Quality Inspection Manager - North Hollywood

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Quality Inspection Manager

Reports To: Director, Quality

Location: North Hollywood, CA

Position Summary The Quality Inspection Manager provides leadership, direction, and training for the quality inspectors group within a business unit. Manages day-to-day functioning of the Quality Assurance Team to ensure areas of work, customer services and product qualities are maintained to the highest standards.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (Describe the major duties of the job. List the Essential Duties and Responsibilities in order of most time spent to least. To the right under the % column, include the % for each item or group of items that are to total 100%)

Job Duty

• Perform all essential duties as the Quality Inspection Manager as defined in the QMS
• Lead Quality Inspection teams to support customer needs, company requirements and compliance items.
• Manages staff selection, performance, development, and training processes to ensure team competencies and capabilities to reach the business goals and expectations
• Develops, implements and maintains technical quality assurance and control systems and activities o Defines and specifies the implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy, and reliability of company products.
• Responsible for ensuring that all purchased material and fabricated parts meet established standards.
• Assure that there is an effective calibration and maintenance program for mechanical and electrical test instrument integrity.
• Responsible for the techniques and methods used, and personnel employed in the inspection process, assuring that products are manufactured according to required workmanship practices and standards.
• Responsible for final acceptance testing of all products.
• Provide guidance on inspection plan by part by metrology-mode.
• Establish plant specific CMM standards and guidelines.
• Provide quality leadership to all functions within the plant to achieve Customer Satisfaction and overall business objectives
• Provide technical guidance and leadership for GD&T and SPC implementation and interpretation
• Monitor Performance and determine necessary training for inspection team, as well as all manufacturing employees
  
  

Direct Reports - Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources

Indirect Reports - May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Finance and Budgetary Oversight

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

• Travel up to 25%
  
  

Minimum Qualifications The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job

Education Level: (Required): Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience: 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing quality assurance environment 4 to 6 years supervisory experience with documentation and implementation of quality and continuous improvement systems. Experience leading an Inspection team. 2 to 5 years experience with CMM management

Skills, Knowledge And Abilities List

• Must have application knowledge of military and world class quality specifications
• Knowledge of Quality Control practices and techniques
• Worked in a union environment
• Must have excellent working knowledge in military and aerospace standards
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Must be able to write technical procedures, reports, and correspondence.
• Must be able to work independently as well as with a team.
• Must assist in proposal writing.
• Must be familiar with software configuration control processes.
• Must be familiar with power electronics aerospace and military standard practices.
• Experience with implementation and management of PPAP
• Experience with implementation and execution of PFMEA process
• Experience with implementation and execution of APQP process
• Experience with coordination and management of customer requirement changes and flow down
• Must be a team player experienced in working as a team to meet commitments and meet challenges
• Must be excellent at developing employees
• Computer literate with ability to develop reports, spread sheets and other required reports
  
  

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Manufacturing / Non-Sedentary Requirements Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work may be performed in an office or warehouse environment. Typically requires the ability to spend 66%+ hours each work day doing the following activities: stand for extended periods of time, walk, bend, stoop, or climb. May have possible exposure to dust, and may require the ability to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds 33% - 66% of the time.