United Performance Metals · 1 month ago
Quality Lead
La Mirada, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelUnited Performance Metals is a company focused on quality in the manufacturing and metals distribution industry. The Quality Lead will be responsible for overseeing quality processes, ensuring product conformance, conducting inspections, and maintaining quality metrics while responding to customer quality concerns.
AutomotiveManufacturing
Responsibilities
Responds to customers on non-conformance and quality matters
Oversees process improvements related to quality
Ensures product conformance
Reviews documents for conformance
Conducts product inspections
Maintains quality performance metrics
Assists with management of nonconformance’s
Conducts supplier assessments and reviews
Maintains calibration system
Supports sales department with technical needs and customer services
Performs customer regulatory activities
Assist with customer quality system requests and approvals
Assist with the quality orientation for new employees
Support sales with certification and compliance requests
Support operations and production with order and material technical needs
Maintain AMS/UPM specification spreadsheet used to verify the compliance of mill test reports
Perform periodic specification revision check for updates
Oversee the inspection and measuring of test equipment
Maintain identification of the testing equipment and documentation providing traceability and calibration frequency
Initiate and maintain the ongoing assessment and approval of subcontractors
Perform periodic audits of suppliers and subcontractors
Oversees and coordinates Pratt & Whitney/GE management of testing using outside approved resource
Responsible for administration of Unison and GE supplier release program
Assist as needed with compliance audits
Maintain Pratt and Whitney LCS approval and certification
Fill out and respond to customer survey requests
Maintain all functions as the y relate to the General Electric DSQR program. Includes maintaining applicable logs, supporting EV1 audits, preparing bar codes, inspections, follow-up with CA, preparing first articles reports within GE’s electronic program
Assist as needed with customer and regulatory audits
Maintain a full understanding of United Performance Metals' Quality Manual, Operating Procedures, and Work Instructions: How they relate to AMS, ASTM, AISI, AS9100 and ISO-9001 Requirements
Continued education and training of metals applications, industry requirements, and customer focus activities
General housekeeping in accordance with the quality expectations
Assist as needed with internal audits
Maintain customer property within established procedures
Maintain and report on shelf life sensitive items that are maintained in inventory to insure the products are not expired beyond use
Duties as assigned by supervisor
Qualification
Required
Four-year college degree, preferably in metallurgy or quality engineering, with experience in manufacturing or metals distribution quality, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Knowledge of steel products and processes
Knowledge of ISO 9001 and AS9100 Quality Management Systems
Understanding of Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing tools
Strong analytical aptitude and reporting skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to multi-task with an emphasis on event management
Goal-oriented and the ability to manage multiple projects paying particular attention to detail
Ability to work with a variety of teams (including the shop floor, sales and purchasing)
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence in English
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization in English
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Supplier required certificates – i.e., GE DSQR, PWA SDRA
Company
United Performance Metals
United Performance Metals is an aviation & aerospace firm dealing in high temperature alloy and stainless steel supply.
Founded in 2008
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Peter Neuberger
President and CEO
Recent News
The Journal Record
2022-05-10
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