QA Auditor I

Aviation Technical Services•Everett, WA

1d•$80,000 - $100,000

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Quality Assurance Auditor I assesses the performance of maintenance, inspection and related organizational services independent of those organizations, to validate compliance to existing company and regulatory requirements. This position makes recommendations and develops improvement strategies to ensure ongoing compliance.

Requirements

Associates degree preferred.
Minimum of five (5) years of recent experience in quality assurance, quality control or aviation maintenance environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Documented auditor training or experience (CASE, ISO, etc.).
FAA A&P Mechanic’s Certificate preferred.

Nice To Haves

Previous leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Plans, schedules and performs audits of entire ATS operation to ensure compliance with company maintenance, inspection and support of policies and procedures.
Performs investigations as needed into maintenance errors in support of the Flight Safety Program.
Develops strategies for continuous improvement.
Updates processes, services, and procedures with developed error reduction strategies.
Records, analyzes and reports the conformity level of quality control and maintenance and initiates required corrective actions.
Analyzes quality performance factors and metrics to determine potential areas of increased surveillance, and to provide appropriate recommendations to affected departments.
Works with all levels of management, regulatory authorities, customer representatives, subcontractor personnel and others as applicable.
Revises and maintains applicable departmental manuals, forms and procedures.
Provides feedback and recommendations to maintenance, quality control, and other essential departments regarding maintenance performance, regulatory audit performance and other factors impacting performance in order to improve customer satisfaction.
Provides representative oversight for a particular customer or regulatory agency to ensure the company meets the intent of regulatory, customer, or company requirements.
Prepares and conducts presentations, audit debriefs, reliability meetings and various other meetings for a wide variety of customers and personnel. Presents quality information to ATS management as well as customer management.
Develops and assists with implementation of new methods and procedures to improve the effectiveness of ATS quality.
Completes and manages Desktop audits for vendors.
Updates all ATS certifications on ATS Connection and ATS Webpage as well as QA folder.
Updates Warranty information into database/spreadsheet.