Bell is seeking a Senior Quality Manager to oversee quality and compliance operations for production in their manufacturing operations, ensuring adherence to applicable standards, policies, and procedures, and to maintain site AS9100 certification.
Requirements
- Experience in leading AS9100 compliance efforts, including but not limited to: audits, root cause/corrective actions, FOD prevention, and partnering with other disciplines to continually improve process flows and documentation
- Familiarity with AS9100 Quality Management System requirements
- Quality Audit experience
- Familiarity with inspection processes and techniques
- Background in Quality Engineering ASQ Certification (CQE/CQA/CQM) preferred
- Experience and/or training in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Certified Six Sigma Green/Black belt, preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems, deal with ambiguity, and innovate new methods and means of obtaining quality conformance results.
Responsibilities
- Acts as a person responsible for regulatory compliance (AS9100) for external Quality Systems Assessment agencies such as Perry Johnston and Bell/Textron Corporate Quality Compliance Auditors and in maintaining site AS9100 certification.
- Develop, analyze, and report on a variety of Quality metrics and PEAM KPI’s aligned with AS9100 standards.
- Assists in the application of root cause analysis to diagnose and correct OFI’s and audit findings.
- Participates in modification of the Quality organizational structure and is responsible for the development of overall Quality objectives and long-range goals.
- Serves as Lead Facility FOD coordinator
- Manages training of new Quality team members as well as requisite quality training for all RT team members aligned with standards.
- Advises and coaches supervisors and group leaders, and their staff on technical and operational OFI’s.
Other
- A minimum of 12 years of Quality experience and a minimum of 2 years leadership experience
- Experience managing a unionized workforce
- Bachelor’s degree required; BS in engineering or related technical discipline preferred.
- Support the senior staff and manufacturing managers to continue to implement a culture of continuous safety and quality improvement.
- Directs the management of staff, including workforce planning, recruitment, skills and performance assessments, workload distribution, training compliance and documentation, professional development, and corrective action.
