Redwire Space

Sr Director, Mission Assurance

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Full Time

2 days ago

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Job description

Join our team of innovators and get a chance to work alongside a team of talented, curious people that are passionate about designing and deploying solutions that are accelerating humanity’s expansion into space.

Summary

A critical role across Redwire, you would be responsible for Mission Assurance leadership across the enterprise ensuring successful execution consistent with the operating standards and best practices, compliance, statement of work, technical specification, contract deliverables and customer satisfaction.

This successful candidate will work on-site but can be in our facilities in the following locations: Jacksonville FL, Marlborough MA, Albuquerque NM, Littleton CO, Longmont CO, Goleta CA, Greenville IN. There will be up to 25% travel to the other locations.

Responsibilities:

Establish a Corporate lead Mission Assurance organization with a unified approach across a globally diverse space manufacturing business consisting of 7 product lines with execution teams at >10 facilities.
Champion the deployment of proactive Mission Assurance processes focused on delivery of continuously improving value and compliance to customer’s requirements while meeting business objectives.
Develop Mission Assurance Quality Maturity model to assess operating units and move them in unison towards optimization.
Establish measurements and annual goals for continuous improvement and reduction of cost of poor quality.
Establish robust root cause corrective action protocols to accelerate institutional learning and proactive Mission Assurance processes.
Represent Redwire in front of customers and partners to demonstrate commitment to Mission Assurance and when required, corrective actions.
Lead the development and implementation of the Mission Assurance program for the company to meet the directives of regulatory agencies and standards such as ISO, AS9100, etc.
Create and evangelize best practices across the organization and all product offering groups.
Monitor the regulatory compliance of the company with respect to current regulations, any inspection findings, and adherence to the Company's MA program.
Advises executive management and responsible head of the company's compliance status and system-wide implications of any findings.
Identify systematic problems and coordinate corrective actions, systems or process changes that will resolve problems and improve operations – communicate it across the organization.
Institute Mission Assurance processes for the company through technical training and education programs and materials.
Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization.

Ideal Experience:

Must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar with a minimum of 18 years of experience in a similar role in a similar industry
Experience in the space industry
Experience Implementing or administrating the Aerospace Mission Assurance Framework
Mission Assurance, Quality Assurance or Quality Control experience as a Leader implementing processes, standards, compliance monitoring, metrics, etc.
Experience with quality standards such as ISO 9001, AS9100
Experience in integrating new businesses with existing AS9100 certifications
Experience in ERP integration into quality systems, Deltek a plus
Mission Assurance Management Systems experience
Successful prior experience with root cause analysis, solutioning
Strong ability to train, educate, influence, and communicate to align all participants in the process.

Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.

Don’t meet every single requirement above? No worries. We want people who can grow, collaborate and build a stronger team. We strive to build a diverse and inclusive culture, so if you’re excited about this job posting, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR Click Here