Quality Supervisor

CIRCOR Aerospace & Defence • Warren, MA

34d • $104,714 - $130,893 • Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Supervisor leads the Quality program for the business unit at CIRCOR’s Warren site, supporting Operations and Supply and using the CIRCOR Operating System to drive systemic process improvements. The position partners daily with stakeholders across the Warren business, from Operations to external customers, and plays a critical role in advocating for customers. The role manages union inspectors for pumps and valves and oversees inspection prioritization, throughput, performance reporting, inspection backlogs, resource balancing, and inspection scheduling.

Requirements

• Experience as a quality supervisor in a manufacturing or industrial setting, with at least 3 years leading a team.
• Experience with ISO audits and certification and MIL-I-45208.
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Leadership ability, strategic thinking, capacity to foster innovation, time-management skills, and unquestionable integrity.
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflict and change.
• Metrology experience using scanning tools, CMMs, or similar equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of Defense contracts and specifications, including the ability to work closely with shipyards and DCMA inspectors.
• Understanding of FAR clauses and contract requirements and how to flow them down to ensure compliance through production and inspection plans.
• Experience with military contract inspections, NDT processes, ISO, and other government technical documents.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team of union inspectors for both pumps and valves.
• Establish and maintain inspection prioritization and throughput methods in collaboration with Production.
• Provide updates during daily production meetings.
• Review and audit Novacura job tracking.
• Maintain inspector timecards.
• Manage performance reporting, including Gemba board support, bowler charts, and RAILs.
• Assist Operations in reducing customer-reported quality issues.
• Lead 5S activities in inspection areas.
• Reduce and manage backlogs across incoming, in-process, PT, final, and other inspection types.
• Balance resources according to workload and schedule cross-training and certification activities.
• Manage hold-point and source-inspection scheduling.

Benefits

• Employee ownership program; all employees are owners of the company.
• Generous paid time off policy.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance available from the first day.
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability insurance.
• Educational assistance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Employee referral bonus program.

What This Job Offers

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