Quality Manager

Overview

Mural Group is partnering with a precision CNC machining company in the Cincinnati area to find their next Quality Manager. This company supplies precision machined components to a defense and aerospace customer, operates at a high standard of inspection and documentation, and is growing. They need someone who can own the entire quality function - not support one.

What You’ll Own

This is the top quality role in the building. You will report directly to the VP of Strategy and manage a team that includes a Quality Engineer, CMM programmers, and inspection staff. The scope covers everything:

• Full QMS ownership and continuous improvement in accordance with ISO 9001 and customer-specific requirements

• All inspection activity: incoming, in-process, final, and customer shipment release

• First Article Inspections (FAI) and customer qualification packages

• Internal and third-party audit management - you are the primary quality representative when a customer or registrar walks in

• CMM oversight and measurement systems management including Gage R&R and MSA studies

• SPC, process capability studies, and data-driven variation reduction

• Root cause investigations and corrective actions using 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, and CAPA methodology

• Nonconforming material disposition and containment

• Supplier quality program including vendor evaluations and corrective actions

• Calibration program management

• Engineering change implementation and new product introduction support from a quality perspective

• Quality metrics reporting: scrap, rework, first-pass yield, NCRs, cost of poor quality

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of quality management experience in a CNC machining or precision manufacturing environment

• ISO 9001 QMS experience - you have owned it, not just worked within it

• GD&T proficiency - you read it, apply it, and can train others on it

• CMM-based inspection knowledge - you have managed CMM staff and understand measurement systems

• FAI process ownership - you have submitted and managed First Articles to customer requirements

• Experience leading customer audits as the primary quality representative

• Proven root cause and corrective action track record with structured methodology

• Team leadership experience - you have hired, evaluated, and developed quality staff

Preferred but not required: AS9100 or aerospace quality background, Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, ASQ CMQ/OE or CQE, ISO Lead Auditor certification.