Quality Systems Lead - AS9100 & Process Excellence

CareerNerds; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CareerNerds, LLC is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the QMS and sustain AS9100 compliance across production and admin processes. You will drive corrective actions, owner PPAPs, and partner with engineering, maintenance and purchasing to improve quality performance.

The role requires hands-on inspection, on-floor coaching and strong leadership to ensure customer requirements are met and nonconforming material is controlled and dispositioned promptly.

Qualifications

• AS9100 knowledge and experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or quality management.
• Experience performing internal and supplier audits.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the AS9100 Quality Management System and ensure effectiveness.
• Lead internal audits and coordinate external audits, including customer and registrar audits.
• Monitor quality performance and address issues impacting product quality in real time.
• Communicate quality performance, risks and significant issues to leadership promptly.
• Perform hands-on inspection of parts as needed to verify quality standards.
• Engage with production staff through brief training to improve quality awareness.
• Lead corrective actions (8D, CARs, SCARs) across departments.
• Serve as primary contact for customer quality issues and responses.
• Oversee supplier performance and on-time delivery.
• Drive improvements of key quality metrics such as customer returns and scrap.

Skills

Quality management

Auditing

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

QMS software

Job description

CareerNerds, LLC is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the QMS and sustain AS9100 compliance across production and admin processes. You will drive corrective actions, owner PPAPs, and partner with engineering, maintenance and purchasing to improve quality performance.

The role requires hands-on inspection, on-floor coaching and strong leadership to ensure customer requirements are met and nonconforming material is controlled and dispositioned promptly.