Associate Manager, Quality Control
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Waterdown • 🇨🇦 Canada
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Responsible for leading inspection operations, ensuring the integrity of all product verification activities, and maintaining compliance with quality standards
- Drive execution excellence across all shifts, ensuring consistent inspection rigor, accurate nonconformance management, and adherence to internal and customer specifications
- Build and develop a high-performing quality control team that supports production, service, and new product introduction in achieving quality, cost, and schedule
- Oversee and manage all quality inspection activities to ensure compliance with internal, customer, and regulatory requirements
- Develop and optimize job design for the QC team, aligning skills, responsibilities, and inspection coverage to production priorities
- Lead the development and succession planning of QC personnel, identifying internal and external talent to support long-term capability growth
- Manage daily resource allocation and coverage planning for inspection, MRB, and final release activities across all product lines
- Implement effective resource capacity planning and cross-training to align inspection throughput with production/service demand forecast
- Ensure consistent communication and shift handover across day, evening, and weekend operations to maintain continuity and control
- Accountable for the Material Review Board (MRB) process, ensuring timely disposition of nonconforming materials and coordination with engineering and quality engineering
- Enforce accountability for complete and accurate nonconformance (NC) documentation
- Support containment and RCCA efforts as part of the cross-functional 8D problem-solving process
- Support the Gemba to identify/communicate risks, verify process adherence, and reinforce quality presence on the shop floor
- Develop and maintain capability and competence of QC’s to drive cell quality performance analysis
- Ensure Certificates of Conformance (C of C) and related documentation for shipped product are accurate and compliant with AS9100D and customer requirements
- Coordinate and support source inspections and First Article Inspections (FAI) in accordance with customer and QMS requirements
- Analyze Quality Inspection effectiveness to identify and support risk and opportunities within the quality control plans
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support strategic initiatives, including operational excellence, digital transformation, and audit readiness
- Accountable to staff completion of compliance and training
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, or related technical discipline; equivalent experience in aerospace quality will be considered
- 3-5 years of experience managing a large inspection team across multiple shifts (day, evening, weekend)
- ASQ Certification (ex. CQE, CMQ/OE, or equivalent)
- Demonstrated experience leading MRB processes, managing inspection operations, and enforcing quality accountability
- Certification or demonstrated expertise in AS9100D Quality Management System standards
- Lean Six Sigma Certification considered an asset
- Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances and controlled goods program (CGP)
Benefits
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Hard skills
quality controlinspection operationsnonconformance managementresource capacity planning8D problem-solvingrisk analysisprocess adherencequality performance analysisFirst Article Inspectionsaudit readiness
Soft skills
leadershipteam developmentcommunicationcollaborationaccountabilitystrategic initiative supportcross-trainingexecution excellenceproblem-solvingresource allocation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineeringASQ CertificationLean Six Sigma CertificationAS9100D Quality Management System certification