Quality Engineer - Ethos Accessories & Components

About Us:

 Ethos A&C, a Wencor Company, is a trusted provider of gas turbine and aviation engine component repair services with facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Specializing in fuel nozzles, gas turbine accessories, component repair, and electrical harnesses, we deliver high-quality solutions that help our customers maintain safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

Overview of the Position:

The Quality Department is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving the organization's Quality Management System (QMS). This position supports quality assurance initiatives, process improvement efforts, supplier quality management, and operational excellence programs to ensure compliance with customer expectations, industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal procedures.

The Quality Engineer / Quality Specialist plays a key role in driving quality improvements across the organization by supporting standardized processes, conducting audits, managing quality systems, resolving quality issues, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

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• Support the ongoing development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS) by ensuring procedures are documented, implemented, maintained, and effectively audited.
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• Develop, implement, and maintain standardized work processes that improve consistency, operational efficiency, and product quality across all departments.
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• Plan, conduct, and document internal audits on time to verify compliance with QMS requirements, customer requirements, regulatory standards, and applicable industry specifications.
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• Manage the site calibration program, ensuring measurement equipment is properly controlled, calibrated, traceable, and documented in accordance with established requirements.
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• Maintain quality procedures, work instructions, inspection documentation, and processes related to nonconforming product control and product disposition.
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• Participate in cross-functional meetings to evaluate operational status, establish priorities, and recommend solutions to quality and process-related challenges.
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• Apply structured problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurrence of quality issues.
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• Review customer contracts, technical specifications, procedures, and procurement requirements to identify impacts on company processes and quality requirements.
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• Ensure quality documentation, process specifications, and contractual requirements are thoroughly reviewed and maintained for customer programs.
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• Resolve supplier quality issues and collaborate with vendors to ensure compliance with quality expectations and requirements.
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• Manage supplier quality activities, including supplier performance metrics, supplier audits, approvals, and improvement initiatives.
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• Lead and support process improvement and efficiency improvement projects throughout the organization.
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• Analyze product and process nonconformances, identify negative trends and risks, communicate findings to management, and recommend improvement actions.
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Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

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• Demonstrate commitment to safety rules, regulations, and company safety initiatives.
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• Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient work environment through effective housekeeping practices.
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• Ensure all activities are performed in accordance with Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental (QHSE) policies.
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• Demonstrate commitment to company values and maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
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• Possess strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
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• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while effectively collaborating within a multidisciplinary team.
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• Ability to develop process maps and create, revise, and maintain procedures, work instructions, and training materials.
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• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 applications.
  
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