Title:
Quality Program Manager - Aerospace

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Program Summary

This position is for a full-time quality program manager in the aerospace manufacturing sector, with primary responsibility of overseeing the day-to-day quality/production/delivery operations of a program critical sub-tier component supplier.

Job Summary

KBR Government Solutions delivers full life cycle professional and technical solutions that improve operational readiness and drive innovation. Our solutions help ensure mission success on land, air, sea, space and cyberspace for the Department of Defense, intelligence community, NASA, and other federal agencies. KBR's areas of expertise include engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity.

Required International travel to England about twice a quarter. This in an onsite position for Tempe, AZ.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate sub-tier supplied assembly/component deliveries with customer receiving team, and coordinating recovery efforts with all internal and external stakeholders to mitigate/correct any process bottlenecks, including, but not limited to, quality concerns or contractual issues.
• Monitor process flow of assemblies/components through customer facility, ensuring assemblies/components flow through manufacturing steps smoothly. May occasionally involve manually moving assemblies/components from one work area to another.
• Address quality issues, which may involve collaboration with responsible sub-tier supplier to obtain corrected or missing documentation.
• Track and report on assemblies/components that fail customer inspection and coordinate with internal process teams to ensure that rework of failed assemblies/components is prioritized facility wide.
• Manage/Implement corrective actions of any obstructions to customer shipments, which may include, but are not limited to, sales order blocks, expedited freight approvals, customer portal issues. May be required to escalate corrective action plans/requests to higher internal customer authorities as necessary.
• Work with customer Quality Control team(s) to identify and record recurring quality concerns from sub-tier supplier assemblies/components. Coordinate root cause and corrective action plans between customer and sub-tier supplier.
• Conducts comprehensive reviews and updates of nameplate data and configuration (NDC) records through various means, redlining necessary changes in NDC records, submitting to customer CMM team, tracking the review and upload process, and coordinating finalization of records with sub-tier supplier.
• Will be required to maintain internal assembly/component status daily for production scheduling and revenue projection forecasts.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ Years of Program Management Experience in Aerospace Manufacturing
• Bachelor's Degree in Related Field
• Candidate must be able to travel internationally up to 8 times per calendar year (twice per quarter, as needed)
• Required International travel to England about twice a quarter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Background/Experience in implementing quality control and production recovery efforts with sub-tier suppliers

KBR Benefits

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