality across shifts and stop production to correct issues.
• Act as management representative for Quality Management Systems (Mil STD, AS9100, FMEA, ARQP, PPAP, MSA).
• Meet departmental targets and KPIs; manage personnel in department.
• Oversee supplier development focusing on cost, quality and delivery.
• Review customer satisfaction indicators and implement preventive techniques.
• Control documentation and test/results; work with other areas of Quality.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Auditing skills

Data analysis

Analytical problem solving

Cross functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality or related field

Job description

Company Overview

COME JOIN OUR JOURNEY! When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to solving technology challenges for a sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fueled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. Be part of the journey.

Role Overview And Responsibilities

This position requires access to information regulated by International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Applicants must qualify as a US Person under ITAR.

The Quality Manager, in conjunction with the Operations Leaders, will ensure that Value Stream Managers, Team Leaders, and Production Leads across shifts, will hold delegated responsibility for ensuing product quality and shall have the authority to stop production to correct quality problems.

The Quality Manager is the management representative for all Quality Management Systems, i.e., Mil STD, AS9100, FMEA, ARQP, PPAP, and MSA.

Key Responsibilities

• Meeting departmental targets and objectives cascaded from business plan.
• Setting departmental personal targets and objectives.
• Meeting all relevant departmental KPIs
• Maintenance of system and product approvals.
• Review and control of personnel in department to meet ongoing requirements.
• Encouraging, monitoring and reporting on all continuous improvement programs active at the site.
• Management of supplier development function and focusing on supplier development in cost, quality and delivery.
• Review of customer satisfaction indicators and adoption of preventive techniques to improve.
• Documentation control within area. Test results, drawings, etc.
• Working within other areas of the Quality department, as required.
• Ensuring the maintenance of product quality with agreed standards. The Quality Manager has the authority and responsibility to stop production tocorrect quality problems.
• PPM Reduction including reduction in customer returns and scrap/waste reductions.
• Yield improvements.
• The Quality Manager has the ability to influence a culture in which manufacturing embraces the quality versus the Quality Department is solely responsible.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

• Strong presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate information and recommendations to diverse audiences.
• Excellent communication and auditing skills, with the ability to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Results-oriented with a strong bias for action, demonstrating urgency, accountability, and execution focus.
• Data-driven decision maker, with the ability to analyze metrics, identify trends, and support informed business decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to determine root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Desireable Skills And Experience

• Bachelors' degree in engineering, quality or related field.
• At least five years experience in manufacturing, preferably gained in a similar industry.
• Experience in AS9100, FMEA, APQP, PAPP, and MSA.
• Quality Management Systems experience.
• This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., "Green Card Holder"), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

TT Electronics does not accept any unsolicited resumes from third parties. Any resumes submitted by a third party for this or any other position will not be subject to any recruitment fees if hired.

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World

We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe - so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you! Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we’d love to hear from you.

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