Quality Manager

DeltaHawk Engines, Inc. • Racine, WI

29d • Hybrid

About The Position

Under the direction of the President, the Quality Manager is a hands-on leadership role responsible for directing and maintaining the organization’s quality-management system, with a particular emphasis on the oversight, execution, and continual improvement of incoming material inspection processes. Key duties include establishing and enforcing inspection criteria, monitoring supplier quality performance, managing nonconforming material, and ensuring adherence to applicable standards and regulatory requirements. The role requires effective leadership of the quality team, rigorous documentation control, and proactive engagement in corrective and preventive actions to uphold product integrity and support operational excellence. This leader drives continuous improvement by analyzing non-conformances and collaborating cross functionally to resolve issues. This role blends hands-on inspection with leadership, focusing on procedural development, audits, use and management of calibrated equipment, and maintaining high customer satisfaction through rigorous quality control. This leader will effectively hire, train, and lead people, communicate clearly, set expectations, provide feedback, and resolve conflicts when they arise. They also need to be able to lead by example—their own performance needs to be consistent with the standards they’re setting for their team members and be consistent with DeltaHawk’s Corporate Culture statement and values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in quality management, engineering, business administration or related field AND 7+ years of experience OR 15-years of relevant quality management experience.
• Proficient in GD&T, inspection methods and equipment.
• Experience with tight tolerance machine part inspection.
• Strong Leadership and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a regulated industry.
• Experience with Infor Syteline/CSI or similar ERP system.
• Experience with Solidworks or similar CAD software.
• Passion for aviation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product compliance through dimensional, incoming, and outgoing inspections by defining efficient and accurate inspection methods.
• Establish training programs to continually upgrade employees’ technical capabilities and knowledge of governing procedures, regulations, and requirements.
• Create accurate, efficient, and timely quality work instructions and procedures consistent with the DeltaHawk Quality Manual.
• Participate in design and development projects to represent quality and customer interests.
• Oversee and manage Internal Corrective Action Requests (CARs), ensuring timely and effective root cause analysis and resolution.
• Report on and establish systems for collecting and analyzing statistical data to identify trends and drive product quality improvements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager