Quality Manager

Howmet Aerospace•Branford, CT

44d•$115,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With $7.4 Billion in revenue in 2024, our products play a crucial role in enabling fuel efficiency and lightweighting, contributing to our customers’ success and making a positive impact on the world. To learn more about the way Howmet Aerospace Inc. is advancing the sustainability of our customers, markets, and communities where we operate, review the 2024 Environmental Social and Governance report at www.howmet.com/esg-report . Follow: LinkedIn , Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , and YouTube . This position contributes to the overall quality of the product produced and shipped to the customer including work instruction accuracy, customer satisfaction and overall employee knowledge of quality issues. Further, this position ensures Howmet manufacturing and support systems comply with the standards prescribed in AS9100 and standards established by customers and corporate. The Quality Manager has managerial responsibility for the quality assurance, quality engineering, quality control, MDM, and Nondestructive Testing oversight teams, with additional responsibilities including, but not limited to:

Requirements

B.S. Degree from an accredited institution.
Minimum of 7 years’ experience working in manufacturing companies; 5 years working in Engineering and/or Quality
Minimum of five years leadership experience
Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Nice To Haves

ASQC (American Society for Quality Control) certification is preferred for this position
BS Degree in Engineering
Demonstrated Project Management skills.
ASQC (American Society for Quality Control) certification
Audit experience
Strong negotiation skills
Experience with querying databases.
Excellent analytical skills

Responsibilities

Promotes the location quality policy and associated objectives
Ensure the established quality policy is implemented culturally within the plant; comply with regulatory and customer requirements
Foster continuous improvement
Establishes measurable quality objectives consistent with business unit and corporate objectives; aligns those objectives with organizational purpose and priorities
Provides framework for reviewing quality objectives and quality management systems
Conducts management reviews of quality management systems per business operating procedures
Maintains and achieves customer satisfaction goals
Plans and executes continuous improvement activities to improve effectiveness and suitability of quality management systems
Aligns resources to meet quality management system objectives and continuous improvement activities
Maintains quality management system integrity during planned system changes
Establishes and enforces quality management processes as part of an overall system
Understands and drives compliance to customer quality requirements, and assists in resolution of quality issues
Functions as primary source of information and communication regarding the effectiveness of the quality management system; regularly solicits input for informal audits and continuous improvement
Communicates the importance of meeting customer, legal, statutory, regulatory, and internal quality requirements to all levels of the organization
Informs customers of any significant organizational changes
Promotes customer awareness throughout the organization
Recognizes and cultivates the potential in others
Synthesizes and explains data to influence and lead
Maintains high attendance record
Planning --tracks audits and other event-based interventions and ensures involvement of correct parties; coordinates efforts to ensure success; furthers the strength of the system with continuous improvement efforts and measurement; prioritizes well
Integrity --uncompromising adherence to standards and values; makes judgments based on immutable criteria and empowers others to do the same; protects organizational IP; acts as the conscience of the organization; holds the tension of organizational and customer interests and advocates based on objective data; interprets specifications through the lenses of values, reputation and safety
Influence without direct authority --provides justification for decisions and direction; presents a compelling case for needed efforts or change to parties with varying interests and priorities; aligns peers and stakeholders to achieve both tangible and anticipated objectives
Orchestration and coordination --understands the respective functions of the enterprise and how they interact; assesses relative strengths and weaknesses of both system and individual components; capitalizes on organizational and individual strengths to achieve objectives; collaborates with multiple areas of practice to ensure system and product integrity; works toward consistency and alignment when objective data is limited
Courage and presence --willing to take unpopular stands on behalf of quality, safety and established standards; stops processes when needed; asks for help; advances a culture of transparency and checks and balances; takes immediate action when warranted; proactive in seeking customer approvals; able to make presentations; persuasive
Analysis --understands cause and effect; able to discern root cause of an issue; can determine the best course of action quickly even if either limited information or multiple inputs exist
Relationship-oriented --builds trust with team, peers and cross functionally; collaborates and shares decision-making; anticipates needs of internal and external stakeholders and acts in proactive ways to address or mitigate them; negotiates in good faith; thinks win-win; sees self and function as an integral part of the team; acts with respect
Detail orientation --understands and tracks multiple customer specifications and communicates to internal stakeholders; understands external audit elements and prepares organization and its functions accordingly; implements and oversees final review elements; understands organizational capabilities and matches those to customer requests and requirements; provides easy to follow work instructions; manages coverage schedule
Perspective --patient within the larger scale of the business; willing to take one step back to take 2 steps forward or “slow down to power up”; focused on continuous improvement, strength of the system, outcomes and indicators
Communication --listens well and takes multiple perspectives into consideration; articulates priorities and future possibilities clearly and frequently; interacts with operators, managers and customers and customizes approach to each stakeholder group
Coach/Mentor/Manager -- formally and informally develops others and contributes to talent factory strategy; provides direction, review, reassurance, encouragement, challenge, recognition on an individual basis; promotes growth and development in associates; inspires risk; continually assesses and reassesses talent and fit to role based on individual and collective performance