Senior Operations Quality Tech - Bradley A4

Job Description
How does it feel to work on a team driven to make a big impact? Empowering.
The BAE Systems Vehicle Upgrade and Overhaul Center (VUOC) site in Anniston, Alabama is seeking a Senior Operations Quality Tech in support of Combat Mission Systems operations. In this role as a Senior Operations Quality Tech, you will develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation and control systems in a fast-paced, LEAN production heavy vehicle manufacturing environment. This position is responsible for ensuring requirements are met throughout various processes on the Bradley A4 vehicle platform.
In this position, you will interact with various production-oriented working teams (Floor Support, Manufacturing Operators, Engineering, Program Management, among others) to ensure that processes are in place to prevent defects from occurring. In cases where defects do occur, you will engage to research, document, contain and help resolve the problem through numerous methods available to you, while ensuring effective communication of any needs and status across locations to counterpart support teams.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline with at least four (4) years of related experience, or the overall equivalent.
• Mechanically-oriented individual with experience interpreting drawings, standards and specifications as well as procedures and work instruction documentation.
• Requires working knowledge of Quality Assurance/Quality Control fundamentals.
• Strong background in problem-solving techniques and analysis.
• Proficiency in standard and industry-related software including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to effectively package details and data collected from Production and its associated datasets and communicate through verbal and electronic means to broader working teams in support of defining approved courses of action.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• ASQ or similarly-accredited Quality certification.
• Experience working in a production program in support of government contracts, preferably DoD.
• Formal training in Root Cause Analysis.
• Experience implementing APQP in a low-rate, technically complex product environment.
• Experience engaging with a union workforce.
• Qualification or strong background in ISO 9001:2015.
• Experience interacting with DCMA and DoD customer personnel.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $77814 - $132283
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Platforms & Services
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and naval ship repair...just to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.