Description:The Work
Looking to expand your skills? Do you want to become an expert?

You'll be using your knowledge of drawing and specification interpretation, inspection techniques and aircraft commodities to determine requirements and provide guidance and oversight to supplier Inspectors.

You'll set up inspection plans and master data for parts in process, and resolve system data issues to ensure the free flow of material through processes.

You'll work alongside experts diagnosing and correcting problems, eliminating the causes or mitigating their effects and improving processes. Problems will range from simple to complex.

You'll have an increasingly independent role on our team of experts ensuring that our products are reliably delivered to our customers when they need them, where they need them and in the expected condition to satisfy their demanding mission requirements.

You'll have an opportunity to partner with product and process experts from Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, IT, Suppliers and Customers to develop creative and effective solutions to problems that can impact our customer's ability to meet their mission objectives. You'll expand your knowledge of manufacturing, processing and testing for all the different commodities that go into manufacturing aircraft...machined parts, sheet metal fabricated parts, avionics, hydraulics, elastomers, bearings, gears, composites and more. You'll also have the opportunity to develop expertise in a multitude of software systems.

You must have excellent interpersonal, analytical and critical thinking skills. You must be able to absorb new information efficiently and work with increasing independence. You possess the ability to predict the causal effects of actions or inaction.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company is a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced helicopters for commercial and military missions. This position is at our North Haven, CT 3PL warehouse.

You will be responsible for the following activities:
* Provide expertise and guidance to the inspection teams.
* Work with teams to perform root cause analysis, and determine effective corrective action for any confirmed quality system escapes.
* Work with teams to evaluate and improve efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
* Assign and follow up on corrective action requests for audit findings and quality system escapes.
* Participate in the Quality Clinic.
* Audit the warehouse Quality System processes.
* Monitor and report on KPIs.
* Process and disposition nonconforming material incidents.
* Provide training to supplier's quality personnel.
* Participate in the Corrective Action Board.
* Collect and analyze data.
* Prepare slides and present data
* Provide reports and feedback to supplier and Sikorsky Quality management.
* Any other action or activity as assigned
Basic Qualifications:
* Strong computer/software user skills, including comfort with typical business software functionality and relationships between datasets.
* 2 years minimum experience with quality control methods and techniques, in relation to aircraft components and parts, including some knowledge of a combination of the following:
o First article inspection
o Mechanical dimensional inspection techniques
o Visual inspection
o Special processes
o Destructive and nondestructive inspections
o Manufacturing processes
o AS9100/ISO9001 quality system requirements and related procedures
o Drawing/Blueprint and Specification Interpretation
Desired Skills:
* Excellent interpersonal, analytical and critical thinking skills
* The ability to work equally well independently or with a team
Clearance Level: None
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: RMS
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: QA/Test and Inspection
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First