Quality Manager

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity

• 9.5% annual retirement benefit opportunity

• 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 Accounts

• Voluntary benefits, including:

• Home / Auto Insurance discounts

• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

This information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.

Are you ready to make your mark? If you’re a Quality leader we have an exciting opportunity for you!

The Quality Manager is responsible to build, lead, and improve a quality engineering organization and for the development and implementation of quality improvement strategies as well as the continuous improvement of quality systems and business processes that support a site or multiple small sites. The incumbent generally reports to a Vice President Quality, Quality Director, or General Manager. This position is a strong contributor to supporting and achieving site level organizational quality objectives. The position involves collaboration with Directors and Managers to ensure the alignment of quality strategy, philosophy, systems, and business practice and is relied upon to provide technical expertise in guiding design efforts, customer interactions, and other quality engineering related matters such as problem solving.

• Accountable for reducing customer complaints and improving COPQ.

• Drives a robust quality culture with a zero-defect mindset.

• Establishes and executes site-level strategic quality plan.

• Develops staff and holds them accountable for quality metrics.

• Represents Woodward to customers and regulatory bodies.

• Accountable for effective root cause and corrective action.

• Reports quality metrics to management and drives corrective action.

• Stays current with quality and regulatory trends.

• Provides direction and development for direct reports.

• Develops and maintains an appropriate quality organization.

• 10 years of experience in Operational Quality, Customer Quality and/or operations leadership in a manufacturing environment required.

• 3 years’ experience working with quality management systems with solid understanding of quality management systems, process approach, and continuous improvement methods and tools required.

• Proven leadership capability for collaborating with internal and external customers toward continuous improvement required.

• Experience with APQP and process capability improvement required.

• 4-year science/technical or management degree required.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR and EAR or possess all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State Department and the U.S. Department of Commerce. ITAR defines a U.S. person as U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., 'Green Card Holder), Political Asylee, or Refugee.