Quality Systems Specialist

Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains processes to support our Quality Management System.  Collaborates cross-functionally to ensure quality standards are in place. Drafts and releases quality related documentation.  Analyzes data collected from our Quality Management System to identify trends and develop resulting action plans.  Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements. May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to process quality. May be certified in lean and Six Sigma quality engineering methodologies.

Primary Responsibilities  

• Develop, coordinate, implement, update, monitor, and assure compliance with policies and procedures
• Monitor policies and procedures effectiveness through teamwork and statistical methods; Recommend improvements; Support training
• Support program and audit Corrective Action with root cause analysis, metrics, proposed solutions, and closure reporting
• Serve as the point-of-contact for internal and external quality related issues
• Support customer and 3rd party (i.e., AS9100) audits and provide audit reports
• Instruct team members in product conformity practices
• Familiarize and attain proficiency with Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methods and implementation
• May occasionally perform special projects; Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge & Skills 

• Good understanding of common inspection measuring equipment including, but not limited to, surface plates, micrometers, height gages, radius gages, protractors, profilometers, bore gauges, and dial indicators
• Well versed in ISO/AS9100 Quality requirements
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Thorough understanding of MRP systems, broad knowledge of Quality-specific software
• Good blueprint reading and manufacturing/inspection related math skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills and an ability to work proactively in a teamwork environment

Work Conditions

• Shop/Industrial 
• Moving parts, machine noise; computers
• Sedentary to medium activity, able to stand up to 10 hours 

Education & Experience 

• Quality Assurance, ISO 9001 or AS 9100 internal auditing experience a plus
• 1-3 years recent aircraft manufacturing environment experience, work as an auditor or Manufacturing Engineer, or equivalent time and grade

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.