Director of Quality

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 relations dicipline

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

MUST BE: A US Citizen or a Green Card Holder

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