Director of Quality

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following; others may be assigned:

• Guarantee that products are safe and airworthy.
• Ensure that only qualified products are permitted to ship to customers.
• Direct and mentor the Quality Managers at each site.
• Introduce synergies between sites by creating standard procedures and enhancing collaboration.
• Implement efficient processes to ensure compliance with customer requirements and FAA regulations.
• Provide oversight for customer audits, regulatory agency audits, AS9100 audits and other 3rd party audits.
• Introduce and manage impactful quality performance metrics.
• Develop quality improvement processes.
• Establish and monitor external and internal audits within the sites.
• Perform analysis of the maturity of the QMS(s), identify potential risk and drive improvement plans.
• Build and maintain good relationships with customers and regulatory agencies through Quality compliance.
• Drive Continuous Improvement by facilitating actions to improve FPY, reduce scrap/rework and reduce warranty returns.
• MRB process ownership to include timely disposition and driving corrective actions
• Maintain daily inspection throughput to support shipping goals
• Drive process audits to reduce the quality rejections at inspection

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of Aerospace and Defense industry and its regulations
• Expertise in QMS and process management
• Leadership capability especially in embarking in a share vision and empowering people
• Knowledge of Quality tools (measures in production, nonconformance, tracking, calibration, etc.)
• Receptiveness and ability to foster teamwork.
• Practical oral and written communication skills.
• Organization and management skills
• Integrity and exemplarity in all circumstances
• Ability to develop and maintain trusted relations with upper and lower management, and be able to explain issues in readily understandable terms
• Proven interpersonal skills.
• Ability to negotiate, to explain and to persuade.
• Proficient knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Key Competencies:

· Strong organization skills

· High level of attention to detail and accuracy

· Ability to prioritize

· Professional level written and verbal communication skills

· Problem-solving skills

· Interpersonal skills

· Decision-making skills

· High level of integrity

· Ability to thrive in a fast paced, high volume, team environment

· Ability to succinctly communicate quality performance, challenges, and improvement plans to senior leadership.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree or higher. 15 years’ minimum experience in Quality or similar positions, with at least 7 years’ experience in a leadership role. Minimum 2 years’ experience in aerospace environment.

Employee may be subject to random drug and alcohol testing under FAA regulations.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $140,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Ability to Relocate:

• Oklahoma City, OK: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person