Quality Manager

Amro Fabricating Corporation•Albany, OR

39d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Manager is responsible for leading all quality assurance, quality engineering, and compliance activities for a single-site, AS9100-certified defense contractor. This role serves as the senior authority for the Quality Management System (QMS) and ensures compliance with AS9100, customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements. In a small-company environment, the Quality Manager is both a strategic leader and a hands-on contributor-setting direction while actively supporting engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and programs to ensure product quality, mission reliability and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
8-12+ years of quality experience in aerospace or defense manufacturing.
Demonstrated ownership of an AS91DO-certified QMS, including audit leadership.
Ability and willingness to be hands-on in a small-company setting.
Clear communicator with executives, engineers, and technicians.
Must be a U.S. Person

Responsibilities

Own, maintain, and continuously improve the AS9100-certified Quality Management System.
Ensure compliance with customer quality requirements.
Lead internal audits, management reviews, corrective actions, and document control.
Serve as the primary interface for third-party, customer, and government audits.
Partner with Engineering on design reviews, risk management, configuration control, and change management.
Oversee First Article Inspection (AS9102), nonconformance management, MRB activity, and root cause corrective actions.
Work with manufacturing to ensure process control, inspection effectiveness, and production readiness.
Manage supplier quality activities, including flow down, supplier qualification, performance monitoring, and corrective actions.