Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager Job ID: 13944Job Location: Jupiter, FLJob Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:Our team is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to support our West Palm Beach, FL facility. This individual will be considered a key element of the Quality organization's leadership team. As a leader, you will have additional responsibilities beyond the typical supervisory activities. These activities will test your leadership and management skills, your work efficiency and the dynamics of problem solving. This is a hands on position that requires the incumbent to lead, educate and support a Quality Inspector group to ensure perfectly executed work in all opportunities with a continual focus to ensure all employees focus on attention to detail, safety, environment and process discipline throughout all assigned areas.

Essential Functions:

• Directly supervises unionized hourly employees performing quality inspection duties in Receiving Inspection, In-Process Manufacturing Inspection, Assembly & Test Inspection, Precision Measurement, Nondestructive Testing and Calibration

• Reviews inspection and production schedules and manpower resources. Assigns and supervises employees to maximize inspection objectives, maintain quality and attain output requirements.

• Communicates road blocks and corrective actions in a timely manner to stakeholders.

• Audits, evaluates and monitors the capability of internal inspectors to assure conformance to product specifications and workmanship standards.

• Participates in establishing and modifying inspection methods and processes by recommending changes in materials, equipment and procedures.

• Maintains a variety of reports, records and inspection documentation to reflect schedules, performance and methods.

• Establishes training plans and assures appropriate training is delivered as required.

• Reviews and analyzes corrective action reports in an effort to reduce and eliminate defects

• Participates in value stream and process mapping activities to improve flow of new and existing processes.

• Ensures the personnel, equipment, and technical resources are available to enable inspector success through capital and operating expense planning

• Participates in cause and corrective action activities, failure investigations and special projects assigned in support Corrective/Preventive Action Committees (CACs/PACs) and continuous improvement activities

  Depending on the job assignment, responsibilities of this position may also include:• Ability to travel to customer and sister-site locations, estimated <10%

  Qualifications:

• This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

• Ability to work on either 1st or 2nd shift.

• Successful candidates for this position will have some combination of the following experience/knowledge:

• Prior leadership/supervisory experience.

• Experience with inspection equipment, including borescope, precision measurement equipment, and attribute gauging.

• Experience with test and Inspections practices and methods (in process, 1st article, receiving inspections, Non-Destructive Testing).

• Experience with calibrations requirements and controls for calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and other inspection equipment to verify conformance to prints.

• Thorough knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100 standards and the ability to work and evolve process within them.

• Reading of blueprints, data, manuals, Quality Requirements Documents or other materials to determine specifications, procedures or instruments required for inspection.

• Hands-on working experience in a manufacturing environment and a corresponding understanding of manufacturing processes is essential.

  Preferred Qualifications:• Experience with auditing practices and Process Certification is desired.• Experience developing of business cases, facilitating and supporting continuous improvement initiatives for production optimization, including visual factory is desired.• Experience with the implementation and execution of Layered Process Audits

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.