The Role
Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
- Estimated annual base pay: $107,200 (minimum) - $134,000 (midpoint) - $160,700 (maximum)
- All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
- 401(k) match (4.5%)
- Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
- Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
- 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays.
- Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
- Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
- Paid parental leave.
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
- Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
- Member referral bonus
- Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
- Voluntary benefits, including:
- Home / Auto Insurance discounts
- Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave
- Establish and execute site level strategic Quality plan to meet business objectives and customer expectations. Support business group level strategic Quality plan.
- Provide directions to ensure the organization maintains compliance with all applicable aerospace regulations (e.g., FAA, EASA) and customer-specific requirements.
- Build and maintain relationships with regulatory authorities, certification bodies, and auditors to facilitate successful inspections and certifications.
- Drive the implementation of advanced Quality tools and methodologies across the organization, such as Process Capability and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
- Oversee escalation processes for non-conformance issues and ensure teams are equipped to implement robust Corrective Actions.
- Review organizational performance data regularly to identify trends, prioritize improvement initiatives, and allocate resources accordingly.
- Build and lead a high-performing Quality team, ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and aligned with organizational objectives.
- Oversee the development of robust feedback mechanisms to monitor customer satisfaction and ensure continuous improvement.
- Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Quality performance and ensure the organization has a robust system for tracking and analyzing these metrics.
- US – master’s degree in arts/sciences (MA/MS) Science/technical or Management or international equivalent preferred.
- US – bachelor’s degree in arts/sciences (BA/BS) Science/technical or Management or international equivalent required.
- 2-5 years quality engineering, program management, engineering, and/or operations leadership in a manufacturing environment.
- 2-5 years working with quality management systems with solid understanding of quality management systems, process approach, and continuous improvement methods and tools.
- Proven leadership capability for collaborating with internal and external customers toward continuous improvement required.
- Experience with APQP and process capability required.
- Domestic and international, as required.
- Six Sigma Greenbelt or equivalent data-based problem solving preferred. Black belt preferred.
- Nationally recognized quality certification e.g., American Society of Quality (ASQ), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) preferred.
- Strong understanding of: QMS; Processes approach; ISO, AS and TS; APQP\PPAP; LEAN principles; Six Sigma tools and methodologies; other continuous improvement methods to support lean order fulfillment processes. Significant technical toolbox (such as trade-studies, brainstorming, design evaluation matrices, risk management, test methods and systems, configuration management, ECR management, DFMEA, PFMEA, DFR, GD&T, Monte Carlo Analysis, Design of Experiments, QFD or other appropriate design and analysis tools).
- Strong knowledge of statistical concepts and methods to ensure appropriate application and analysis of data, with strong ability to analyze issues, solve problems and develop others to do the same
- Able to lead and develop a vision and strategy for the site level QMS, including gaining alignment and support of key site stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills with peers and leaders across the site and, as needed across the CoE. Supports the improvement of processes across the site and on a per project basis at the group level.
- Strong time management and project management skills to organize and plan effectively in developing effective systems and processes at the value stream, area and site level.
- Ability to work across the site's value streams (enterprise wide - supply to customer) to achieve site and value stream performance objectives.
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The Company
What We Do
Woodward is an independent designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions for aerospace and industrial markets. For 150 years, Woodward has focused its resources and expertise on delivering proven systems that perform under incredible demands. Our customers have come to rely on us to help them address and solve the challenges associated with global efficiency initiatives – from reducing emissions, to increasing energy efficiency, to helping them introduce alternative energy sources.
Why Work With Us
A career at Woodward offers professional and personal growth. You will work alongside the brightest minds in our industry, help develop innovative technology and products, and contribute to our company’s goal of always innovating for a better future.
People join Woodward for a job and end up building a career for a lifetime.
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