Quality Assurance Manager

QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

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

Essential Functions

• Direct supervision and evaluation of Quality Assurance Department personnel.
  
• Work with Human Resources on personnel and training issues.
  
• Participate in contract and contract revision reviews.
  
• Ensure compliance to all customer requirements prior to shipment of product.
  
• Interact with customers on questions of requirements and noncompliance matters.
  
• Review for approval Supplier selection by Purchasing Department.
  
• 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 ensure inspections are carried out per the quality plan.
  
• Maintain Corrective and Preventive Action System.
  
• Report to upper management on the Corrective and Preventive Action System during scheduled management reviews of the Quality Management System.
  
• Work with Customer, Production Control Department and Project Engineer in scheduling and Supervising Customer and/or Government Source Inspections.
  
• Maintain calibration manual and system.
  
• Manage quality records system for the department.
  
• Shares top management responsibilities and attends management review of Quality Management System.
  
• Enforce Company policies, safety standards, and quality procedures.
  
• Responsibilities defined in Quality Manual and Quality System Procedures.
  
• Complies with established policy, safety standards, and quality 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: The employee is required to:

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