Senior Quality Engineer Supervisor

Job Description:

CNC Machine Facilities & Textiles – Full Time Salary

Pay Range: Dependent on Education & Experience

Direct Report: Quality Manager, President & Vice President of Falcon

MANAGEMENT DUTIES – has direct reports:

· Promote health and safety of the workforce.

· Carrying out and attaining the mission and the goals of the business unit managed.

· Development of an employee-oriented company culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, key employee retention and development, and high performance.

· Personal ongoing self-development and personal growth as an employee.

Primary Objectives

· Provide oversight and direction to the employees under your supervision in the operating unit in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures.

· Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities.

· Consciously create a workplace culture that is consistent with the overall organizations and that emphasizes the identified mission, vision, guiding principles, and values of the organization.

· Lead employees using a performance management and development process that provides an overall context and framework to encourage employee contribution and includes goal setting, feedback, and performance development planning.

· Lead employees to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, continuous improvement, and goal accomplishment.

· Maintain transparent communication. Appropriately communicate organization information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate email, IM (Instant Messaging), and regular interpersonal communication.

Perform Department Improvement

· Plan, evaluate, and improve the efficiency of business processes and procedures to enhance speed, quality, efficiency, and output.

· Establish and maintain relevant controls and feedback systems to monitor the operation of the department.

· Review performance data that includes financial, sales, and activity reports and spreadsheets, to monitor and measure departmental productivity, goal achievement, QMS KPI's and overall effectiveness.

· Communicate regularly with other managers, the director, vice president, president, and other designated contacts within the organization.

· Perform other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain ISO 9001/AS-9100 Quality Management System
• Interface with Management team to support growth and success.
• Manage quality team and training
• Manage quality schedule
• Track, monitor and report company KPI's and quality metrics related to the companies processes and performance.
• Review and provide feedback and/or approval of Falcon internally created models and 2D drawings.
• Create CAD models for production
• Inspect FAT, PLT's, TMTS, and products
• Responsible for maintaining training records, with help from HR and Management team
• Maintain calibration system for inspection equipment and measuring items.
• Suggest and implement ideas to improve procedures and efficiency.
• Oversee new vendor onboarding and vendor rating system.
• Capable of Inspecting product (Visually, Mechanically and Electrically) and review documentation at applicable surveillance process steps (In-Process or Final) per print specifications, work orders, sales orders purchase order, and documented procedures.
• Work with manufacturing to resolve quality issues
• Be able Conduct First Article Inspections if needed
• Be able to assist with Customer In-Process Source Inspections if needed
• Review and approve redlines to documentation and update QMS related procedures/work instructions.

· Consistent 40-hour work week while production is active on site.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

· ACCOUNTABILITY - Accountable for measurable, high quality, timely, and cost effective results.

· INITIATIVE - Takes prompt action to accomplish tasks and meet goals and objectives.

· PROBLEM SOLVING/DECISION MAKING - Identifies and analyzes problems weighing the relevance and accuracy of available information. Generates and evaluates alternative solutions and makes effective and timely decisions.

· QUANTITY/QUALITY of WORK - Pays close attention to detail. Strives to achieve accuracy and consistency in all tasks.

· SERVICE ORIENTATION – Applies effective interpersonal and problem-solving skills when responding to customers, fellow employees, or outside contractors.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Quality Engineer or Manager in a n aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Excellent computer skills, good with documentation, organized and efficient.
• Experience with geometric dimensioning & tolerancing
• Dependable, flexible, excellent communication – verbal and written.
• Experience with MRP/ERP and Manufacturing Quality Control.
• Be experienced in reading blue prints, defining measurement techniques, performing inspections and documenting data.
• Experience using magnifying devices, test equipment, and precision measuring instruments (micrometers, indicators, calipers and comparators) is highly desired.
• Must be familiar with AIS9100 or similar Quality System. Military/Aerospace regulations familiarity is highly desired.
• Read blueprints and specifications: 4 years Required
• Ability to understand aerospace specifications and the flow-down of information
• Ability to assist product and support employees with quality issues when necessary
• Ability to perform First Articles, First Piece, Floor, Receiving, Final and Outside Process Inspection
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent - Must have demonstrated computer literacy.
• Must be a U.S. person in order to comply with all applicable U.S. export control and security regulations

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

(*) The work environment for this job is in an office and can require you to go into the manufacturing shop floor, which is heated and air-conditioned. The noise level is usually high due to industrial machines. This position requires frequent walking, frequent standing, frequent lifting, frequent typing, frequent use of a computer screen, as well as sitting at a desk.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

(*) The position requires that the employee be regularly required to stand, move, talk, see, and hear. The employee is regularly required to life, stand; walk; reach with hands and arms. Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, and color vision. Specific physical abilities include abilities to move items in all directions with body, hands, and fingers.

(*) Note: Both the Physical Demand and Work Environment sections are required by the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability of hearing, sight, smell and touch, coupled with eye/hand coordination.
• Extensive use of arms, hands, and fingers in the manipulation of tools, objects and controls is necessary
• Lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Walk, stand, and/or sit for an entire shift.
• Work in repetitive environment to include one or more of the following for an entire shift: Grasp Grip, Reach, Pull, Push, Bend, Squat, Kneel or Balance.
• Work in different climates, such as heat or cold, for an entire shift.

WORK LOCATION:

• One location; Mesa, AZ Required)

PRIMARY LANGUAGE:

• English (Required)
• Bilingual skills preferred (English/Spanish)

WORK AUTHORIZATION:

• United States (Required)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person