Aerospace Quality Engineering Manager
Grand Prairie, TX - USA
Job Summary
PPGs Aerospace Business is looking for a Quality Engineering Manager to join our team in Grand Prairie! As the Quality Engineering Manager you will lead the Quality Engineering function at PPG Texas Transparencies. You will manage a team of Quality Engineers and provides ownership of key quality processes including the Quality Clinic Material Review Board (MRB) Contract Review and Customer Return Reviews. You will ensures effective defect containment disciplined problem solving and compliance with AS9100 customer and internal quality requirements while partnering closely with Operations Engineering and Supply Chain to drive continuous improvement.
This is an onsite position working out of our Grand Prairie TX facility and reporting to the Senior Aerospace Production Quality Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Lead coach and develop a team of Quality Engineers to support production problem resolution and continuous improvement activities.
Promote a preventionfocused datadriven quality culture across the organization.
Own and manage the Quality Clinic process ensuring timely containment disposition and escalation of nonconforming material.
Chair or provide delegated leadership for the Material Review Board (MRB) ensuring technical rigor riskbased decisions and documented justification.
Participate in and support Contract Review activities related to quality inspection testing regulatory and customerspecific requirements.
Lead or support Customer Return Reviews while serving as a key point of contact for customer quality issues including corrective action responses and followup.
Drive structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g. RCCA 8D DMAIC PFMEA).
Partner with crossfunctional teams to reduce scrap rework and defect recurrence.
Use data analysis to identify improvement opportunities and drive longterm quality performance.
Ensure Quality Engineering activities comply with AS9100 customer-specific requirements and PPG internal procedures.
Support internal customer and regulatory audits including preparation execution and corrective action followup.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Engineering Quality Manufacturing or a related technical field.
5 years of Quality Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment (aerospace preferred).
Prior leadership supervisory or formal mentoring experience.
Strong knowledge of: Nonconformance management and MRB processes Root cause and corrective action methodologies Contract review and customer quality requirements.
Experience working within a formal Quality Management System (AS9100 or equivalent).
Aerospace transparencies composites or advanced manufacturing experience preferred.
Experience with customer audits and customer return investigations preferred.
Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement certification (Green Belt or higher) preferred.
Experience with digital quality systems and analytics tools helpful.
Only U.S. Citizens Green Card holders and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.
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