Woodward's Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Commitment
At Woodward, no matter where you are from, your physical appearance, or how you identify, you deserve the opportunity to reach your greatest potential. We are on a journey to achieve this as an organization and want to work closely with our members to set the right path.
We humbly acknowledge this will be an imperfect journey. Yet, we are steadfastly committed to embracing the power of diverse people, perspectives and experiences for our current members, attracting the best talent across our communities, and creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace for all.
Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Estimated annual base pay: $101,200 (minimum) - $126,500 (midpoint) - $151,800 (maximum)
All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity
401(k) match (4.5%)
Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
12 paid holidays, including floating holidays
Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave
Paid parental leave
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
Member referral bonus
Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
Voluntary benefits, including:
Home / Auto Insurance discounts
Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave
Are you ready to make your mark? If you're a Quality Leader, we have an exciting opportunity for you. The Quality Manager, Level 1 is responsible to lead and improve a quality engineering organization and for the implementation of quality improvement strategies as well as the continuous improvement of quality systems and business processes primarily supporting a value stream or business area. The incumbent generally reports to a Quality Director, Quality Manager Level 2, or General Manager and works with the leader or other Managers to develop, improve and maintain quality systems and processes to meet business objectives and customer expectations and is relied upon to provide technical expertise in guiding design efforts, customer interactions, and other quality engineering related matters such as problem solving.
What You Will Be Doing
Accountable for coordination and integration of quality assurance processes and procedures which may include the following areas: Government and Regulatory compliance (ISO,AS,TS, FAA, DCMA), Customer Quality Compliance, and internal quality procedural compliance
Supports continuous systemic improvement initiatives
Executes value stream or area level strategic quality plan to meet business objectives and customer expectations. Supports site level strategic quality plan.
Develops and holds staff accountable for quality metrics that enable evaluation of progress to the site strategic plan and goals.
Develops a highly effective and well skilled technical staff and supports the site regarding implementation of PLC, APQP, Lean, process capability/First Pass Yield and continuous improvement initiatives while supporting the maintenance of an effective Six Sigma System.
Represents Woodward primarily from the business area or value stream level to customers, potential customers, regulatory bodies through presentation and communication of the Quality Management System and quality strategies to meet or exceed customer expectations while providing advocacy as needed
Accountable for effective Root Cause and Corrective Action within the site or business area/value streams for escapes (internal or customer) and ensures an effective internal and external corrective action process (timely and effective closures of Corrective Action Requests)
Report customer and internal quality metrics to management. Drives with business area or value stream team corrective action and problem solving to accelerate improvements
Stay abreast of current quality and regulatory trends and methodologies in the applicable industry and utilize this information to recommend proactive strategies and readiness approaches to the leadership team
What We Are Looking For
Bachelor's degree required
2-5 years quality engineering, program management, engineering, and/or operations experience in a manufacturing environment.
2-5 years working with quality management systems with fundamental understanding of quality management systems, process approach, and continuous improvement methods and tools
Evidenced leadership capability for collaborating with internal and external customers toward continuous improvement.
Aerospace regulatory experience preferred.
Experience with APQP and process capability preferred.
Nationally recognized quality certification preferred.
Solid understanding of: QMS; Processes approach; ISO, AS and TS; APQP, LEAN principles, Six Sigma tools and methodologies, other continuous improvement methods to support lean order fulfillment processes. Solid technical toolbox (such as trade-studies, brainstorming, design evaluation matrices, risk management, test methods and systems, configuration management, ECR management, DFMEA, PFMEA, DFR, GD&T, or other appropriate design and analysis tools)
Solid knowledge of statistical concepts and methods to ensure appropriate application and analysis of data, with ability to analyze issues, solve problems and develop others to do... For full info follow application link.
Woodward is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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