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Job Title: Lead, Quality

Job Code: 24688

Job Location: Patuxent, MD

Schedule: 9/80 REG

**This position is contingent upon contract award**

Overview

This requisition is contingent upon L3Harris winning the Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Services in Support of Presidential Helicopter contract.

The anticipated date of Contract Award is 2025 with an anticipated start date of Fall/Winter 2025.

The location for the performance of this program is Patuxent River, MD. Employee must be located on site.

Job Description:

Responsible for monitoring, inspecting and proposing measures to correct or improve products, services and processes to meet established quality standards. Prepares and implements quality assurance policies and procedures and perform routine inspections and quality tests. Identifies and resolves workflow and production issues and ensure that standards and safety regulations are observed. Addresses and evaluates issues and proposed solutions with management and documents activities creating audit reports. Provides recommendations for improvements, training materials and operating manuals. Ensures compliance with industry regulations and quality requirements, analyzes audit outcomes, carries out appropriate corrective procedures and oversees risk management procedures.

Essential Functions:

Manages large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the organization with minimal oversight or direction.

Makes significant improvements in processes, systems, or products

Work is guided by individual annual goals and objectives with minimal oversight or direction.

Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees across the Company within area of expertise.

Frequently responsible for managing large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams.

Communicates within and outside of the organization which include customers or vendors.

Works to influence others to accept individual or team’s views or practices and changes to concepts, practices and approaches.

Communicates with leadership regarding matters of importance to the functional or business area. May conduct briefings with leaders.

Work consists of making significant improvements of processes, systems, solutions, or products to enhance performance of job area.

Conducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems. Problems span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across the function and/or business area.

Establishes operational plans for job area with short-term impact on results (e.g., less than 1 year).

Provides input into new products, processes, standards and/or operational plans that will have measurable impact on the achievement of overall function or business results.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in quality assurance or quality control experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a maintenance or training position
• Demonstrated experience in Naval systems

Additional Requirements:

• Must be able to obtain Top Secret clearance in accordance with the NISPOM codifying 32 Code of Federal Regulation Part 117, NISPOM Rule.
• Must be able to satisfy personnel security requirements for Yankee White access in accordance with the DoD Directive 5210.55 (Presidential Support Program) and DoD Instruction 5210.87 (Selection of DoD Military and Civilian Personnel and Contractor Employees for Assignment to Presidential Support Activities). 
• A government requisite pre-screening checklist will be requested from all applicants being considered.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, and Vermont is $71,500 MIN - $132,500 MAX. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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