Senior Quality Manager
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of
At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture supports you in building a solid career with a great team you can count on day in and day out for the long term.
As a Senior Quality Manager, you will manage the business unit quality function through development, implementation and monitoring of policies and procedures consistent with organizational requirements and corporate standards.
What You'll do
- Provide strategic leadership for the site's Quality Management System (QMS)
- Ensure regulatory compliance with FAA Part 145, AS9110, customer and corporate requirements
- Lead management review activities
- Manage the audit program (develop and execute the annual internal audit schedule)
- Oversee supplier and external audits
- Monitor audit effectiveness and recurring issues
- Drive operational quality with Operations, Engineering, Programs and Supply Chain
- Lead corrective actin and continuous improvement
- Champion Lean, Six Sigma and structured problem solving methodologies
- Develop, Coach, Mentor the quality team and establish performance expectations and accountability
- Manage quality performance through develop and monitor KPI's
- Identify trends and drive improvement initiatives and use data to prioritize organizational improvements
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 5+ years of experience leading and developing quality teams, managing audit programs, and driving enterprise-level quality initiatives across complex operational environments.
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Management Systems (QMS), including implementation, maintenance, continuous improvement, and compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Experience leading internal, external, customer, and regulatory audits and managing corrective and preventive action (CAPA) programs.
- Experience applying FAA airworthiness certification requirements, regulatory compliance standards, and industry-specific regulatory requirements.
Desired Skills
- 10 years minimum work experience in Aviation and/or Aerospace
- Previous Quality Manager, Chief Inspector, or Quality Engineering
- As9100/9110 Lead Auditor certification
- Experience leading and preparing organizations for certifications (AS/ISO) or regulatory audits
- Experience service as the primary interface with FAA, DCMA, DOW, or major aerospace customers
- American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Manager of Quality/Organization Excellence (CMQ/QE, or Six Sigma Black Belt
Benefits that make life better:
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- 401(k) with 100% company match; up to 5% vested
- Paid Time Off starting on day one
- Bonus opportunities
- Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Learning & Training opportunities
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years leading and developing quality teams, managing audit programs, and driving enterprise-level quality initiatives
- 5+ years experience with Quality Management Systems (implementation, maintenance, continuous improvement, compliance)
- Experience leading internal, external, customer, and regulatory audits and managing corrective and preventive action (CAPA) programs
- Experience applying FAA airworthiness certification requirements and industry-specific regulatory compliance
- 10 years minimum work experience in Aviation and/or Aerospace
- Previous experience as Quality Manager, Chief Inspector, or Quality Engineer
- AS9100/9110 Lead Auditor certification
- Experience leading and preparing organizations for AS/ISO certifications or regulatory audits
- Experience serving as the primary interface with FAA, DCMA, DOW, or major aerospace customers
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), CMQ/OE, or Six Sigma Black Belt
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
StandardAero Insights
What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.
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