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
Are you ready to make your mark? The Quality Manager, Level 2 is responsible to build, lead, and improve a quality 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 Quality Director. 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.
What You Will Be Doing
- Accountable for coordination and integration of quality assurance processes and procedures which may include the following areas: Government and Regulatory compliance (ISO, AS,TS, FAA, DCMA), Customer Quality Compliance, and internal quality procedural compliance.
- Drives robust Quality culture through continuous systemic improvements.
- Establishes and executes site level strategic quality plan to meet business objectives and customer expectations. Supports business group level strategic quality plan.
- Represents Woodward from the site or Business Group level to customers, potential customers, regulatory bodies through presentation and communication of the Quality Management System and quality strategies to meet or exceed customer expectations while providing advocacy.
- Develops a highly effective and well skilled technical staff and supports the site regarding implementation of PLC, APQP, Lean, process capability/First Pass Yield and continuous improvement initiatives while supporting the maintenance of an effective Six Sigma System.
- Accountable for effective Root Cause and Corrective Action within the site or business area/value streams for escapes (internal or customer) and ensures an effective internal and external corrective action process (timely and effective closures of Corrective Action Requests - CAR's).
What We Are Looking For
- 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).
This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).
Woodward is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local laws.
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Woodward HRT/MPC
life insurance, vision insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, sick time, short term disability, long term disability, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
Jul 03, 2025