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Leggett & Platt Aerospace - Western Pneumatic Tube Co. Quality Assurance Manager in Kirkland, Washington
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt's overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives -- by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt's inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.
From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.
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Aerospace
At L&P Aerospace, we specialize in creating complex tube and duct assemblies using high-performance materials capable of withstanding extreme pressure, temperature, and chemical interaction.
After our materials have gone through the necessary processes, we are left with high-performance finished goods that are ready to be incorporated into assemblies for our customers.
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Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (NYSE: LEG) is seeking a Quality Manager for its Kirkland, Washington branch, specializing in Aerospace tubing. This position will report to the General Manager and assist with coordination of other management and area leads to effectively organize and monitor quality objectives, workflow, efficiencies, develop and select Continuous Improvement projects, and achieve safety initiatives. This position will also work internally and with suppliers to monitor performance and ensure effective corrective actions are put in place, when necessary. The successful candidate will be a strategic big-picture leader who empowers others to take ownership and pride in branch operations.
Essential Responsibilities
Oversee and perform, if necessary, quality, testing, safety, and maintenance
Collect and analyze data and create documentation for cost of quality, SPC, VSM, control plans, risk analysis, internal and customer quality and delivery metrics, AS9100 PEARS, OEE, MSA
Focal for customer and third-party audits.
Monitor supplier performance, issue corrective action requests, and perform supplier audits, when necessary
Conduct internal and customer root cause corrective action activities and oversee corrective action responses.
Participates in Continuous Improvement activities and improves manufacturing efficiencies.
Establishes statistical confidence and reliability based on analysis of processes.
Work with production team to develop, plan and execute continuous improvement initiatives.
Provide quality training for employees and departments, as needed.
Encourage safe and clean work environment by educat