BIRNS, an AS9100 certified leading high-tech manufacturer in West Ventura County, is seeking an energetic and experienced Quality Assurance Manager. We are the performance and quality leader in our field—our products’ superior performance is objectively-verifiable—and we produce connector and lighting systems that improve the safety and efficiency of the Marine, Military, and Nuclear Power Generation industries.
Our QA Manager has ultimate responsibility for Quality Management of all BIRNS design, manufacturing and supply operations. The QA Manager teams with our Manufacturing and Engineering leadership to ensure implementation and ongoing maintenance of quality systems, and is responsible for the oversight and management of our QMS. The QA Manager also drives continuous improvements in safety and financial performance, employee development, and customer satisfaction per our corporate business plan, and moves the company toward implementation of, and certification to, ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001.
Policy Implementation:
1. Interpret and implement quality assurance standards.
2. Draft the Company’s Quality policies and procedures and implement them after approval.
3. Review and revise the Company’s Quality Manual as needed.
Reporting:
1. Collect, compile, record, analyze and distribute statistical quality data to monitor the Company’s performance. Analyze data to identify areas for improvement in the quality system. Measure quality costs, report thereon to Management, and drive continuous quality costs reductions.
2. Monitor and assess risk management activities
3. Manage, monitor and report on results of customers’ supplier scorecards.
4. Report to President monthly on NCRs, RMAs, CAPAs, and quality costs.
5. Measure and quarterly report to Management the on-going effectiveness of the QA Program in meeting its objectives, including problems, areas for improvement, and/or conditions adverse to quality. Prepare reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities. Develop, recommend and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
Quality Assurance:
1. Assess customer requirements and ensure expectations are met. Assure that finished products and documentation comply with the quality requirements of the customer’s order.
2. Oversee the performance of all Verification and Validation activities to ensure that they are performed and properly documented.
3. Oversee the evaluation of procurement sources, to determine their ability to meet our quality requirements. Report on the results therefrom, and periodically update that evaluation.
4. Work closely with customers, operating groups and suppliers to resolve quality related issues through effective root cause problem solving techniques. Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues. Respond to customer Requests for Corrective Action, and oversee the initiation, resolution, and follow-up of corrective and preventative actions to adverse quality conditions, to assure conformity with quality specifications and standards.
5. Operate the Material Review Board, and oversee disposition of all nonconforming items.
6. Manage the quality audit process. Lead, participate in and document periodic internal and external audits and other quality assurance activities, and approve all resulting procedures and changes.
7. Investigate and evaluate quality problems to determine root cause and prevent recurrence.
8. Develop a unified quality culture through consistent quality of production by developing and enforcing quality processes and procedures. Act as a catalyst for change and improvement in quality performance.
9. Validate processes by establishing specifications and quality attributes; measuring production; documenting evidence; determining operational and performance qualification; writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
10. Oversee the proper maintenance of all Quality records and documentation.
11. Recruit direct-report employees and select, orient, train, assign, and schedule them; communicate job expectations, monitor, coach, counsel, appraise, and review their job contributions; plan and review compensation actions; enforce policies and procedures, and discipline as needed.
Quality Control & Metrology:
1. Supervise all quality activities and personnel in the QC laboratory to inspect and test materials, components, subassemblies, assemblies, and final products.
2. Coach/mentor staff to achieve continuous employee development
3. Oversee the calibration and repair of all test and measuring equipment.
4. Oversee inspection of incoming items to verify conformance to requirements, and inspection of in-process items (e.g., first-article inspections).

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering or a related field from a four-year accredited college or university and ten years of related quality management experience in a medical device or aerospace manufacturing environment, experience in a supervisory, management, or leadership role and experience managing and overseeing an AS9100 quality system; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience implementing ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and/or ISO 50001 is a plus.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $90,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Oxnard, CA 93033: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• How many years of overseeing a Quality Management System (QMS) do you have?

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Quality management : 10 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• ASQC Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In perso

Please refer the Job description for details