Quality Manager

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the Quality Assurance department in a permanent, on-site role in San Diego, CA. You will direct all QA activities to support the business unit and maintain compliance with AS9100 Rev D, FAA regulations, and customer requirements.

Responsibilities include reporting QMS metrics to leadership, conducting audits, promoting continuous improvement, and ensuring supplier quality and metrology compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• Knowledge of AS9100 Rev D quality systems and FAA regulations.
• Ability to solve problems while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Strong leadership and ability to work independently to manage projects.
• Internal auditor certification to AS9100 Rev D is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Reports Quality Management System metrics to leadership and VP of Quality.
• Maintains AS9100 Rev D compliance with customers and regulators.
• Identify customer and authority requirements and ensure compliance.
• Conduct audits and manage quality reviews.
• Promote continuous improvement and supplier quality.
• Oversee calibration and metrology of inspection tools.
• Report incidents, non-conformities and track corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Safran Quality community and auditors.

Job description

Job details

Domain

Performance and Support

Job field / Job profile

Quality - Quality management

Job title

Quality Manager

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Professional, Engineer & Manager

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

Summary of Job Purpose:

Manages, directs and coordinates activities of the Quality Assurance department to support the business unit.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reports the Quality Management System metrics to business leadership team and parent company VP of Quality.
• Maintains an effective quality management system in liaison with the company divisions and in compliance with the requirements of AS9100, FAA Part 21 and Part 145 (including EASA special conditions for dual-release), and additional requirements requested by customers.
• Identifying customer and authorities' requirements and ensure compliance.
• Conducts audits to assess the operation of the quality system and manage quality reviews.
• Promote and support continuous improvement actions and making best practices widely applicable internally and to suppliers.
• Ensuring supplier quality (assessment, audit, quality performances).
• Oversee compliance of inspection, measuring and test equipment (metrology, calibration).
• Reporting and overseeing incidents and non-conformities. Monitoring corrective and preventive actions internally and with suppliers.
• Establish good working relationship with the Safran Quality community, customers, customer audits, AS9100 auditors and FAA auditors.
• Communicates and coordinates with Safran Power Units Toulouse on companywide quality projects and initiatives.
• Provides direction and examples for interpretation of quality policies and procedures.
• Supports assigned Internal Auditor duties as needed.
• Add to all manager roles: Participate in continuous monitoring of internal controls where necessary and ensure compliance.

Scopes and Accountabilities

• 8+ years' experience of Quality Management in aerospace, aviation or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Manage Workforce: 4-5 employees
• This position may assist other areas where there is a leadership vacancy.

Required Competencies; Education / Knowledge / Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in an engineering discipline.
• Knowledge of AS9100 Rev D quality systems and FAA regulations.
• Must be able to solve problems while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Must have high degree of initiative and be able to work independently to manage and complete projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Must possess strong leadership.
• Must have excellent attention to detail.
• Effectively present information and respond well to questions.
• Current certification as an internal auditor to AS9100 Rev D, highly desired.
• Proficient use of Microsoft office, Excel, Word, & PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of GD&T a plus.
• Ability to travel domestic and international, 0-5%.

Physical Requirements

N/A

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to type.
• The employee is frequently required to do sit down work.
• The employee must seldom lift and /or move up to 10 pounds.

Additional Information

• The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or
• The scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national orig

Annual salary

$150,000 to $170,000

Job location

North America, United States, California, San Diego

City (-ies)

4255 Ruffin road CA 92123 San Diego, États-Unis

Minimum education level achieved

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum experience level required

More than 8 years

ITAR Controlled Position: Select "Yes" if role requires U.S. citizenship/permanent residency

No