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Job Description:
This role is contingent upon obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals and the successful closing of a transaction which will result in establishing a new Airbus Affiliate in Kinston, NC (the Kinston Affiliate ). The Quality Compliance Manager would be an employee of the Kinston Affiliate.
Airbus Americas, Inc is looking for a Quality Compliance Manager to join our team. The Quality Compliance Manager is responsible for ensuring that all organizational processes, products, and procedures meet the internal quality standards and comply with applicable regulatory and industry requirements. This role plays a critical part in maintaining certification, managing audits, and driving continuous improvement across the quality system.
Meet the Team:
The Procurement team's mission is to acquire indirect goods and services for Airbus commercial aircraft and helicopters, playing a major role in generating value and contributing to the overall competitiveness of the company. Our team members ensure on-time delivery and on-quality of equipment and systems, drawing on their expertise in Industrial, Operations & Quality Management, and strong relationship building skills to problem-solve and proactively mitigate supply chain issues.
How We Care for You:
• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ( ESOP )
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ( EAP ) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.
Your Challenges:
Ensure Regulatory and Quality System Compliance: 50%
- Maintain and monitor the company s Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory standards (AS9100, Airbus, EASA, etc.).
- Lead internal audits and support external inspections or certification audits. Ensure timely closure of audits findings, deviations, and non-conformances with robust CAPA.
- Output: Compliance QMS, audit readiness, closed CAPAs, and passed audits.
Conduct Process Surveillance: 40%
- Execute and manage process surveillance activities to monitor product quality and ensure adherence to defined specifications and control plans.
- Identify and escalate process deviations or performance trends before they become critical issues. Provide feedback to operation and quality teams to support real time corrective actions.
- Output: Process surveillance report, early detection of quality issues, improved process stability.
Supplier Quality Management: 5%
- Support supplier audits, qualification, and performance monitoring.
- Ensure incoming material meets quality specifications. Work with Procurement to develop and maintain approved supplier lists and scorecards.
- Output: Supplier qualification and performance, incoming inspection, measurable supplier KPIs.
Drive Quality Improvement Initiatives 5%
- Lead and support continuous improvement projects to enhance product and process quality.
- Analyze trends in non-conformance data, customer complaints, and audit findings to proactively reduce risk. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement preventive actions.
- Output: Document improvement plans, reduce defect rates, measurable quality KPIs.
Your Boarding Pass:
- Bachelor s degree in a scientific, engineering, or quality related field (e.g., Chemistry, Engineering, Quality Management, or equivalent)
- Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in a quality or compliance role within a regulated industry. Hands on experience with audits, CAPA, deviation investigations, and maintaining a QMS.
- Strong understanding of relevant industry regulations and standards (e.g., EASA, AS9100, etc.)
- Technical and Regulatory, Analytical and Problem Solving, Communication and Interpersonal, Leadership and Strategic Thinking and Digital Proficiency, Project Management
- Google Tools, Microsoft Office
- 10% Domestic and International travel
Preferred Experience:
- Master s degree in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, or a related field. Formal training in Quality Management System
- 10 years of experience managing or leading internal/external audits, including interaction with regulatory agencies. Demonstrated leadership or mentoring of junior quality team members. Experience implementing or managing digital QMS platform.
- One or more professional certification such as: Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Manager, Certified Quality Engineer, Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
- eCAIR, SAP
Citizenship:
- Authorized to work in the US
Physical Requirements:
- Onsite or remote: 80% on site, 20% remote (the role likely requires frequent presence on the production floor or office.
- Vision: Able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. This will be 90% of the time (daily).
- Hearing: Able to daily participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms.
- Speaking: Able to speak several times daily in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.
- Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate about 75% of the time (daily) most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.
- Carrying: Able to carry, several times a month documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
- Lifting: Able to lift, several times a month, documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
- Pushing / Pulling: Able to push and pull, at least once a month, small office furniture and some equipment and tools.
- Sitting: Able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer for about 60% of the time.
- Squatting / Kneeling: Able to squat or kneel at least once a month to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.
- Standing: Able to stand for about 20% of the time for discussions in offices or on the production floor.
- Travel: Able to travel independently and at short notice for about 5-10%.
- Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): Able to walk daily through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.
- Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site
- Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.
Equal Opportunity:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status
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