Remote Special Process Auditor

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Program Summary

Special Process Quality Auditor will have experience in auditing globally diverse teams, communicating with senior management, managing challenging customer issues, leveraging the larger Aero organization for solutions, and solving complex problems where a degree of ambiguity exists.

Job Summary

• Position will complete onsite audits and associated pre-audit and post-audit work in the following special process areas; Calibration, Heat Treat, Machining, Chemical Processing/Plating, Thermal Spray, Welding, and Shot Peening.

• Position requires travel to conduct audits; audit locations are likely to include US locations, Mexico locations and Europe locations.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for auditing Special Processes at a key Aerospace customer’s manufacturing sites and suppliers.

• Requires breadth of technical special process / NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program)

• Knowledge and experience across programs and products to work with our site locations and customers in determining compliance with appropriate special process requirements.  

• Perform audits per NADCAP / customer requirements using NADCAP and customer specific checklists

• Document opportunities and findings against noncompliance’s, work with sites to ensure robust corrective actions are completed on time and effective.

• Experience in auditing the following areas/special processes: Conventional Machining, Chemical Processing, Heat Treat, Welding, Coatings, etc.

Basic Qualifications

• Specific requirements regarding education and experience will prevail.

• Education and experience: Bachelor’s or associate’s degree and five (5) years in a technical field that would provide heat treat experience or a High School diploma and ten (10) years heat treating experience in Aerospace Quality or Special Process Experience. (Heat Treating and/or brazing experience = Operator, Supervisor, Technician, or Engineer with direct exposure to heat treating processes qualification, equipment qualification, procedure qualification, or technical problem resolution.)

•  Exceptions to the minimum Education/Experience requirements shall require approval by the customer’s Special Process Management and/or the applicable CAA (Certified Accessor Auditor).  It shall include an assessment of the candidate’s ability to perform the job function.

• US Citizenship required based on the nature of the work.

• Experience: Demonstration of Special Process family technical knowledge/experience must be validated in writing by the applicable CAA and be based on exam, interview, or documented training/experience. This requirement is not applicable if the candidate is already certified as a SCA (Source Certifying Agent).

• Process Training: 40 hours of Quality System training, auditing and use of Acceptance Checklists (AC).

• Audit Experience: Complete a minimum of one Special Process training audit under the direction of a qualified CAA, CA [Certified Assessor), SCA (if authorized by the CAA) or Aerospace Network Auditor for each Special Process category.  Prior audit experience may be accepted at the discretion of the applicable CAA.

Preferred Qualifications

•  NADCAP PRI Audit experience is highly desirable.

• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business or Technical discipline preferred with applicable experience.

• Qualified auditor to industry requirements for AS9100 and two or more special processes

• Knowledge of NADCAP and other Special Processes applicable to client sites and suppliers. Areas of preferred expertise are: Heat Treat, Welding, Nonconventional Machining, Chemical Processing, and Surface Enhancement.

• Working knowledge of aerospace quality practices and industry standards.

• Strong computer skills with high level proficiency in Microsoft Office tools such as Excel and PowerPoint as well as comfortability working with virtual communication and meeting tools such as Teams or similar.

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.

• Experience with project management and facilitation.

• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of leadership.

• Ability to identify risks and mitigating actions to achieve positive results.

• Effective interpersonal skills to interface within and between culturally diverse organizations, data, define actions, and implement solutions.

• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for implementing solutions.

• Knowledge and application of statistical analysis methods is preferred.

• Excellent team building skills, creating constructive and open environments for sharing data.

• Experience with Aerospace products.

• Demonstrated leadership capability to drive step change improvements in quality performance.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects and manage the activities of multi-disciplinary teams.

• Proven problem-solving skills, including ability to interpret data, define actions, and implement solutions.

• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for implementing solutions.

• Adept in soliciting facts and opinions from all team members and creating a constructive and open environment for sharing data.

• Capable of making fact-based decisions and communicating to team members as to why certain facts or recommendations prevailed over others.

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