Quality Manager - Non-Destructive Testing

Quality Manager - Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

Company:

Aerospace Composite Center, LLC

Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) is seeking a Quality Manager - Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) to join ACC (Aerospace Composites Center) and Labs across the St. Louis/Hazelwood, MO Site. The Aerospace Composites Center has state-of-the-art enabled capabilities and operates to support Boeing’s Fighter Programs.

This role requires a detail oriented, highly organized change agent to lead a team of Non-Destructive Technicians and other teams through the development and implementation of technical strategies to bolster compliance, repeatability, and sustainability within the Quality Organization. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, suppliers and direct reports.

Position Responsibilities:

• Manages, develops, and motivates a team dedicated to fostering a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Acquires and manages resources to ensure inspections satisfy all customer and technical requirements and support required commitment dates
• Provides leadership oversight to ensure organizational compliance is maintained in multiple inspection disciplines throughout the product lifecycle from training & certification through inspection, documentation, and record retention.
• Interface with Operations, Quality, Engineering, regulatory agencies and suppliers/partners to resolve issues impacting component build, test, and delivery. Develops and maintains strategic partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports
• Monitor group performance against program and functional commitments
• Data Analytics. Analyzes results, metrics and trends to influence team strategy and quality performance
• Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals
• Acts as the initial point of escalation for issues or challenges encountered by the team. Capable of effectively triaging and de-escalating issues with impacted parties
• Change Management leader to collaborate and influence cross-functional partners
• Develops functional excellence for Quality across the supported Programs 
• Proactively communicates with leadership team, peers, and customers.
• Keeps others informed by communicating business vision and strategies, program or project status, conducting and participating in leadership meetings, providing presentations and listening to employee concerns and suggestions.
• Creates a culture of continuous improvement by communicating/deploying enterprise best practices and employee engagement to improve cost, quality, delivery, employee job satisfaction and customer satisfaction.
• Works with other management partners across organizational and functional boundaries to execute on programs, drive improvements and corrective actions, identify and mitigate areas of risk, and proactively work to increase first time quality.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• More than 3 years of experience in NDT (non-destructive test)
• More than 3 years of experience with Quality and/or Manufacturing processes and organizations
• More than 3 years of experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with stakeholders (i.e. Customers, suppliers, peers and/or partners)
• More than 3 years of experience with precision test and measurement devices
• More than 1 year of experience performing or supervising nondestructive testing activities in a manufacturing environment
• Proficient utilizing the Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience using schematics, blueprints, sketches, manuals, technical documents, written information, verbal information, applicable procedures, codes and ordinances

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• Leadership experience with technical employees

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies. 

Total Rewards:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range: $108,800 – $147,200

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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