Manager, Quality

Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of

Your work ties us all together, helping our teams function and operate. Experience opportunities to learn and be a part of an organization that has your back. And with competitive compensation and total rewards, you’ll also enjoy our great perks.

Work with the latest technologies and techniques in the aviation industry to source materials, manage inventory, and coordinate logistics. You’ll ensure we have what we need to service our customers.

As a Quality Manager, you’ll have responsibility in managing implementing & reporting on the state of the 145-repair station quality management system, control of documents, control of records, internal & regulatory audits, analysis of data and corrective action plans.

What you’ll do:

• Provide leadership to the Quality department, act as a trainer, mentor & coach to the QC team, ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Ensure that work performed on articles for return to service is within the authority of the 145 repair station, reporting directly to the RS Accountable manager & maintain close relations with the regional QC director.
• Establish, implement, manage & maintain the standards and systems for ensuring that the organization’s compliance with all FAA regulatory requirements.
• Serve as a quality liaison with customers on all quality & regulatory matters. 
• As required, schedule & host regulatory or customer driven audits, to include environmental & safety, maintain communications with regulatory agencies, provide documentation and/or acknowledgement of receipt of documents.
• Ensure contracted maintenance functions are current and FAA approved.
• Ensure currency & compliance of the repair station capabilities listings.
• Review and validate new product capabilities to ensure compliance with all technical and regulatory requirements before adding to capability listings and /or releasing first articles to return to service.
• Coordinate with engineering on revisions to technical data. 
• Ensure repair station rosters, stamp control and employee summaries are maintained current and compliant.
• Plan & manage internal audits to include scheduling, performance and reporting out of findings & RCCA follow up. 
• Manage corrective and preventive action requests from all sources of findings.
• Initiate and assign Preventive Action Requests to correct negative trends. 
• Ensure all quality system manuals, procedures, work instructions, operation routers and inspection forms are appropriately approved and maintained current.
• Ensure all technical documents and data is maintained current and available to all repair station personnel.
• Work collaboratively with the site management team to drive lean initiatives. Evaluate risk factors, communicate & drive mitigation plans, seek operational excellence.
• Collects and analyzes quality data for the purpose of identifying trends with respect to non-conformance documents.

Position Requirements:

• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, leadership, interpersonal, decision making, oral and written communication skills.
• Thorough knowledge of company instructions, company processes and other internal procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of airworthiness certification requirements and regulatory bodies (TC, CAAC, FAA, EASA, etc.) applicable to business unit needs.
• MUST have prior Quality experience as it relates to FAA Part 145 Repair Station and prior FAA exposure with FSDO office.
• Thorough knowledge of ISO 9001 or AS9110 quality system requirements
• Thorough knowledge of internal audit policies and procedures.
• Working knowledge of PCs in the current company operating system environment.
• Working knowledge of production management computer systems.
• Bachelor Degree (BA) or five plus years related experience and or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Supervisory experience in an aerospace manufacturing, 145 repair station environment, or airline maintenance.
• Thorough knowledge of NDT processes and requirements related to a 145-repair station or in a manufacturing environment. 
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S

Benefits that make life better:

• Comprehensive Healthcare
• 401(k) with 100 company match; up to 5 vested
• Paid Time Off starting on day one
• Bonus opportunities
• Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Learning & Training opportunities