Director of Quality Assurance

The Judge Direct Placement is currently seeking a Director of Quality Assurance for an Aviation and Aerospace Manufacturing company in the Fullerton, California area.


COMPENSATION: 135k to 145k plus bonus


LOCATION : Fullerton, California area (Onsite position)


MUST HAVE: BA/BS in a related discipline


MUST HAVE: Extensive Aerospace manufacturing experience including managing customer audits, AS9100 Certification and NADCAP audits


MUST HAVE: Experience managing Inspectors, Quality Engineers and NDT technicians


RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage quality compliance, and assurance and reducing cost of poor quality
- Utilize lean manufacturing to implement improvements to the QMS system
- Evaluate precision and accuracy of equipment and testing
- Develop standards for inspection, testing and evaluation
- Push quality standards and supplier certification / monitoring
- Maintain AS9100 & NADCAP certifications
- Perform Internal Audits
- Support contract reviews (New contract awards and supplier LTA)
- Drive compliance with FAA, ITAR
- Correct MRB matters
- Review quality trends
- Track root cause and perform corrective actions
- Establish metrics (First pass yield, Scrap, Rework, Risk Management)
- Implement continuous improvement systems
- Manage budget


REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors Degree or 10+ years of experience in an aerospace company in Quality Management


Strong AS9100, NADCAP experience including Heat Treat, NDT - Penetrant, Mag, UT, etc
- OEM Quality Processes knowledge
- Metal manufacturing or forming experience
- ITAR approved


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