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Description of Role: Responsible for ensuring manufactured/supplied products meet or exceed standards of quality, reliability, and performance. develop, implement, and manage quality control systems designed to ensure continuous production of FXC/Guardian materials and applications, consistent with established standards and customer specifications. Supervise and mentor a team of quality control inspectors. This is a hands-on position. Improving and reviewing new specifications and procedures for products or processes and conduct training with inspection personnel. Assist in establishing the requirements for raw materials from suppliers and monitoring their compliance. Ensure compliance with company quality policy, vision, and mission statements. This position reports to the Quality Assurance Manager. Job Requirements: Ensure a high level of internal and external communication with customers. Investigate and correct customer issues and complaints relating to quality control and quality assurance. Supervise workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure high productivity with high technical integrity. Develop and analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and to establish quality and reliability expectancy of finished products. Coordinate government source inspection activity, call for source after product have been inspected internally. Establish data for first pass yields for receiving inspection, inspection and test, track production inspection escapes and report results to the ERP and to the QA Manager. Coordinate process control activities with quality engineers Provide technical and statistical expertise to teams. Formulate, document, and maintain quality control standards and company quality control objectives. Coordinate objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other managers Create, document, and implement inspection criteria, workmanship, and procedures for QC. Inspecting the final output, comparing it to the requirements, and approving or rejection the final product to include the shipping process. Maintain documented information of inspection outputs, nonconformity, customer returns and document results. Conduct product investigation, CAPA and provide results to quality assurance manager Give quality control input to contract review activity Interpret quality control philosophy to key personnel within company. Provide and oversee inspection process for product throughout production life cycle. Apply continuous improvement quality tools and approaches to charting and reporting processes. Interact with suppliers to ensure quality of purchased parts. Maintain active role on internal continuous improvement team. Design, develop and implement quality control training programs for inspection personnel. Conduct internal process audits per ISO 9001 requirements Support the management representative in achieving company goals and objectives Complete 1 improvement project per year as it pertains to process, product, or QC system Preferred Skills: AS9100/ISO9001 training and implementation experience Internal Auditing, FAI, and strong CAPA, FMEA experience Project, process management Experience in the use of precision tools Supervision, Coaching, and Managing Processes Collaborative/team-based management style preferred Problem solving skills; process, electromechanical production, and inspection Strong knowledge of mathematics, data analysis, and statistical methods Use of inspection tools, methods, processes, and maintain inspection tools Knowledge and experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or higher, Quality Assurance Certification and ASQ-CQE, 7-10 years of experience in quality control management and inspection activities Management and leadership skills Ability to create and manage budgets Demonstrate ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, identify, and address problems, meet deadlines, and stay within budgeted hours. Must have excellent writing and communication skills Work collaboratively with process improvement teams Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit for extended periods of time. Lift 25-50lbs Personal Attributes: Motivation: Must be ambitious, like to work hard, be highly motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment. Must share the senior management team’s vision of building a world class business. Integrity: Has highest standards of integrity reflected in all external and internal communications. Strategic Thinking: Must have the strategic vision to create and execute long term planning and processes. Communication: Exceptional communicator in written and oral forms, with a collaborative and flexible style. Personality: Self-motivated, high energy, respectful, honest, hard-working and loyal team player. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and be able to pass a background check