Associate Manager, Quality & Mission Assurance

Job Title: Associate Manager Quality & Mission Assurance

Job ID: 42322

Job Location:Orange VA

Job Schedule:4/10: Employees work 10 hour days 4 days a week

Job Description:

L3Harris isseeking an agile organized result orientedAssociate Manager Quality & Mission Assurance to work at our Orange VA location. Our site nearCulpeper VA in beautiful rural Orange County (1.5 hours from Washington DC) is growing! This site is our center of excellence for Solid Rocket Motor Propulsion and Energetics development as well as high-complexity production programs.

Essential Functions:

60% - Manage the day-to-day activities of the Quality Engineering group. This may include but not limited to activities such as:

Providing technical direction to employees assigning Quality Engineers to support programs interface with other Aerojet Rocketdyne departments establish work priorities and assign personnel to meet those requirements.

Maintain departments fiscal expectations utilization and commitments by working closely with internal customers and participating in meetings where decisions and planning / program support work scheduling occurs. Accountable for personnel performance evaluations in accordance with company policies and procedures.

20% - Lead and support Quality Engineers as required. Ensure current quality flow-down requirements are provided to Suppliers internal manufacturing Quality Engineers and other functional organizations through the interpretation of engineering drawings and specifications customer quality requirements and company quality requirements. Accountable for problem resolutions including the initiation and closure of root cause and corrective/preventative action. Support proposal activities as requested.

20% - Support deploy lead the Quality Engineering organization using the E3 (Business Operating System) tools as the foundational structure. Lead / participate in continuous improvement projects and innovative initiatives that drive improvement in key processes as measured through performance metrics. Respond to negative trends in performance data through the use of continuous improvement tools. Drive the use of process variation reduction activities.

Ability to obtain US Security Clearance.

Ability to travel to other L3Harris and customer sites.

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 6 years prior relevant Quality experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior related experience

Preferred Additional Skills:

Working knowledge of common quality standards (AS9100 or ISO-9001) and typical aerospace processes (machining welding fabrication material forming product assembly Foreign Object prevention MRB Quality Requirements Engineering (QRE) etc.).

Demonstrated experience in the leadership of continuous improvement tools (e.g. Lean 6S root cause analysis process mapping) required.

Advanced degree in Business or Engineering is a plus.

Experience developing new products in a multi-functional team environment strongly desired.

Strong writing and verbal skills and an ability to mentor and increase the effectiveness and productivity of employees.

Experience partnering with other business organizations including Finance Engineering Program Management and Operations strongly desired.

Support all program proposals with functional requirements manpower requirements and risk assessments: Manage quality program and overhead budgets within 5% of latest approved budget EAC or ETC.

Experience in functional management with proven leadership in Quality Assurance or related discipline preferred.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in Virginia is $84000 $156000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits including health and disability insurance 401(k) match flexible spending accounts EAP education assistance parental leave paid time off and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire schedule type and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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