Quality Director

Position Summary:

The Director of Quality has full responsibility for the leadership oversight and execution of all final inspection and quality assurance activities. This role has oversight over dimensional inspection final inspection NDT (UT/MAG) quality engineers certification clerks MRB technicians and quality assurance representatives. The Director is responsible for managing product flow through inspection ensuring alignment with production plans correlating internal and external inspection data controlling cost and improving throughput while maintaining compliance with customer regulatory and industry quality requirements. This position involves access to information subject to U.S. government flow-down dissemination control NOFORN (Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals). As a result U.S. citizenship is required and candidates must hold only U.S. citizenship (no dual citizenship or other nationalities permitted).

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Other duties may be performing functions duties or tasks employees are required to know and follow safe work practices and to be aware of Company policies and procedures related to job safety including safety rules and regulations. All functions duties or tasks are to be carried out in an honest ethical and professional manner and to be performed in conformance with applicable Company policies and the event of uncertainty or lack of knowledge of Company policies and procedures employees are required to request clarification or explanations from superiors or authorized company representatives.

• Reviews customer documentation during RFQ and order execution to ensure all manufacturing technical and quality requirements are fully understood documented and achievable.
• Identifies applicable industrial standards to confirm organizational capability and compliance with customer specifications.
• Proactively identifies risks hidden quality costs or inspection requirements (fixturing tooling testing surveillance NDE criteria) and recommends costeffective compliance strategies.
• Creates reviews and approves orderspecific Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and Quality Plans; obtains and maintains customer approval where required.
• Negotiates and establishes effective customer surveillance and thirdparty inspection strategies serving as or managing the primary external inspection interface.
• Reviews and approves final material certifications for accuracy and compliance prior to shipment; coordinates required customer release.
• Drives reduction of operational delays related to approval of ITPs QA Plans waivers submissions and customer approvals.
• Serves as the primary contact for customer quality inquiries concerns and representative interactions.
• Directs internal audit activities to ensure QMS compliance identifies process improvements and recommends corrective and preventive actions.
• Partners with documentation and quality systems teams to improve data flow documentation efficiency and reporting accuracy.
• Oversees adherence to applicable industry standards (AS9100 ISO API ASME etc.) and manages inspection and data collection systems.
• Audits and continuously improves both internal processes and thirdparty inspection services supporting plant operations.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Provides leadership and direction to quality management personnel inspection teams engineers technicians and external service providers. Responsible for planning staffing performance management training and development of quality team members in accordance with company policies and applicable regulations.

Required Skills:

• Selfstarter with a proven record of using statistical analysis to drive quality improvements and business results.
• Strong leadership communication and interpersonal skills across all organizational levels.
• Experience working in highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Proven change agent with experience impacting cost throughput and quality performance.
• Advanced knowledge and application of quality tools and methodologies including:

• Cost of Quality (COQ)
• CostBenefit Analysis
• Control Charts
• Benchmarking
• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Statistical Sampling
• Quality Management Systems (Six Sigma CMMI)
• Root Cause Analysis (Fishbone 5Why)
• Demonstrated ability to train others in statistical and quality methods.

• Strong analytical thinking organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Knowledge of aerospace quality standards including AS9100 AS9102 & ISO9001.
• Knowledge of metrology

Experience & Education

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field required (Metallurgical Engineering preferred).
• ASQ certification (CQA CQE CQM or Six Sigma Black Belt) preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of quality leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Prior experience in metal processing and aerospaceregulated environments strongly preferred.
• Experience with ASM2750
• Experience with internal and external customer requirements with a high attention to detail in resolving findings
• Experience working with CMMs and visual inspection tools
• Experience with conducting high level investigations regarding quality escapes and application of engineering methods for resolution such as fishbone diagram 5Y 8D Root Cause Corrective Action
• Experience with auditing and implementing corrective actions to maintain compliance with the Quality Management System

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger handle or feel and talk or hear and lift move and carry up to 35 pounds. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts fumes or airborne particles extreme heat risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Shultz Steel LLC is an equal opportunity employer. The companys policy and practice is to provide equal employment opportunities and to assure those opportunities without regard to age sex (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions gender race color creed national origin ancestry sexual orientation including gender identity or gender expression religion (including religious dress and religious grooming) mental or physical disability legally protected medical condition genetic information marital status military or veteran status reproductive decision making or any other status protected by applicable local state or federal anti-discrimination laws.