QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

Position Summary: Manage the Quality Assurance Departmentand the quality system procedures and manual.Enforce company policies while working with all department managers toensure a quality product is delivered on time to the customer.Help report on the effectiveness of theQuality Management System to upper management.

Essential Functions

• Direct supervision and evaluation of Quality AssuranceDepartment personnel.
• Work with Human Resources on personnel and training issues.
• Participate in contract and contract revision reviews.
• Ensure compliance to all customer requirements prior toshipment of product.
• Interact with customers on questions of requirements andnoncompliance matters.
• Review for approval Supplier selection by PurchasingDepartment.
• Review for approval Purchase Orders released to Suppliers.
• Audit the Supplier’s Quality Management System as required.
• Work with all department managers and inspectors to ensureinspections are carried out per the quality plan.
• Maintain Corrective and Preventive Action System.
• Report to upper management on the Corrective and PreventiveAction System during scheduled management reviews of the Quality ManagementSystem.
• Work with Customer, Production Control Department andProject Engineer in scheduling and Supervising Customer and/or GovernmentSource Inspections.
• Maintain calibration manual and system.
• Manage quality records system for the department.
• Shares top management responsibilities and attendsmanagement review of Quality Management System.
• Enforce Company policies, safety standards, and qualityprocedures.
• Responsibilities defined in Quality Manual and QualitySystem Procedures.
• Complies with established policy, safety standards, andquality procedures to ensure internal and external customer satisfaction.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Training and Experience:

• High school degree or equivalent.
• Minimum ten years working in quality assurance field.
• Aerospace background preferred.

Physical Demands:Theemployee is required to:

• stand, walk, push, reach overhead, bend to the floor, andlong periods of sitting
• exert up to 30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
• lift up to 30 pounds occasionally