Quality Assurance Manager Job Description

Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager

Position Type: Full-Time

Schedule: 1st Shift: Monday – Friday 6:00am – 2:30pm or 7:00am – 3:30pm. Plus additional overtime as needed.

Salary: $30hr - $40hr 
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Effective Date: 6/1/2026

 

 

Position Summary

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining the Quality Management System. This includes participating, directing, and supervising the Quality Assurance Planners involved in inspection and quality control procedures with regard to purchased material, in-process material, and finished products to assure that quality control standards are achieved, and all documentation is correct to customer requirements.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Submit First Article Inspections for approval.
  • Administering the Corrective Action System.
  • Supporting customer and agency audits.
  • Participating in internal and external audits.
  • Provide leadership and daily direction to quality assurance personnel.
  • Review manufacturing router and add appropriate outside process codes as necessary.
  • Evaluate and approve all Final Inspections.
  • Perform all customer audit requirements (VSE, Welding, Quality, etc.).
  • Review and approve PO requirements (customer and vendor) as necessary.
  • Assist in handling all quality issues with customers.
  • Monitor and assist subcontractors for all AS9100 needs.
  • Participates in the execution of the current Quality Management System.
  • Ensures outside process requirements are met.
  • Collaborating with supplier and customer quality representatives concerning problems with quality assurance and ensuring that effective correction action is implemented.
  • Providing Quality Assurance input within the Approved Supplier Program.
  • Signs and Archives certificate of compliance (COC) paperwork packages.
  • Creates, compiles & maintains inspection documenting forms and database records.
  • Ensuring Quality Assurance record retention.
  • Assist in investigating and determining causes of faulty work and consult and advise production supervisors as to corrective measures.
  • Designing and implementing methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
  • Promoting and executing quality standards, inspections processes, test methodology, quality plans, documents, and reports.
  • Reviewing customers’ purchase orders, contracts and change requests and ensuring that the necessary criteria and provisions are included in quality and process plans.
  • Follows guidelines in the “User's manual for Digital Manufacturing File Maintenance" (DMFM)        

 

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

  • High School Diploma required.
  • Continuing Studies and Certificate Programs are desirable.
  • College Degree a bonus.
  • Previous Job Experience desirable.
  • Experience using GD&T and a full range of measurement instruments and techniques.
  • Strong analytical skills, including data analysis and visualization.
  • Working knowledge of ISO9001 and AS9100.
  • Excellent oral/written communication skills.
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficient in word processing, email, and other hardware and software applications.

 

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and explosives. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. However, in some instances this job may require work in areas where ear protection is necessary.

 

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.



The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.