Quality Control Supervisor

Come join a growing company and make an impact as the Quality Control Supervisor applies the principles of product quality evaluation and control.  Oversee, plan and direct the activities of Quality Inspectors for Coherent Aerospace & Defense Murrieta Site.  Continuously improve the quality measurements and controls on materials, processes, and product that provide adequate control of quality at minimum quality related costs.  Manage calibration of equipment including planning and coordination of schedules between manufacturing departments and outside contractors.  Coordinate source inspection and source surveillance schedules with customer quality representatives.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Supervision / Leadership - 10%
  • Department team is staffed, motivated, engaged and empowered to deliver a high and sustainable level of performance in an ever-changing environment
  • The Employee Success and Growth Process is executed effectively and an ESGP is co-developed and in place with each employee with meaningful stretch goals
  • Performance feedback/reviews are conducted at a high quality level with effective feedback focused on employee development and delivered 100% on time
  • A learning environment is in place where employees are trained and developed to achieve expectations in both the short and long term
  • Communication channels are active and open ensuring a free flow of 2 way information for your organization 
  • The right people are placed in the right job by consistently using the “Selecting the Best” interviewing process and methodology for the selection of all hires
  • Hiring, reviewing, promoting, counseling and/or terminating personnel is conducted in a fair, equitable manner
  • An accident free environment is maintained by following all safety, ergonomic and environmental procedures, and creating the attitude that all accidents/injuries are preventable
  • All laws, regulations, Coherent A&D and local policies and procedures are understood and complied with
  • Responsible for maintaining proper housekeeping standards and ensuring a clean, safe, orderly environment
  • Role model for Customer Satisfaction, Employee Satisfaction and Business Results
• Quality Assurance / Inspection - 80%
  • Manages daily, weekly, and monthly inspection, calibration to meet production schedules while maintaining high quality standards and maximum productivity from the workforce.
  • Promotes high quality standards and fosters a quality-mindset of 100% quality and 100% on-time delivery throughout the company and at suppliers. 
  • Maintains up-to-date knowledge of optical metrology and inspection methods, technology, and trends, and makes recommendations for improving Coherent A&D capabilities.
  • Ensures quality objectives and goals are in line with company mission, quality policy, and strategic initiatives.
  • Recommends and documents incoming inspection methods, in-process and final testing methods
  • Participates in defining quality measurements that cover such items as cosmetic appearance, surface characteristics, color, noise, and vibration as well as company standards that will be followed in the absence of customer engineering specifications, e.g., electronics workmanship, scratch/dig requirements, cleaning and handling of optics.
  • Provides input to quality management, business development, engineering and customers in defining specific quality requirements on individual products based upon customer requirements.
  • Provides Quality Manager with recommendations and improvements that increase product and process uniformity, reliability and improve quality characteristics to reduce field failures and complaints. 
  • Assists in identifying root causes. Recommends and implements improvements and corrective/preventive actions.
  • Reviews nonconforming materials, returned materials and customer complaints. 
  • Maintains segregation of nonconforming materials.
  • Processes quality improvement requests
  • Processes NCMR's with applicable defect codes.
  • Provides management with cost estimates and time schedules pertaining to inspection of product. 
  • Works closely with production control and shipping departments to meet production schedules and delivery commitments.
  • Assists quality engineering communicating quality requirements to suppliers through purchasing documents
• Business Operations - 5%
  • Coherent A&D OS objectives are achieved within budget
  • Department processes are reviewed/audited for continuous improvement and cycle time reduction opportunities Department processes are AS9100, ISO9001, ISO13485 and ITAR compliant
  • All department records, reports and metrics are accurate and generated on