Quality Manager
About The Position
The Quality Manager leads and continuously improves the company’s Quality Management System, ensuring that products and processes meet AS9100, ISO 9001, customer, regulatory, and government contract requirements. The role oversees quality assurance, audits, corrective actions, supplier quality, inspection, and continuous improvement at Ducommun’s Performance Center in Carson, California, which supports Human Machine Interface, Motion Control Device, and Radio Frequency product lines. The manager serves as the primary quality contact for customers and government representatives and leads Quality personnel while partnering with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management to resolve quality issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of quality experience.
- 3+ years of quality leadership or management experience.
- Strong knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001.
- Experience with audits, corrective action, nonconformance management, and root-cause analysis.
- Strong leadership and team-management skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
- Strong knowledge of quality systems and manufacturing processes.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.
- Strong understanding of inspection and measurement processes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline.
- Ability to work effectively with customers, auditors, government representatives, engineers, and production personnel.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and quality/ERP systems.
- Ability and willingness to make independent quality decisions, including placing product on hold when requirements are not met.
Nice To Haves
- Quality experience in aerospace, defense, or precision manufacturing.
- Government contracting experience and knowledge of FAR/DFARS.
- Experience working with aerospace customers and/or government contractors.
Responsibilities
- Manage and continuously improve the Quality Management System.
- Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, customer requirements, FAR/DFARS, and applicable government contract requirements.
- Lead internal, customer, registrar, and government audits.
- Manage nonconformances, corrective actions, root-cause analysis, and quality escapes.
- Oversee incoming, in-process, and final inspection.
- Monitor supplier quality and corrective actions.
- Serve as the primary quality contact for customers and government representatives.
- Track quality metrics, including defects, scrap, rework, customer complaints, and corrective actions.
- Lead and develop Quality personnel.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management to resolve quality issues.
- Maintain quality records, traceability, and compliance documentation.
- Promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
