Quality Assurance Supervisor

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Date: Sep 24, 2026

Location: Cromwell, CT, US

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

GKN Aerospace is ‘s werelds meest toonaangevende leverancier binnen de vliegtuigindustrie. Met 32 productielocaties in 12 landen bedienen we meer dan 90% van ‘s werelds vliegtuig- en motorfabrikanten en een omzet behaald van £3.6 miljard in 2025. Wij ontwerpen en produceren innovatieve slimme ruimtevaartsystemen en componenten. Elke keer dat je per vliegtuig reist, is het waarschijnlijk dat GKN je op weg helpt.
We zijn op zoek naar mensen die een verschil willen maken, getalenteerde medewerkers met de vaardigheden en passies om het beste te worden in wat ze doen.

Job Summary

The Dimensional Inspection Supervisor leads the team responsible for verifying that aerospace components meet engineering drawings, customer requirements, and applicable quality standards. This role oversees daily inspection priorities, develops inspectors, resolves measurement issues, and partners with Manufacturing and Engineering to support safe, reliable, and on-time production.

Salary Range for position: $85,769 $107,211

Offered benefits may include:

• 15 days Paid Time Off

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Life Insurance
• Optional Life Insurance
• Optional Spousal Life Insurance
• Optional Dependent Life Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Optional Accidental Death &Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Care Savings Account (HSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Insurance
• Voluntary Identity Theft Insurance
• Voluntary Legal Services

Job Responsibilities

• Supervise and coach dimensional inspectors, including work assignments, training, performance feedback, and qualification planning.
• Plan inspection coverage for incoming, in-process, first article, and final inspections based on production needs and product risk.
• Ensure inspection methods correctly interpret drawings, specifications, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), and customer requirements.
• Oversee the use of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), manual measuring equipment, fixtures, and other approved metrology tools.
• Review inspection results and records for accuracy, traceability, and completeness. Escalate discrepancies promptly and support containment and disposition of nonconforming product.
• Partner with Quality Engineering, Manufacturing, and Engineering to investigate dimensional issues, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain appropriate calibration status, equipment readiness, and measurement practices across the inspection area.
• Monitor workload, turnaround time, repeat findings, and other inspection performance measures; use the results to improve flow and reduce escapes.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in the operation of and compliance with all safety, hazardous material handling and disposal requirements in accordance with government regulations and company procedures.
• Perform Process and product audits.
• Prepare inspection reports, document observations such as non-conformances.
• Communicate ideas, problems and suggestions to supervisory authority.
• Maintain a clean work environment (including assigned storage and cleaning duties) in full compliance with all internal, customer and government regulations.
• Comply with Human Resources policies in a manner that is fair and equitable for all employees while ensuring optimum productivity and resource utilization and a safe workplace.
• Fully comply with the Company "Policy Statement on Contracting with the United States Government" in all areas of responsibility involving direct and indirect contracting with the government.
• Perform other assignments and tasks as directed.
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Job Qualifications

Education

• High School or technical school graduate (preferred two years engineering or technical college education).

  Formal Qualifications

• MUST BE A U.S Citizen.
• Experience with aerospace quality management systems, including AS9100.
• Familiarity with AS9102 first article inspection requirements.
• Experience with CMM programming, inspection planning, or measurement system improvement.
• Background in root cause analysis, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
• Technical degree, metrology training, or relevant quality certification.

Success in This Role

  The successful supervisor builds a capable inspection team, delivers dependable measurement results, identifies issues early, and helps the Wallingford operation meet customer requirements without compromising product quality.

Diversity Inclusion and Belonging (DIB)

As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success.

A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams around the world.

GKN is an equal opportunity employer.

We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.