Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Quality Engineering & Program Manager

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Quality Engineering & Program Manager

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Quality Engineering and Program Manager to join our Air Dominance – Air Proprietary 1 team in Mesa, AZ!

This position will be on 1st shift with 2nd shift availability required and will follow a 9/80 working schedule. This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future depending on the business needs

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

This Quality Management position is a key member of the leadership team and is located at the Boeing site in Mesa, Arizona. This position is looking for a detail oriented, highly organized change agent to lead a team of Inspection Professionals through the development and implementation of technical strategies to bolster compliance, repeatability, and sustainability within the Quality Organization. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, suppliers and direct reports.

Position Responsibilities:  

• Manages, develops, and motivates a group of 15 direct reports while fostering a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement
• Acquires and manages resources to ensure inspections satisfy all customer and technical requirements and support required commitment dates
• Provides leadership oversight to ensure organizational compliance is maintained in multiple inspection disciplines throughout the product lifecycle from training & certification through inspection, documentation, and record retention
• NDT Oversight: Ensure compliance to Boeing, Industry, and Customer requirements across multiple NDT Methods – Ultrasonic Testing (UT) and Radiographic Testing (RT), through management of tasks such as: method audit surveillances, process control monitoring, Measurement & Test Equipment reviews, asset inventory accountability reviews, technician proficiency & certification reviews
• Precision Inspection Oversight: Ensure compliance to Boeing, Industry, and Customer requirements supporting New and Used part inspections utilizing a wide variety of Measurement & Test Equipment ranging from laser trackers to CMMs through management of tasks such as: inspection method surveillances, planning reviews, program control assessments, Measurement & Test Equipment reviews, asset inventory accountability reviews technician proficiency assessments, and area/environment compliance reviews
• Interface with Operations, Quality, Engineering, regulatory agencies and suppliers/partners to resolve issues impacting component build, test, and delivery. Develops and maintains strategic partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and direct reports
• Monitor group performance against program and functional commitments
• Data Analytics. Analyzes results, metrics and trends to influence team strategy and quality performance
• Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals
• Acts as the initial point of escalation for issues or challenges encountered by the team. Capable of effectively triaging and de-escalating issues with impacted parties
• Change Management leader to collaborate and influence cross-functional partners
• Develops functional excellence for Quality across the supported Programs
• Proactively communicates with leadership team, peers, and customers
• Keeps others informed by communicating business vision and strategies, program or project status, conducting and participating in leadership meetings, providing presentations and listening to employee concerns and suggestions
• Creates a culture of continuous improvement by communicating/deploying enterprise best practices and employee engagement to improve cost, quality, delivery, employee job satisfaction and customer satisfaction
• Works with other management partners across organizational and functional boundaries to execute on programs, drive improvements and corrective actions, identify and mitigate areas of risk, and proactively work to increase first time quality

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of experience in NDI (non-destructive inspection) or NDT (non-destructive test)

• 5+ years of experience with Quality and/or Manufacturing processes and organizations
• 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with stakeholders (i.e. Customers, suppliers, peers and/o