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Quality & Safety Manger

Patuxent River Estates, Maryland

Job ID 18592
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L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Lead, Quality

Job Code: 18592

Job Location: Patuxent, MD

Schedule: 9/80 REG

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 Qualifcations:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in quality assurance and extensive quality assurance or control experience, of which three (3) years experience required in a maintenance or training position and three (3) years experience must be directly related to Naval systems.
  • TS/SCI Clearance with the ability to obtain/maintain Yankee White

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $96,500 - $179,000 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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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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