Senior Quality Manager/Machining Manufacturing

Leidos; Huntsville (TN); On-site; USD 116,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Quality Manager for Machining Manufacturing in Huntsville, AL to lead quality control across machined parts, assemblies and flight hardware fabrication. You will champion continuous improvement, manage a quality team, and drive defect reduction with robust SPC and ASQ/ANSI sampling practices.

Responsible for interaction with customers, DCMA, and suppliers, you will ensure effective corrective actions, risk management, and a culture of quality excellence in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent number of years of experience.
• 8 years of experience in QA/QC systems implementation and/or management in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a manufacturing or machine shop environment with machining processes understanding.
• Experience in a QMS compliant with AS9100/ISO9001.
• Understanding measurement techniques and managing a CMM/inspection lab.
• K** Strong problem solving skills.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain a secret clearance.
• Residence in or willingness to relocate to Huntsville, AL area.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary quality control authority for problem identification, resolution, loss reporting and continuous improvement.
• Manages Quality Engineers, Quality Inspectors and Precision Measurement staff.
• Plan staffing for Quality to meet manufacturing requirements and delegate to Quality Engineer/Technician/Inspector staff.
• Establish and mature a robust Statistical Process Control program and sampling per ASQ/ANSI standards.
• Establish metrics to monitor quality control system effectiveness and lead root-cause analysis for corrective actions.
• Collaborate with customers and manufacturing to identify quality improvements and feedback loops.
• Oversee audits, supplier/customer interfaces, and budget management for the quality department.
• This role manages all quality control employees within a machining plant and is responsible for performance management and hiring.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal communication

Problem solving

Quality management

Machining processes understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CMM

Job description

Leidos Defense Sector is seeking a talented Quality Manager for Machining Manufacturing to support commercial, aerospace, and defense manufacturing/production programs at our Alabama and Colorado locations. The position is located in Huntsville, Alabama. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos-Dynetics provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions.

The Quality Manager for Machining Manufacturing position is responsible for implementing a Quality Control system and team that promotes customer satisfaction. The position will champion continuous improvement efforts and defect reduction initiatives to develop an effective Quality Control system for mechanical products such as machined parts, mechanical assemblies, composite assemblies, painted or coated assemblies, flight hardware fabrication and assemblies, and oversee Precision Measurement inspection capabilities including CMM, Laser Tracker and Scanners.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary quality control authority for problem identification, resolution, loss reporting and continuous improvement.

• Previous experience managing Quality Engineers, Quality Inspectors and Precision Measurement personnel.

• Manages quality control personnel on a day-to-day basis.

• Plan quality control staffing needs based on product manufacturing requirements, and delegate activities to Quality Engineer, Technician, and Inspector staff.

• Establish and mature a robust Statistical Process Control program and Inspection Reduction utilizing Sampling criteria from ASQ/ANSI Z1.4 and Z1.9

• Establishes and implements metrics (process capability, control charts, measurement quality) for monitoring Quality Control system effectiveness.

• Leads root‑cause analysis and other problem‑solving activities to identify Root Cause, and establish effective corrective actions and process improvements.

• Establishes collection and analysis systems of statistical data to predict trends that will affect improvement of product quality.

• Develops quality planning methods for all product lines within the plant.

• Experience in GD&T, interpretation of drawing requirements and understanding of design requirements.

• Interacts with customers to identify opportunities to improve quality and establish feedback with manufacturing and development personnel.

• Initiates and implements quality improvement activities as appropriate (e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma) to raise the performance of the plant’s product lines.

• Propose and justify expenditures for new quality equipment or training programs.

• Foster a culture of innovation within the quality team, encouraging the adoption of new techniques and technologies that can enhance quality.

• Train and mentor staff on quality standards, procedures, and best practices.

• Develop and implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential quality issues and ensure continuous production without major disruptions.

• Reports to Quality Management on quality issues, trends, and losses.

• Participates in internal and external quality audits.

• Exhibit strong interpersonal communication and leadership skills to ensure collaboration across multiple functional groups within the organization.

• Collaborates with DCMA and other government and/or customer quality assurance organizations.

• Interfaces with supplier and customer quality representatives concerning problems with quality control and assure that effective corrective action is implemented.

• All other reasonable duties, as assigned.

• This position manages all Quality Control employees of a machining mechanical manufacturing plant and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that team.

• Manage the quality department’s budget, ensuring cost-effective use of resources while maintaining high-quality standards.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent number of years of experience.

• Must have 8 years of experience in QA/QC systems implementation and/or management in a manufacturing and/or product-based environment. Fifteen (12+) years of experience acceptable in lieu of degree.

• Experience in a manufacturing or machine shop environment, with a solid understanding of machining processes.

• Understanding knowledge of measurement techniques and experience managing a CMM/ inspection lab.

• Strong problem solving skills

• Management of Quality Engineers

• Experience in a QMS compliant with AS9100/ISO9001.

• Candidates must be a resident of or willing to relocate to the Huntsville, Al area.

• Must be US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in leading skilled professionals in a matrix environment

• Familiarity with Windchill, Solumina or other similar Engineering or work planning systems

• Direct experience with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Quality Module implementation

• Experience in development of Corrective Action Board presentations using Ishikawa Fishbone, 8D or other problem solving tools.

• Experience briefing customers and executives regarding high level status updates, Root Cause, Corrective Action and Lessons Learned.

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Pay Range:

Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.