QUALITY SPECIALIST

Valcor Engineering Corporation; Springfield (NJ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan

Paid holidays and leave programs

Job summary

Valcor Engineering Corporation seeks a Quality Specialist to compile and maintain quality documentation and customer data packages, ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements. You will collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing, Planning, Shipping, and Customer Service to support accurate documentation, product quality, and on-time deliveries.

Key duties include preparing data packages, reviewing for completeness and revision accuracy, coordinating visits, and signing off CofCs.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; Associate degree preferred.
• 2+ years in aerospace/defense manufacturing documentation or quality assurance.
• Experience compiling controlled documentation packages (travelers, CoFCs, test records, material certs).
• Ability to read specifications, drawings, prints, and schematics.
• Experience with customer websites and portals is a plus.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook and Adobe for document handling.
• Detail oriented with strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Compile data packages and certificates per customer requirements and organize documentation for shipment.
• Review data packages for completeness, legibility, revision accuracy, and configuration compliance.
• Coordinate and witness customer/DCMA visits per quality plans and PO requirements.
• Sign off on traveler, data package, and CofC when complete.
• Work with customer service, shipping, and planning on RMAs and review warranty status.
• Communicate quality issues internally and escalate as needed.
• Assist Quality Engineers and Quality Managers as required.

Skills

Quality documentation

Documentation control

Reading drawings/schematics

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Position Summary

The Quality Specialist is responsible for compiling, reviewing, and maintaining quality documentation and customer data packages to ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements. Working closely with Quality, Manufacturing, Planning, Shipping, and Customer Service teams, this role supports documentation accuracy, product quality, and on-time customer deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Compiles data packages and certificates per customer requirements, including initiating the package at top-level kit release and organizing all documentation for final shipment.


• Review data packages for completeness, legibility, revision-level accuracy, and configuration compliance before customer submission.


• Responsible for coordinating & witnessing customer/DCMA visits per quality plans and purchase order requirements.


• Sign off on the job traveler, data package, and Certificate of Conformance (CofC) once all items are verified as complete.


• Work with customer service, shipping, and planning on RMA. Receive parts in by reviewing warranty status and documenting as-is part condition


• Communicate and elevate with the internal team about general quality issues and issue nonconformance products.


• Assist Quality Engineers and Quality Managers where needed.

Job Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent; Associate degree preferred


• 2+ years in aerospace/defense manufacturing documentation or quality assurance


• Demonstrated experience compiling controlled documentation packages (travelers, CoFCs, test records, material certs)


• Able to read specifications, drawings, prints, and schematics.


• Experience with customer websites and portal is a plus.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Adobe (pdf merging and moving documents digitally)


• Must be detail oriented and have good communication and organizational skills.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of aerospace quality standards and manufacturing processes.


• Experience supporting customer and government audits.


• Familiarity with document control and configuration management practices.


• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across departments.


• Strong record-keeping and compliance management skills.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, and work at a computer for extended periods.


• Ability to occasionally lift and move documentation boxes or materials up to 25 pounds.


• Ability to work in both office and manufacturing environments as needed.

Valcor's strength and reputation are the result of delivering cutting-edge, reliable products to customers with unique and hard-to-handle applications. Our heritage of more than seven decades of technical innovation and reliable performance is brought to bear on each and every product. Valcor's staff takes pride in applying their skills, with the latest technology and equipment, to create truly superior offerings.

Valcor is much more than just a place to work. Valcor has cultivated a unique environment - called "One Valcor" where employees are both technically challenged and experience the everyday benefits of a successful company in the aircraft, space, and industrial segments. We work hard as the "One Valcor" team and it is demonstrated by our more 60 years of continued success.

Come join our team and experience the rewards of our experience and innovation

All candidates must meet the US persons criteria.

Please note: The salary range is based on our market pay structure. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At Valcor Engineering, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 30+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; long term disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program. Our leave programs include Vacation and PTO time off, paid holidays, as well as other types such as bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to these characteristics.