Quality Director, Global Jobs

The Global Quality Director reports directly to the Sr. Quality Director and supports sites within Stuart, FL, Thomasville, GA, Morton, IL, Cleveland, OH, Orillia, Canada, Guaymas, Mexico, Burnley, United Kingdom and Tunis, Tunisia. The Quality Director duties include, but not limited to providing onsite support, guidance, leadership, to Global eight divisional sites with a quality focus in all areas through a commitment to comply with all internal and external requirements.

Job Summary:

Develop, implement, manage, and continuously improve quality control systems designed to ensure accurate production of aerospace components consistent with established standards, customer specifications. Responsible for leading internal and external audits and ensuring compliance to the Quality Management System. Use kaizen and single piece flow principles to ensure quality compliance at every process step.

Responsibilities & Authority:

• Read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Provide technical and statistical expertise to team.
• Ensure a high level of internal and external customer service. Investigate (and correct) customer issues and complaints relating to quality.
• Identify and/or lead initiatives to improve Quality system compliance.
• Identify and/or lead kaizen to continuously improve delivered product quality.
• Support escape investigations at sites
• Formulate, document, and maintain quality control standards and on-going quality control objectives.
• Use and train in the following quality tools – root cause analysis and problem solving, FMEA, control plans, PPAP, APQP, System audits, SPC.
• Support site quality management at sites with any escalations internally or from customers
• Effectively communicate & present information to all levels of the organization – shop floor, direct reports, and management.
• Lead/Support the implementation of initiatives necessary to improve product quality and delivery (Quality Clinic establishment)
• Working knowledge and development of quality systems and requirements and how they relate to business (i.e. AS9100, NADCAP).
• AS9100 Lead auditor training.
• Identify and work with internal audit team. Lead all internal and external audits.
• Led effort of one AS9100 global certification

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree Engineering desired or relevant experience

• Computer proficiency (Microsoft Excel, Word Outlook, PowerPoint, and internet applications)
• Minimum of seven years of quality related experience
• Experience with developing/documenting procedures.
• Knowledge of quality engineering inspection methods
• Minimum of three years of direct leadership/supervisory experience