Quality Manager

Elmhurst, Illinois Permanent USD100,000 - USD130,000 per year View Job Description
Our client is in search of a Quality Manager who possesses strategic acumen and a deep understanding of aerospace quality systems to guide their team. They specialize in manufacturing precision components for the aerospace and defense industries, producing items such as gearboxes, ball screws, pumps, and actuators.
  • Stable customer base
  • Competitive salary

About Our Client

Our client is a manufacturer specializing in precision components for the aerospace and defense industries, producing high-volume products like gearboxes, ball screws, pumps, and actuators. With established partnerships with top aerospace producers and significant revenue growth, they are looking for a professional to manage both internal quality control and customer quality assurance to support their ongoing success.

Job Description

  • Develop and maintain quality and site related documentation and the upkeep of process implementation and adoption.
  • Ensuring conformance to established standards and aerospace requirements and develop appropriate measures for assuring compliance to the defined processes.
  • Conduct frequent audits to ensure continued compliance and upkeep of processes required by AS9100 and NADCAP standards.
  • Ensure annual audit plan is conducted, review audit packages, train auditors, establish and maintain records of compliance, analyze audit metrics and develop improvement plans.
  • Oversee project time lines and co-manage multi-department working teams.
  • Assist in meeting team goals through coaching, training, guiding, directing, consulting and teaching necessary personnel.
  • Assure adequate support for the current system, collaborate with users to develop refinements, upgrades, or additional capability to support the strategic business objectives.
  • Manage the Corrective & Preventive Action Board (CAPA) and the Corrective Action Request (CAR) process by tracking CAR status and ensuring root cause analysis and corrective actions are effective and timely.
  • Work with other departments and personnel as necessary to assure accurate responses and perform verification and follow up activities.
  • Ensure the QMS conforms to the requirements of AS9100.
  • Conduct Management Reviews as the management representative, reporting on the performance of the QMS and on opportunities for improvement.
  • Achieve customer satisfaction scorecard metrics for quality and delivery and coordinate recovery plans as required.



MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

  • BS degree in Engineering or Technical Field preferred
  • Experience AS9100, NADCAP, or other aerospace/defense related systems
  • Strong management experience
  • Manufacturing background in precision machining, gears preferred
  • Strong quality skills pertaining to root cause analysis and corrective actions
  • ASQ certification highly preferred
  • Six Sigma Black Belt highly preferred
  • PMP certification highly preferred

What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary between $100,000 - $130,000 depending on match with preferred skills
  • 401k, Health Insurance
  • 4 total weeks PTO
  • Stable company consistent customer base
Contact
Max Sinton
Quote job ref
JN-012025-6653414

Job summary

Sector
Engineering & Manufacturing
Sub Sector
Quality, Technical
Industry
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Elmhurst
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Max Sinton
Job Reference
JN-012025-6653414