Chief Inspector, Manufacturing

Volt is immediately hiring a Chief Inspector with a Power Electronics manufacturer in Wichita, Kansas! In this role you will lead all manufacturing inspection activities and serve the best customers from all over the world - from general, business, and commercial aviation.

Day to day tasks:
* Work in a climate controlled facility; clean, organized, and safe light manufacturing environment.
* Ensure that the inspection standards, methods, and procedures are maintained and meet approval by the Federal Aviation Administration as a Part 21 Manufacturing Facility.
* Monitor operations to maintain established high standards in a production environment while ensuring a consistent, reliable, quality product delivered on time, as expected
* Manage and develop direct reports, monitor workplace performance, and lead training initiatives
* Oversee the use of current applicable released planning, drawings, test data, and other pertinent data to produce articles to be certified as airworthy
* Oversee the coordination of First Article Inspection (FAI) activities, ensuring all new engineering released changes are incorporated, track cut-in data and communicate FAI status to customers as needed
* Coordinate revisions of the AS9100 Quality Manual and Production Approval Holder Quality Manual and supporting procedures
* Maintain readiness and interface with regulatory agencies and customers during tours and audits
* Initiate correction and response to any regulatory or customer audit nonconformances
* Develop, maintain, and report appropriate production metrics to Quality management
* Perform or support quality audits of the entire facility, including the repair station, if needed
* Lead or support RCCA activities for internal, customer, or supplier issues
* Work closely with manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, design engineering, and RCCA team to improve quality and production processes, value stream, and environment

This is a full time, Direct Hire opportunity.

The ideal candidate will have:
* Need to have familiarity with all regulatory and industry requirements related to Aerospace Quality Standards. You'll be an important part of the process that keeps our customers flying!
* 8+ years working in avionics and parts manufacturing inspection having experience with engineering drawings, applicable inspection methods, techniques, equipment, and tools used to determine the compliance of new articles.
* 4+ years of direct supervision experience, with responsibility for receiving inspection, assembly, final inspection and delivery of aviation products or articles.
* You are proficient with Microsoft Office and documentation
* You have good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

* Experienced with aircraft electronics and systems (use of oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers and other specialized test equipment) IS A PLUS

* Experience working in a Part 145 Repair Station environment IS A PLUS

Salary: $75,000 - 95,000/year
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

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Desired Skills and Experience

* Need to have familiarity with all regulatory and industry requirements related to Aerospace Quality Standards. You'll be an important part of the process that keeps our customers flying!
* 8+ years working in avionics and parts manufacturing inspection having experience with engineering drawings, applicable inspection methods, techniques, equipment, and tools used to determine the compliance of new articles.
* 4+ years of direct supervision experience, with responsibility for receiving inspection, assembly, final inspection and delivery of aviation products or articles.

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