Engineer, Quality

at  AAA USA

POSITION SUMMARY:

AAA, United States, Inc. has partnered with a company in Stuart, Florida that is a leading global aerospace manufacturer that specializes in the design and production of aircraft, aerospace equipment, and systems. With a rich heritage dating back to 1863, they are committed to delivering innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of the aerospace industry. We are looking for experienced Engineer, Quality who are seeking their next opportunity in a complex and ever-changing work environment!

REQUIREMENTS:

• BA/BS or equivalent and 10 years of experience in the quality field.
• Must possess root cause analysis and corrective action skills and must promote and mentor this methodology across his/her department, the programs he/she supports and across the other departments at the site and the division.
• Ability to read and speak English proficiently required in order to perform the job

• Reviews and participates in BOEs and SOW review for new proposals for estimating Inspection, QE, NDI and FAI support hours for the job.
• Supports Supplier Quality Assurance Requirements Planning.
• Supports supplier, internal and customer (if required) FAI processes. Conducts FAI Planning for internal manufactured assemblies and/or details.
• Participates and supports the CDM CIMS Process as the Quality representative for his/her respective program(s).
• Quality approving authority of Production Planning Instructions to assure adequacy of planning documents to FAI Plans and incorporation of the required inspection points. Includes Customer Source Inspection Points if required by contract.
• Supports Operations, Engineering, PM and other functional groups by providing trend analysis and root cause analysis investigations in support of internal and external processes and products and documents the required corrective actions.
• Generates periodic program Quality metrics in support of his/her assigned program for internal reporting and customer reporting to include: Program Core Meetings, Site Reviews, Division Reviews, etc. by collecting, trending and reporting on Quality related issues/potential risks affecting his/her assigned program(s).
• Supports customer interface activities with customer’s Quality Assurance Representatives.
• Supports Customer Program Reviews and Customer visits for Quality Assurance to include customer audits.
• Champions corrective action efforts for both internal and external customers utilizing internal corrective action databases (i.e., CARTS, C-CARTS, and SPCARTS) as well as external customer corrective action databases.
• Effective communicator, leader and mentor of Quality Assurance principles.
• Leading and mentoring the other PQEs on matters involving their respective programs. Leading department training needs for PQE and inspection personnel (i.e., MES, MEDS, SAP, QSM and VWIs, Skills Training, BOE training, etc.).
• Supporting Management Level meetings in support of the Quality Director, when requested.
• Leading efforts involving the generation and collection of Quality metrics and other related data for the organization and providing any necessary training.
• Acting as Quality Director when his/her Director is out of office and taking responsibility for the department’s day to day activities to include the generation of status reports, approval of timecards, addressing any personnel issues and having full signature authority on behalf of the Quality Director.