Director, Quality

Job ID #: 8651 Location: Manitoba – Winnipeg

Functional Area: Quality Department: C34 CF34-AIRLINES

Position Type: Full-Time Regular Education Required: Bachelors Degree

Experience Required: 3 – 5 Years Relocation Provided:
Position Description

 Directs strategic business unit quality activities and resources including supervision and training of personnel, representing quality functions. Develops, implements and monitors business unit quality policies and procedures consistent with company and strategic business unit objectives.

 Continuously monitors quality data (warranty, product rectification, customer satisfaction, etc.) for improvement opportunities across the business unit. Leads the business unit strategic group on the selection and management of improvement initiatives.

 Develops and maintains an organizational structure on the business unit staffed with qualified personnel for the performance of quality activities.

 Manages the development and maintenance of methods and systems for measuring the degree by which the business unit’s quality goals, objectives and standards are being met.

 Leads the business unit quality audit and corrective action process by providing training, facilitation, recommendations and leadership, as required to achieve optimal results.

 Interfaces with marketing, operations and engineering to establish quality requirements on individual products and services on the basis of customer needs, the fit, form and function of the product, and to ensure that quality considerations are properly addressed as early as possible in the product or process design stage.

 Maintains currency on regulatory requirements and quality standards.

 Seeks new quality methodologies for implementation in support of business unit strategic initiatives.

 Exercises authority in hiring, training, career development, performance appraisal, salary adjustments, promotion, discipline, health, safety and the general employee relations of direct reports.

 Actively participates in the appropriate management team(s), assisting with the development and realization of strategic plans, budgets, goals and outcomes.

 Carries out special projects as assigned.

Position Requirements

 Thorough knowledge of ISO 9000 quality system requirements.

 Thorough knowledge of Transport Canada airworthiness certification requirements and other regulatory bodies.

 Strong planning, organizational, analytical, leadership, interpersonal, decision making, oral and written communication skills.

 Thorough knowledge of company instructions, company processes and other internal procedures.

 Working knowledge of PC’s in the current company operating system environment.

 Working knowledge of production management computer systems.

 Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) by a provincial association of professional engineers.

 University degree in mechanical, industrial, or aerospace engineering; or equivalent.

 Several years of senior leadership experience in a manufacturing or aerospace environment.