Quality Manager

Quality Manager Role

Aircraft Technology, Inc., (ATI), a subsidiary of HEICO Corporation, is an FAA/EASA Part 145 Repair Station. ATI supports a wide range of rotary and fixed wing components found on both commercial and military platforms around the world.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the managing of the company's Quality Assurance/Control functions this includes the daily managing of the incoming, in-process, NDT, and final inspection activities.
• Works with Engineering and Production with new repair capability.
• Provides periodic detailed quality reports to the General Manager as requested for use in monitoring progress, annual budgets, staffing, and efficiency.
• Must have a high sense of urgency and the ability to meet schedule requirements.
• Responsible for technical data and ensuring currency.
• Represents the company during customer visits, audits, and meetings.
• Ensures all Quality Control metrics are met.
• Implements systems to minimize downtime by reducing production rework and recalls.
• Must be able to read and understand Service Bulletins, service letters, and Airworthiness Directives approved by the FAA or industry-accepted standard practices.
• Ensures quality processes are followed based on FAA regulations and manual procedures.
• Interprets quality assurance philosophy to key personnel in the organization.
• Establishes inspection procedures for receipt of materials, in-process, and final acceptance activities.
• Responsible for all the reports of Quality inspections, results, corrective actions, and recommended preventive actions.
• Reviews Quality efficiency and approves time.
• Organized and able to prioritize work activities to meet production schedules.
• Recommends tools and equipment to operate the business.
• Responsible for compliance applicable to regulatory requirements.
• Writes, updates, and maintains SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for the Quality Assurance Program.
• Manages the outside vendor program.
• Manages inspectors to accomplish inspection activities.
• Ensures that the processes implemented for the Quality Control systems are being maintained.
• Define test standards and specify test equipment and procedures.
• Participate in design review meetings to contribute quality assurance requirements and considerations.
• Supervise and train all members of the quality control department to ensure their expertise and productivity.
• Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and actions being taken to improve the situation.
• Works with Customer Service to coordinate inspection and acceptance activities.
• Review Quality requirements with customer representatives to ensure compliance.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality standards.
• Review contractually required documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Performs special assignments related to product support requiring the gathering and analysis of data.
• Establish and maintain calibration procedures for instrumentation to assure traceability of instrumentation.
• Responsible for warranties and customer complaints.
• Audits technical and managerial processes to ensure compliance.
• Manages the scrap program.
• Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, suppliers, and direct reports.
• Manages, develops, and motivates employees.
• Provides education and coaching on the Quality System.
• Responsible make airworthiness determinations on behalf of the company.
• Managers the daily activities of the QC Supervisor.
• Manages the safety program.
• Perform other duties, as required.