Quality Manager

Position Summary:

As a key member of the plant management team, the Quality Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Quality Department. This position reports directly to the General Manager, with a dotted line to the Director of Quality for the Fasteners Group. This position will coordinate and direct quality programs designed to ensure that the processing of all products is consistent with customer requirements.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing quality assurance team.
• Oversee the daily task assignments of direct reports, as well as supervise and prioritize tasks as necessary to assure schedule compliance.
• Manages and oversees all inspections of parts, investigates non-conformances, initiates, implements, and coordinates corrective and preventative actions as appropriate.
• Performs Interface with inspection and manufacturing personnel on technical issues, specification requirements, inspection methods and scheduling.
• Reviews and approves all revisions to internal process procedures and quality system procedures to assure that documentation meets current regulatory and customer requirements. (i.e. NADCAP and AS9100/AS13100).
• Schedules, leads, and reviews internal and external audits to assure that any out of compliances with product, processes, or procedures are identified, documented, and corrected.
• Represents company during all customer and regulatory audits.
• Reviews all data obtained during all quality control and quality assurance activities to ensure consistency with company goals, policies and procedures.
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality activities and corrective/preventative actions being taken to assure continuous process improvement.
• Designs and implements training programs to all quality personnel.
• Ensures timely and effective resolution of customer complaints and non-conformances.
• Adheres to all PCC & Andrews Laser Works safety rules.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality codes and standards.
• Reviews customer specifications while supporting Business Development on new or changing work scopes.
• Prepare and present comprehensive performance reports to senior executives, including KPIs, trend analysis, and long-term strategies to improve product quality.

Required Skills:

• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to inspire, mentor, and develop a high-performing quality team.
• Understand/use techniques for effective control of delivered quality, cost, and schedule in the manufacture of products.
• Familiarity of coordinate measuring machines & best practices.
• Knowledge of management principles involved in strategic planning and forecasting including people, material, and equipment resource allocation; corporate and human resource policies and benefits; leadership, teaming, and production methods.
• Skill and ability to collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data, summarize findings, and develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.
• Ability to establish and communicate clear priorities and to influence others to support and act on those priorities, including driving accountability, setting clear expectations, monitoring performance, and fostering a culture of ownership.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.

• Ability to apply logic and reason in solving practical problems and deal with a variety of variables.
• Understand/use techniques for effective control of delivered quality, cost, and schedule in the manufacture of products.
• Well versed in ISO/AS9100 & AS9102 Quality requirements.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Solid understanding of common inspection measuring equipment including, but not limited to, surface plates, micrometers, height gages, radius gages, protractors, profilometers, bore gauges, and dial indicators.
• Strong blueprint reading and manufacturing/inspection related math skills.
• Excellent verbal and written skills and an ability to work proactively in a teamwork environment.

Preferred Skills/Certifications:

• Knowledge of Six Sigma & Lean practices.
• Familiarity with aircraft engine OEM specifications.
• Familiarity with airframe OEM specifications.
• Designated supplier quality representative for aircraft engine and airframe OEMs.
• AS9100 Rev D lead auditor certified

Travel Requirements:

<10% of travel required

Required Experience:

5-7 years of Aerospace experience

3+ years in a leadership or managerial role

Level of Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree preferred

ASQ Certified Quality Manager preferred

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.