Quality Manager

Basic Qualifications

For this position to be successful, the incumbent should have:

• A Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited institution.

• Minimum of 7 years' experience working in manufacturing companies; 5 years working in Engineering and/or Quality

• Minimum 5 years of management and/or supervisory experience.


* Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

For this position to be successful, preference is given to candidates with:

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or Quality from an accredited institution.

• ASQ Certified Quality Manager credentials.

• 7 or more years of manufacturing experience.

• Certified in AS9100 quality system standard (preferred) or ISO9001.

• Experience Leading a manufacturing company through successful ISO/AS registration and successfully completed an accredited auditor training course and related auditor test.

• Internal auditing quality experience.

• Experience with root cause corrective action & problem solving (e.g.

5 Why, 8-D or six sigma methodology).

• Previous experience in a unionized environment.Howmet Aerospace has an immediate opening for a Quality Manager at our Niles, OH location.

Our passionate commitment to quality provides the successful candidate with an excellent environment in which to work and the leadership commitment and support to deliver results.

This position is a key member of the location's lead team and is highly visible position in the plant and Titanium Mill Products Segment.

The position provides an excellent platform for potential future growth to the successful candidate.

Key Responsibilities of this position include:

• Developing and implementing the Quality Management Operating System to measure the performance of the business and drive continuous improvement through corrective and preventive action processes.

This includes coaching Quality, Process Engineering, and Metallurgical Personnel in plant-wide Quality and Engineering metrics (i.e.: root cause, corrective action, and problem-solving best practices) to improve the effectiveness and suitability of our quality management systems.

• Developing and implementing processes, procedures, and audits related to the overall quality system, such as driving the implementation of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) principles in the plants, establishing a single quality system, and overseeing the supplier quality management system.

This includes the approved supplier quality list, approved special processes list, and field quality management.

• Creating, developing, and reporting standardized business wide quality metrics.

This includes taking all metrics based on scrap, rework, thermal deviations, concessions, and customer returns and reporting those out to both our Niles ...