Pridestaff - San Diego

<h2><strong>Position Summary</strong></h2>
<p>PrideStaff is recruiting a hands-on Quality Manager for an established precision manufacturing company supporting aerospace, defense, medical device, and industrial customers.</p>
<p>This position has direct ownership of the company's AS9100D / ISO 9001 Quality Management System. We are seeking a quality leader who combines strong technical knowledge with initiative, accountability, continuous improvement, and the ability to turn quality requirements into consistent daily practices.</p>
<p>This is a highly engaged leadership position requiring regular production-floor presence, practical problem-solving, strong communication, and effective use of digital quality-management technology.</p>
<h2><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>Own, maintain, and continually improve the AS9100D / ISO 9001 Quality Management System.</li>
<li>Lead internal audits, periodic self-assessments, management reviews, and external audit preparation to maintain year-round compliance.</li>
<li>Manage CAPA, NCR, customer complaints, audit findings, root-cause investigations, and corrective-action effectiveness verification.</li>
<li>Establish clear accountability for quality deliverables through assigned owners, deadlines, follow-up, and escalation.</li>
<li>Maintain regular production-floor presence to verify that manufacturing practices align with documented procedures, inspection requirements, and customer specifications.</li>
<li>Lead quality improvement initiatives using structured problem-solving and Lean Six Sigma methodologies where appropriate.</li>
<li>Partner with engineering, production, and inspection personnel to address recurring defects and improve process capability.</li>
<li>Oversee document control, training records, calibration, supplier quality, inspection planning, and product traceability.</li>
<li>Actively use the company's electronic Quality Management System, LTCQC, to maintain records, manage compliance activities, and track corrective actions.</li>
<li>Monitor quality KPIs and communicate trends, risks, and improvement priorities to senior leadership.</li>
<li>Provide direction, coaching, and accountability to quality personnel.</li>
<li>Exercise appropriate authority over nonconforming product and shipment decisions in accordance with customer and quality requirements.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>7+ years of progressive manufacturing quality experience, including recent, relevant responsibility for quality systems, quality engineering, or quality leadership.</li>
<li>3+ years in a Quality Manager, Quality Systems Manager, Quality Engineering leadership, or comparable role.</li>
<li>Direct hands-on responsibility for an AS9100, ISO 9001, or comparable regulated-manufacturing Quality Management System.</li>
<li>Experience leading internal and external audits and driving findings to verified closure.</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience with CAPA, NCR, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification.</li>
<li>Working knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&amp;T, inspection planning, calibration, and manufacturing quality controls.</li>
<li>Experience using an electronic QMS or comparable digital quality-management tools.</li>
<li>Ability to independently identify problems, establish priorities, and drive improvements without constant management direction.</li>
<li>Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.</li>
<li>Willingness to work on-site and remain actively engaged with manufacturing operations.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Black Belt certification, with demonstrated application of continuous-improvement methods in manufacturing.</li>
<li>ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), or Certified Quality Auditor (CQA).</li>
<li>Direct AS9100D ownership or management-representative experience.</li>
<li>Aerospace, defense, composites, or other regulated precision-manufacturing experience.</li>
<li>Demonstrated results using DMAIC, statistical process improvement, root-cause analysis, and process capability methods.</li>
</ul>


Quality Manager –Aerospace

Quality Manager –Aerospace

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