Why This Role Stands Out
As a Manufacturing Quality Specialist at APM Manufacturing, you'll drive crucial quality initiatives within a reputable aerospace sector, offering a solid hourly rate of $25-$35 and significant opportunities for skill development. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented professional eager to enhance processes and contribute to maintaining high manufacturing standards. Apply to elevate your career in quality assurance!
Quick Overview
Job Description
$25-$35/hr.
Position Summary:
The Quality Manufacturing Quality Specialist at APM Manufacturing will ensure compliance to customer-specific aerospace requirements. This role supports internal and external quality processes, leads continuous improvement efforts, and plays a vital part in quality planning, audits, and root cause investigations to uphold the integrity of our precision manufacturing standards.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with production, planning, and engineering to improve processes and ensure quality.
- Analyze quality trends and participate in RCCA (Root Cause and Corrective Action) processes.
- Evaluate supplier performance using key performance indicators (KPIs) including quality, delivery, responsiveness, and cost metrics; develop and maintain a supplier grading/scorecard system
- Support training of quality and production staff in inspection and quality procedures.
- Conduct internal process and quality system audits in accordance with AS9100 and NADCAP.
- Prepare and review First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) per AS9102.
- Create and compile cert packs for shipping, ensuring accurate customer documentation.
- Upload quality documents to customer portals as required.
- Review contracts and support planning with a quality focus.
- Support supplier quality activities including material buy-off and audit assistance.
- Maintain calibration logs and ensure inspection device compliance.
- Oversee shelf-life control for critical materials.
- Participate in customer audits and address quality-related inquiries.
- Assist in document control and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.
Qualifications:
- Understanding of AS9100, NADCAP or other manufacturing quality and compliance frameworks.
- Experience with RCCA methodologies and conducting/participating in audits.
- Understanding of manufacturing drawings, GD&T, and quality inspection techniques.
- Experience with preparing FAIRs, managing cert packages, and uploading to customer portals.
- Business writing and documentation skills with ability to interpret contracts and quality requirements.
Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., JobBOSS) and Microsoft Office
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- 401 k with Employer Match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance