Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

Leads and scales the Quality Assurance organization in a fast-paced, growth-oriented aerospace environment, ensuring products and processes meet FAA regulatory requirements and customer expectations. Directs QA/QC systems for FAA-approved and PMA parts, with strong focus on aircraft airfoils and coatings manufacturing/repair processes, driving compliance, process capability, and continuous improvement through teams of supervisors and technical specialists.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads a multi-discipline Quality organization (inspection, NDT, QA engineering, documentation/records, and compliance).
• Establishes and maintains quality objectives aligned to business growth goals, customer requirements, and Chromalloy quality strategy.
• Leads and communicates quality expectations across operations, engineering, supply chain, and customers to drive a culture of compliance and right-first-time execution.
• Develops and deploys inspection, test, and evaluation methods appropriate for aircraft airfoils and coatings, including dimensional, metallurgical, and NDT requirements; ensures control plans and acceptance criteria are robust and auditable.
• Conducts quality engineering reviews of manufacturing and repair documentation to ensure compliance to internal standards, customer specifications, and applicable FAA requirements; maintains configuration control, records integrity, and objective evidence for FAA/PMA products.
• Applies statistical methods (SPC, capability, trend analysis) to improve process stability, throughput, and yield across airfoil and coatings processes; champions data-driven decision making.
• Drives continuous improvement and problem prevention initiatives within QA and across the site, supporting scale-up, new work introduction, and productivity improvements without sacrificing compliance.
• Plans and executes QA staffing and technical training (e.g., NDT, coatings/special processes, inspection, FAA conformity and documentation), ensuring competency, certification, and coverage to meet production and customer commitments.
• Leads Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA/8D) for internal nonconformances, customer complaints, and escapes; implements systemic corrective actions and verifies effectiveness.
• Maintains working knowledge of applicable quality standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., FAA, AS9100/ISO, Nadcap/special processes, and customer/OEM requirements) and ensures site procedures and records support compliance.
• Serves as a key leader in site quality management, partnering with operations and engineering and interfacing with customers, auditors, and regulatory representatives to support growth, compliance, and delivery.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Metallurgy/Materials Science, or related field
• Minimum 10+ years of aerospace manufacturing and/or MRO quality experience, including leadership roles in high-growth or changing environments.
• Strong experience with FAA-regulated products and documentation, including FAA conformity and PMA parts (preferred).
• Demonstrated knowledge of aircraft airfoils and coatings/special processes (e.g., process control, inspection, and acceptance).
• Experience leveraging quality data systems and analytics to drive improved capability and reduced escapes.