Senior Quality Systems Specialist

at  Boeing

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is looking for a Senior Systems Specialist (level 4) to join our Interior Responsibility Center (IRC) team in Everett, Washington.
The Quality Systems Specialist supports and analyzes the quality system that ensures and manages the integrity of company products and services related to BCA interiors. Individual will perform reporting of quality KPI’s to all levels of Operations and Quality Management including the General Manager and advise internal and external stakeholders on IRC Quality Management System (QMS).
In this role, candidate will be expected to: lead the IRC Core Team’s Quality Systems Specialists, collaborate with stakeholders, including program executives, analyze and report quality management system data, trends, and activity, develop quality KPI’s, collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders on quality improvement projects and reporting, and coach all levels of management on quality KPI’s, performance, and trends.
We are committed to provide our team equal opportunity for growth in a stable work environment. We encourage every teammate to feel empowered to bring their best through creativity, innovation, and diversity as this drives a positive culture through transparency, safety, quality, and respect. Above all, Employees will be provided the opportunity to seek, speak, and listen within the organization which they are encouraged to share externally with each Boeing customer to build balanced work relationships.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE):

• 5+ years of experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications
• 5+ years of experience in a role that required you to analyze and summarize raw data from various sources, and recommend executable action plans
• 5+ years of experience in Excel (i.e. formulas, pivot tables, linking worksheets)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Aerospace, Fabrication, or Manufacturing experience
• Experience working with (CMES) Common Manufacturing Execution System
• Experience in working defect reduction strategies within a cross-functional environment
• Experience in performing and coaching root cause analysis and problem solving for all levels of leadership

TYPICAL EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 10 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+8 years’ related work experience, 14 years’ related work experience, etc.).

• Leads Quality reviews of proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Develops Quality budget and cost estimates. Leads multi-function, multi-site groups to develop company directives, policies, processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed.
• Leads stakeholders in analysis of process data, metrics, models and flows to identify root cause of complex problems and development and implementation of preventive or corrective actions.
• Conducts research, compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics to continuously improve process capability.
• Conducts quality source selection and process capability assessments of suppliers’ ability to meet program quality requirements and support business decisions.
• Develops Quality criteria for supplier source selection and a coordinated response for review and approval by senior management.
• Develops scope, schedule, plans and leads hardware, software and system level audits to determine compliance with quality management system standards, configuration assurance, related business, regulatory and customer requirements, and reports results to management.
• Trains senior management on preparation for third party audits.
• Analyzes data to provide material review dispositions for complex nonconforming materials, parts and equipment.
• Assists in the development of new standard repairs for nonconforming materials, parts and equipment.
• Works under minimal direction.