Job Title: Manager, Quality & Mission Assurance Job Code: 38101 Job Location: Carlstadt, NJ Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off Job Description: L3Harris Technologies is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Manager of Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) to join the ARDE Inc. Carlstadt, NJ site, which is a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies’ Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment. ARDE is a leader in designing and manufacturing high-pressure Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels and Propellant Tanks, with expertise in structural/dynamics analysis, fracture mechanics, and Material and Process Engineering, serving both domestic and international customers. The Q&MA team ensures delivered products conform to contractual and L3Harris requirements for product quality throughout the engine assembly, test, and post-delivery support. They ensure adherence to and compliance with established quality policies, practices, and government regulations. This includes implementation and leadership of strategies that will directly impact the successful zero-defect, on-time delivery of products. Essential Functions: <ul> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Provide leadership, direction and support across multiple Quality Assurance teams (Quality Engineering, Product Acceptance / Inspection, Product Configuration Documentation, and Quality Management System compliance)</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Actively lead by example and support a strong safety culture ensuring employees are protected, engaged, and productive</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Guide teams to resolve technical challenges, ensuring successful tactical execution</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Promote a strong culture of quality focused on the engagement of every employee, with adherence to personal stamp warranty, workmanship fundamentals, and attention to detail in the prevention of defects</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Collaborate with site leadership peers within program management and other functional process teams. Collaborate with Q&MA functional peers at other L3Harris sites</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Develop and implement team & site-wide tactical quality improvement initiatives promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, customer requirements and government standards.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Champion, lead, and support the execution of flow-down strategic initiatives</li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Measure, monitor, and take action to ensure quality-focused key performance indicator targets are achieved or exceeded</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Report to senior leadership on business performance including action plans to improve business execution and status of strategic initiatives.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Lead site to maintain certification and compliance efforts for AS9100 and other required certifications. </li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Along with manufacturing operations, co-chair the site Corrective Action Board to oversee rigorous root cause analysis, application of lean/six sigma methods and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Ensure product quality technology is an integral part of engineering design and manufacturing processes</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Execute annual departmental budget and staffing plans</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Identify needed capital investment to support business need (including quality process capacity, capabilities, & technologies)</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Requires up to 5% business travel within the continental U.S.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance. </li> </ul> Qualifications: <ul> <li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior Quality experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of Quality related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of Quality related experience.</li> </ul> Preferred Additional Skills: <ul> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Advanced business knowledge, general management and leadership capability to lead business area or functional teams.</li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Broad experience across multiple related professional disciplines within the organization, combining theory, past practical experience and the organization’s business practices.</li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">3 or more years of experience directly managing a Quality Engineering or Quality Organization</li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">3 or more years managing site certification with AS9100, ISO 9001 </li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Quality Engineering or Management experience in Aerospace and Defense or closely related industry.</li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Direct experience with assembly, test, and inspection processes commonly used to produce aerospace components and sub-assemblies</li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence.</li> <li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Experience identifying nonconformance and applying prevention utilizing industry-recognized Root Cause Corrective Analysis tools such, DMAIC, FMEA, 8D, Cause Networks and applying Lean techniques such as Manufacturing Standard Work and Value Stream Mapping</li> </ul> In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in the State of New Jersey is $116,500 - $216,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements. #LI-AT4

Manager, Quality (Carlstadt, NJ, US, 07072) @ L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

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