1 With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered

Quality Assurance Manager

Precision Castparts Corp. • 
Henderson, Nevada, United States
Position Type: Permanent
Job Description:
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With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Summary

Responsible for Henderson site management of the Quality Assurance function including quality assurance, quality control, technology development and laboratory. Interacts and communicates with customers and suppliers including customer audits and 3rd party audits. Active member of TIMET Global quality group responsible for ensuring proactive defect hazard mitigation and continuous improvement to the quality management system and product quality.

Essential Functions

- Participate in the overall planning and oversight of the Henderson Quality Management System.

- Establishes laboratory standards for safety, on-time delivery, quality, cost control, and productivity.

- Manage quality assurance, quality control, and laboratory activities.

- Support the employee needs of the Quality Assurance organization.

- Serve as ISO, AS and quality management representative for Henderson.

- Lead the development and customer qualification of new technologies, products, and processes.

- Interface with QA/ R&D function of other TIMET units.

- Responsible for adhering to AS and ISO guidelines.

- Customer specification review and accuracy for order acknowledgement.

- Manage internal quality audit program and process.

- Manager Corrective and Preventative Action program and process.

- Manage customer and 3rd party audits and visits.

- Manage Outside Conversion Source audit program and process.

- Develop and work to budgets to achieve cost management goals and initiate or participate in cost reduction and/or profit improvement programs.

- Support engineering projects relating to capacity expansions, new technology and/or equipment-based process improvements.

- Manage capital expenditures.

- Effectively communicate company and department goals, achievements, problems, solutions, practices, changes, and policies. Encourage positive communication. Enforce all company policies, rules, and regulations.

Additional Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibilities

Manages subordinate supervisors and employees in the Quality Assurance group. Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Henderson Quality team. Carries out managerial responsibilities in accordance with the organization&39;s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Competencies

Champions Change - Actively promotes and continually seeks changes that move the business forward. Works with an open and flexible mind in considering change.

Communication/Interpersonal Skills - Maintains a positive attitude, works at maintaining positive work relationships, ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, effectively communicates with outside contacts, strong impact and selling skills.

Delivers Results - Sets goals and objectives for self and team and takes responsibility to achieve these in a timely manner. Ensures that actions are taken in support of goals and objectives. Examples - sets and delivers goals, results focused, action orientated.

Displays Creativity - Able to generate novel solutions to problems. Examples are creative decision making and applying vision and creativity to decision making.

Effective Decision Making - Skilled at analyzing the soft and hard aspects of a problem and using functional expertise to make effective decisions. Comfortable in dealing with concepts and uncertainty in problem solving.

People Management Skills - Effective as a manager in motivating, coaching, and developing employees. Applies effective management skills to motivate subordinates.

Provides Effective Leadership - Effective as a leader and communicator in motivating and managing people as individuals and in teams. Provides direction to subordinates and is effective in coaching and developing others. Examples include developing and retaining talent, project, and team leadership, providing clear direction and effective people management.

Works Efficiently - Effective at planning and organizing work and using time management to ensure deadlines are met and targets are achieved. Able to reschedule plans to cope with unexpected occurrences Maintains well-organized materials, files, systems, and tools. Breaks work down into logical steps. Anticipates and eliminates roadblocks and delays. Stays within allotted time for accomplishing tasks. Completes tasks in the shortest, most efficient manner. Makes sure all parts of a job are completed in full, including follow-up plans and paperwork.

Self-Development - Constantly seeks to improve own knowledge and skills set by seeking feedback on performance, making positive plans for future direction, and developing aligned personal action plans.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Education and Experience

BS degree in a Technical or Engineering Discipline, plus at least 10 years related quality management experience in a manufacturing environment preferred. Must be proficient with MS office applications. Previous metals experience with titanium preferred.

Special Skills

None required, but active membership of, or accreditation by, professional organizations is desirable.

Additional Notes

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful application must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., &39;Green Card Holder&39;), and certain categories of Political Asylees and Refugees. Are you a U.S. Person under this definition?

Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision. Employee must have a valid driving license and be willing to undertake some travel including international (1 week/month average).

Work EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, heat from process equipment and/or products, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

For informational purposes only, the range for hourly base pay for this role is $120,800 to $151,000 based on a variety of factors.

Also, for informational purposes only, this role is eligible to participate in the Company’s Quarterly Cash Bonus Plan, paid out at the quarterly bonus factor of 2.5x the Company’s bonus multiple, based on the Company’s performance in the applicable quarter.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Relocation is authorized for this position.

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. &39;Green Card Holder&39;), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.
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