Divisional Quality Manager

Position Summary

Element is seeking a results-driven Business Unit Quality Manager to lead quality strategy and execution across ~20 materials testing labs in the Americas. This role is critical in ensuring product quality testing meets the highest aerospace standards, enabling regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence.

Divisional Quality Manager

Location:

Americas (US, Canada, Mexico)

Business Unit:
Aerospace & Energy

Salary: $125,000 - $145,000/yr DOE

• Ensure consistent execution of the Quality Management System (QMS) aligned with ISO/IEC 17025, AS9100, Nadcap and Nuclear standards.
• Lead quality strategy across the BU with a strong focus on product testing performance and compliance.
• Drive lab readiness for audits and certifications; liaise with OEMs, regulatory bodies, and customers.
• Guide and develop site-level quality teams; promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Improve key metrics including First Time Right (FTR) and Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) through data-driven quality initiatives.
• Standardize testing processes across labs to reduce risk and enhance data integrity.
• Establish and implement applicable measurements / metrics for monitoring system effectiveness and to enable managers/employees to make sound quality decisions.
• Use data analytics and quality tools to identify improvement opportunities, coach employees in problem-solving, and lead teams in effective corrective actions.
• Establish collection and analysis systems of statistical data, forecast trends, propose solutions and drive process improvements.
• Collaborate with HR and operational leaders to inspire, develop, and retain quality talent across the business unit.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent education/experience) in engineering, science, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of quality management experience in aerospace, energy, defense, or related complex technical environments.
• Deep knowledge of quality systems and standards including ISO/IEC 17025, AS9100, and Nadcap.
• Proven success in managing multi-site quality functions in a matrix structure.
• Strong experience interfacing with aerospace primes, accreditation bodies, and regulatory agencies.
• Skilled in audit management, root cause analysis, and performance metrics.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to build trust and credibility with internal and external stakeholders.
• Willing to travel approximately 35%, including overnight stays (US, Canada, Mexico).

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race,…