Senior Specialist, Special Process Supplier Quality Auditor

Role Overview

• The Supplier Quality Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of components and materials procured from external suppliers for aerospace manufacturing.
• Collaborating with suppliers to establish and maintain quality standards.
• Conducting thorough assessments and Special Process audits.
• Implementing quality control processes and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and safety.
• Evaluating new and existing suppliers' capabilities, quality management systems, and adherence to corporate aerospace and or industry standard regulations to special processing requirements.
• Conducting comprehensive supplier audits and assessments to verify compliance with quality requirements and specifications.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to qualify new suppliers and ensure they meet the stringent quality standards of the aerospace industry.
• Developing and implementing quality control audit criteria, and executing supplier special processing audits to support product acceptance for incoming materials, components, and assemblies.
• Performing thorough special process reviews and evaluations ensure compliance with aerospace processing specifications and standards.
• Detecting Special Processing audit checklists, logging findings/discrepancies, coordinating effective Corrective and Preventative actions to closure in a timely manner.
• Monitoring supplier performance through regular evaluations, statistical analysis, and root cause analysis of non-conformances for potential effects to special processing.
• Identifying opportunities for special process audit improvements within the supply chain to enhance product quality, reduce costs, and increase efficiency.
• Leading or participating in cross-functional teams to drive quality improvement projects and initiatives, leveraging tools such as Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.
• Analyzing quality data, trends, and metrics to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions.
• Providing training and support to suppliers on special process qualifications and approval, including internal AR methods process specifications, and or industry standards.
• Ensuring that suppliers comply with all relevant aerospace regulations, standards, and customer requirements, may include AS9100, and or NADCAP.
• Staying informed about AR methods processing specification changes and industry standard updates affecting supplier quality management, ensuring timely implementation of necessary changes.
• Supporting AR compliance audits and inspections by providing documentation, evidence of compliance, and assistance during AR Customer or AS9100 3rd party Registrar audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant quality experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related quality experience
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related quality experience
• Possess a valid state issued driver’s license
• Strong problem solving, RCCA and investigation experience
• Certified Quality Auditor strongly preferred and or Lead Auditor accreditation
• Prior Special Processing auditing experience
• Experience with Nadcap eAuditNet and/or OASIS as applicable
• Fluent with MS Office Suite Software
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to synthesize and analyze data from several sources and develop a plan to take action based upon the data
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within a close-knit team environment.

Benefits

• health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• education assistance
• parental leave
• paid time off
• company-paid holidays