POSITION TITLE: Director of Quality Assurance

DEPARTMENT: Quality

POSITION REPORTS TO: VP, Operations

Position Purpose:

LeFiell Manufacturing Company, is an Employee Owned (ESOP) Company and an innovative global leader providing highly engineered precision metallic tubular parts and assemblies for the commercial aircraft, defense, and space segments of the aerospace industry. The Company is seeking an experienced Director of Quality Assurance to join its leadership team.

The successful candidate will be a technical leader with extensive aerospace manufacturing experience and a proven record of successfully managing customer audits, AS9100 Certification, NADCAP audits while providing leadership, mentoring, positive guidance and critical feedback to a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Inspectors, Quality Engineers and NDT technicians. Responsible for implementing quality compliance, assurance, control and improvement initiatives across the enterprise.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Provide leadership and guidance to improve the process quality through data driven decision making while reducing cost of poor quality
Implement improvements to the QMS system and procedures using Lean Manufacturing processes and procedures to ensure quality of the product leaving the facility
Establish programs to evaluate precision and accuracy of equipment and testing
Ensure the development of standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation
Drive improvements for quality standards and supplier certification and supplier quality monitoring
Maintain successful AS9100 & NADCAP certifications through effective Internal Audits
Support Business Development with pre-qualification quality audits by customers.
Supports contract reviews for new contract awards, customer and supplier LTA.
Know and enforce compliance with government regulations such as FAA, ITAR
Co-ordinate and engage with customer/supplier technical teams to resolve MRB matters
Review quality trends and provide management with long-term strategic initiatives
Provide resources to track root cause of problems and oversee the performance of corrective actions
Establish effective metrics to improve first pass yield, scrap, rework and risk management
Establish and implement continuous improvement systems and methods such as cost savings measures
Develop, and manage to, departmental budget

Background & Experience

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

Education: BA/BS Degree required and Advanced Degree is desired and/or years of industry experience can substitute for education

Experience, knowledge and skills:

An experienced professional with 10 plus years of experience and demonstrated leadership abilities and results in any number of aerospace industry fields. The ideal candidate will have the following preferred experience;

Expert knowledge of AS9100, NADCAP (Heat Treat, NDT – Penetrant, Mag, UT) requirements and implementation
Knowledge of OEM Quality Processes such as Boeing (Commercial; Military), Pratt&Whitney, MHI, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Airbus
Demonstrated development, leadership, presentation and interpersonal skills
Exposure to AI-enabled environment would be a plus
Experience in a metal forming manufacturing environment would be a plus

General Requirements:

Comfortable with frequent interactions on the shop floor
Vision & Business results driven with good communication skills
Able to work with cross functional departments.
ITAR verifiable
Able to pass a drug/alcohol test, background check and preplacement physical.

Compensation

Base salary in the range of $135,000 - $145,000
Eligible for annual discretionary bonus
Company contributes approximately 15% of total compensation towards retirement in the form of equity through the ESOP

Salaried Personnel work 9 hour work days Monday through Friday

Pay: $135,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

LeFiell Manufacturing Company

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