Quality First Level Manager (Aerospace Manufacturing)

Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States

Salary: $72,850–$111,700 per year

Company

hirify.global designs and manufactures commercial aerostructures, including fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components, using composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

What you will do

• Lead and direct quality organizations or provide cross-functional quality integration leadership.
• Establish, oversee, and improve quality processes, policies, procedures, best practices, measures, and prevention plans.
• Coordinate with internal organizations, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies across the product or service lifecycle.
• Manage program quality requirements, customer requirements, product acceptance, program cadence, charts, communications, and presentations.
• Manage quality resources and root cause and corrective actions.
• Educate, train, coach, and provide quality expertise to customers, suppliers, and internal personnel.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a quality discipline and 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience with Quality Management System requirements.
• Experience in aerospace or a manufacturing environment.
• Functional inspection experience.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous assignments in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to support Assembly, Fabrication, and Supply Chain functions.
• Experience with Root Cause and Corrective Action, project management, Microsoft Office applications, and SAP.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree.
• NADCAP certification experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, leadership, time management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Focus on continuous process improvement and ability to analyze and prioritize requirements.
• Working familiarity or functional experience with First Article Inspections.
• Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning.
• Familiarity with inspection tools, machines, CMM, and multiple inspection methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Drug-free workplace with post-offer testing when policy criteria are met.
• Benefits may include health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Eligible employees may qualify for a $5,000 Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years.
• Pay and benefits vary based on geographic location, date of hire, eligibility, and collective bargaining agreements.