Aviation Supplier Management & Procurement Quality Assurance Auditor/Engineer - West Coast Region

• Assist in maintaining Approved Processor List (APL).
  • Work with Corporate QA Secretary to ensure customer lists for approved suppliers are complete and accurate.
  • Process QF083 forms received from purchasing to add suppliers to the APL.
  • Conduct on-site vendor site surveys as needed/required.
• Send out Quality System update surveys to suppliers annually via mail and electronically.
  • Review responses to survey to determine and update ASL as appropriate.
  • Determine actions taken to address unacceptable survey responses.
  • Notify Supplier Manager to determine additional required actions.
• Generate the Supplier Performance Evaluation and Rating (SPEAR) report quarterly for key suppliers.
  • Validate the data for the performance charts.
  • Create and maintain quality performance charts for key suppliers.
  • Distribute the quality performance charts to the suppliers.
  • Answer any questions from the suppliers regarding the performance data.
  • Provide on-site assistance to selected suppliers to develop quality performance improvement plans.
• Review and investigate Non-conforming Material Document’s (NMD) issued to/against suppliers to determine if supplier should be charged for the defect(s).
  • Issue NMD to supplier for Cause/Corrective Action (C/CA) response.
  • Maintain follow up to get C/CA response from suppliers.
  • Approve C/CA from supplier or work with supplier to develop an acceptable C/CA.
• Coordinate with site Quality Engineers when addressing quality performance issues with a supplier.
• Assist Corporate and Plant purchasing departments in defining quality related flow down requirements to be included on P.O.’s.
  • Determine if First Article Inspection (FAI) is required and to what standard.
  • Determine if parts will be source inspected or inspected by receiving inspection.
  • Determine if Statistical Process Control (SPC) will be required.
  • Determine if special approvals are required.
  • Determine if the supplier can be issued Delegated Source Authority.
  • Develop matrix to provide cross reference between customer specifications and requirements to QA codes.
• Perform quality review and approval of purchase orders being issued for subcontract work.
  • Coordinate Quality review actions with plants. Assure consistent processes are followed.
• Coordinate with Corporate and/or Plant Purchasing when source inspection is required to either perform the inspection or arrange for subcontract source service.
• Develop a tickler file to update system to maintain suppliers at the correct revision level for blue prints, mylars, part lists and Computer Aid Drawings (CAD).
• Perform detail part inspections using tools and aerospace engineering.
  • Perform First Article Part inspections using LMI forms and AS9102 forms.
  • Determine root cause and develop corrective actions for defects.
• Assist with special projects and participate on improvement teams as requested.

• Technical College degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years experience or the equivalent in industry experience, education and training.
• Aerospace industry knowledge preferred.
• Inspection of detail parts, tooling and assemblies required. Aerospace inspection experience preferred
• Auditing experience required, preferably to AS9000/AS9100.
• Experience in performing root cause analysis and corrective action development preferred.
• Lead Auditor certification for AS9000/AS9100 preferred.
• Knowledge of digital systems helpful.

• Ability to use the internet to access customer website information
• Ability to read and interpret customer specifications
• Ability to read and interpret customer engineering (drawing and digital), purchase orders and contracts
• Ability to use AS400 query programs
• Ability to use Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Word, Excel and Access
• Knowledge of or ability to learn NMD system preferred
• Excellent Communication & Interpersonal Skills
• Prioritize, time management and follow through
• Attention to detail
• Initiative/self motivation