Senior Manager, Quality & Continuous Improvement

Collins Aerospace; Pueblo (CO); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Three weeks vacation

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Pueblo, CO is seeking a Sr. Manager of Quality to lead a high-impact team across Quality Engineering, Inspection, Metrology, MRB, and a testing laboratory.

You will drive a roadmap to elevate quality into a value-adding function, embed CORE tools, and deliver data-driven insights for operations, programs, and engineering changes. You will guide strategy, support change initiatives, and ensure on-time delivery while expanding capacity at the site.

Qualifications

• University Degree or equivalent experience with minimum 10 years
• Advanced Degree with minimum 7 years
• AS9100 (or equivalent) experience and audit management
• Experience leading teams and cross-functional initiatives

Responsibilities

• Inspire and develop a growing workforce of engineers, inspectors, and technicians into a high-performing team.
• Strengthen skills in RCCA, data analytics, special processes, measurement systems, and audit readiness.
• Create and execute a roadmap to elevate Quality to a future-ready function.
• Lead CORE (continuous improvement) initiatives that reduce defects, shorten cycle time, improve yield, and lower cost of poor quality.
• Work closely with Operations, Program teams, Materials, and Engineering to ensure process capability and on-time delivery.
• Embed CORE tools across Quality to eliminate waste and improve cost of quality.
• Introduce data-driven insights to guide engineering and long-term planning.
• Build short- and medium-term quality strategies aligned to site expansion.
• Track and improve key metrics like escapes, FPY, MRB cycle time, customer returns, lab throughput

Skills

Quality engineering leadership

Cross-functional initiatives

Education

University Degree or equivalent experience

Advanced Degree

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Pueblo, CO is seeking a Sr. Manager of Quality to lead a high-impact team across Quality Engineering, Inspection, Metrology, MRB, and a testing laboratory.

You will drive a roadmap to elevate quality into a value-adding function, embed CORE tools, and deliver data-driven insights for operations, programs, and engineering changes. You will guide strategy, support change initiatives, and ensure on-time delivery while expanding capacity at the site.