Date Posted:

2025-04-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW221: Mikro - Charlottesville,VA 1180 Seminole Trail Suite 220, Charlottesville, VA, 22901 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

What you will do:

Pratt & Whitney’s Mikro Systems’ is a dynamic production and R&D manufacturing site focused on ceramic core and precision medical part manufacture. The PW Mikro Charlottesville, VA site is looking for a Quality Manager to lead a team of hourly and salary Quality team members. This position will be responsible for the strategic leadership and direction to all levels within the site and ensure a healthy Quality Management system and a product quality signature.

As a Quality leader, you’ll provide the strategic management and direction to all levels within the organization regarding the planning, direction, and control of all product inspections and the organization’s overall Quality system health. We need a person that will exhibit and foster behaviors that conform to the highest levels of business integrity. Ensuring compliance to company, customer, regulatory, and other procedures and requirements, the Quality Manager will foster a Quality culture throughout all functions within the organization. Through leadership and effective communication, we expect you to develop and drive the tactical execution of the Quality Management System. This is a leadership role that requires integration and collaboration with the facility General Manager, the P&W central Quality team, and other associated leadership teams.

Lead the integration of P&W and RTX corporate Quality System and culture
Systematically translate, analyze, and prioritize customer needs, legal and contractual requirements, and company policy and objectives into quality performance standards and operational definitions to ensures the full compliance to technical requirements, company policies and procedures.
Lead and mentor a team of quality engineers and provide project status to Operations and Program Quality Leadership teams.
Baseline factory metrics (Scrap, Rework, FPY, TUH, etc.), identify top drivers, forecast future demand for top drivers and identify areas of opportunity for improvement.
Lead/Drive Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) initiatives (PFMEA, control Plans, SPC, etc.) using baseline metrics and future demand.
Daily collaboration with cross-functional teams to maintain and meet organizational goals and objectives. These groups include technical support, manufacturing/test/design engineering, maintenance, production control, finance, and the program management office.
Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities using CORE.
Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management, to provide updates on issues, improvement projects and contribute to strategic decision-making.
Establishes procedures for maintaining high standards of quality, reliability and safety.
Implements and helps to maintain the site Quality Management System in accordance with current quality standards, reporting on the performance of the quality system for review and as a foundation for improvement.
Establishes system to support data integrity and accessibility.
Directs the day-to-day quality deliverables and initiatives examples include C of C review, shipment data packages, root cause and investigation, calibration, tooling inspection, non-conformance control and documentation.
Supports the development, implementation and continuous improvement of inspection procedures and technologies.

Drives product and process improvements that ensure that the value stream quality metric goals are met (Escapes, Scrap, Rework, Throughput, Process Certification, UPPAP).

Organizes, promotes and leads quality improvement efforts.
Safety must be driven as a number one priority. Chairs or participates in at least one major site committee for Environmental, Health & Safety.
Focuses on Employee Engagement through communication, training, teaming, management practices, and employee respect to foster a culture of engaged and committed employees.
Travel up to 10%

Qualifications You Must Have:

A Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience in Quality or related technical role; Or an advanced degree with 7 years of experience
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

Qualifications We Prefer:

Experience managing direct reports
Experience identifying root cause and initiating / implementing effective short-term and long-term corrective actions.
Experience with commercial and/or aerospace / defense regulations and/or standards of a commercial equivalent with any of the following: - AS9100, AS9102, ISO-9000, ISO-9001, AS9145.
Certification in Six Sigma, CORE, or American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Knowledge of industry technical standards (such as ANSI, CMMI, ASTM, J-STD etc.)
GD&T Knowledge, understanding, and practical application.
Knowledge of Root Cause Corrective Action processes
Knowledge of General Statistical Process Control

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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