[Hiring] Senior Quality Manager, Assurance & Regulatory Compliance @Barnes

Role Description

Barnes Aerospace is seeking a Sr. Quality Manager, Assurance & Regulatory Compliance to lead the enterprise assurance program and strengthen regulatory, certification, and Quality-system compliance across our global aerospace portfolio. This role provides independent assessment of QMS effectiveness, establishes consistent audit and regulatory-governance practices, and drives timely escalation and resolution of systemic risks. The successful candidate will partner with site Quality leaders, Operations, and functional teams to ensure that lessons learned, corrective actions, and compliance expectations are consistently applied across the organization. Remote in the US with 20-30% travel.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the enterprise assurance program, including risk-based internal-audit planning, common audit methodology, auditor qualification and calibration, audit reporting, and assessment of QMS effectiveness across multiple sites.
• Establish enterprise regulatory-compliance requirements and lead the harmonization of common regulatory controls across sites.
• Partner with QMS & Process Excellence to develop and maintain aligned documentation and implementation practices for shared requirements.
• Establish and maintain enterprise standards for audit planning, execution, reporting, corrective-action follow-up, and verification of effectiveness.
• Monitor site compliance health, audit trends, certification status, significant findings, and systemic risk indicators; provide clear reporting, recommendations, and escalation to executive leadership.
• Provide enterprise oversight for AS9100, AS9110, Nadcap, customer, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Support governance of aviation-authority approvals, certificates, capability limitations, and related compliance controls.
• Lead enterprise certification and regulatory audit readiness activities.
• Provide independent review and enterprise support for significant findings, escapes, and compliance events.
• Identify and escalate systemic Quality and regulatory risks directly to the Global VP Quality.
• Partner with QMS & Process Excellence, Supplier Quality, site Quality Managers, and Operations leaders to ensure audit results drive practical improvements.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise community of qualified internal auditors.
• Build effective working relationships with Site Quality Managers and Site General Managers.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required, anticipated at approximately 20–30% of the time.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive Quality, regulatory, manufacturing, or engineering experience in a complex aerospace manufacturing or maintenance environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading internal-audit programs, certification readiness, regulatory compliance, or Quality-system assurance activities across multiple sites.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and/or AS9110, applicable customer-specific requirements, and aerospace Quality Management System principles.
• Demonstrated experience with Nadcap requirements, audit preparation, finding response, corrective-action effectiveness, and special-process compliance.
• Working knowledge of applicable aviation-authority requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of risk-based auditing, process-based auditing, root-cause analysis, CAPA, nonconformance control, management review, risk management, and regulatory-change management.
• Proven ability to independently assess compliance and process effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and lead cross-functional corrective-action efforts.
• Strong analytical, project-management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience working effectively across cultures, time zones, and changing business priorities in a global organization.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience with QMS software, audit-management tools, ERP/MES systems, and business-intelligence tools is preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Aviation, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant technical experience may be considered.
• Lead Auditor certification in AS9100 and/or AS9110 auditing is strongly preferred.
• Other relevant professional auditing certifications, such as ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, are preferred.

Salary

$125,000 - $194,000

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions for eligible medical plan participants.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• Wellness programs.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts.
• Voluntary accident and critical illness coverage.
• Pet insurance.
• Work-life support resources.

Export Control Information

This job position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. If an applicant does not meet the definition of a “U.S. Person,” the Company may be required to obtain an export control license.