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Quality Manager

ITT Cannon LLC

El Cajon, CAJob$123–183K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$123–183K/yr
Location
El Cajon, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Quality Manager ensures products and processes meet industry standards, leads development and improvement of the quality management system, and oversees aerospace compliance and audits. The role addresses customer quality concerns, leads non-conformance investigations and corrective actions, supervises quality teams, and collaborates with engineering and production to improve processes and maintain product integrity.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ISO 9001AS9100NADCAPQuality ManagementSix SigmaFMEARoot Cause AnalysisSPCLeadershipCommunicationProject ManagementInternal AuditsExternal AuditsQuality Software SystemsData AnalysisSix Sigma Green or Black BeltITARERP SoftwareQMS Software

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related5+ Years Quality ManagementAerospace or Defense Industry ExperienceSix Sigma Green or Black Belt

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

About ITT:

ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) is a diversified global leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions serving the flow, aerospace and defense, transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Through operational execution, innovation, and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions such as SPX FLOW, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.

Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, ITT has a market cap of roughly $20 billion and employs more than 15,000 people across 40 countries and serves customers in approximately 125 countries. Following the acquisition of SPX FLOW, the company is expected to generate $5.4 billion in annual revenue.

Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA:

Flow Technologies: A global leader in, providing a broad portfolio of pumps, valves, mixing and agitation equipment, heat transfer, homogenizers, separation, water and wastewater treatment, and engineered process solutions.Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Anhydro, APV, Bornemann, Bran+Luebbe, C'treat, Engineered Valves, Gerstenberg Schröder, Habonim, Johnson Pump, Lightnin, Philadelphia, Plenty, PRO Cast, Rheinhütte, Seital Separation, Stelzer, Svanehøj, Tigerholm, Uutechnic, VIDAR, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell.

Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.

Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA.

Position Summary

The Quality Manager is responsible for ensuring that all products and processes meet rigorous industry standards such as ISO9001 and AS9100 and NADCAP. They lead the development and continuous improvement of the QMS, oversee compliance with aerospace regulations, ITAR, and manage internal and external audits.

The role involves direct communication with customers to address quality concerns, resolve complaints, and ensure customer satisfaction. The Quality Manager leads investigations into non-conformances, implements corrective actions, and ensures timely resolution of issues.

The Quality Manager also supervises quality teams, collaborate with engineering and production, and use tools like FMEA, SPC, RCA to drive process improvements and maintain product integrity.

Essential Responsibilities

    • Oversee the implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of theQuality Management System (QMS)in accordance with ISO 9001 and AS9100 standards.
  • Ensure product quality through robust inspection, testing, and validation processes.

  • Lead the management review process as required by ISO9001/AS9100: planning and scheduling regular management review meetings, gathering and analyzing data on quality objectives, audit results, customer feedback, nonconformities, and corrective actions, preparing and presenting comprehensive reports to senior leadership, documenting meeting outcomes and ensuring follow-up on action items, and driving strategic decisions based on review findings to improve the QMS.

  • Facilitate quality improvement initiativessuch asKaizen,Six Sigma, and other lean methodologies.

  • Lead cross-functional teamsto identify inefficiencies, improve processes, and reduce waste.

  • Benchmark performanceagainst industry standards andimplement best practicesto enhance quality and efficiency.

  • Map out core business processesand identify quality-critical steps to ensure process integrity and product compliance.

  • Provide regular reportson quality metrics, audit findings, non-conformances, and improvement initiatives to senior leadership.

  • Advise senior managementon quality risks, opportunities, and strategic quality planning.

  • Support data-driven decision-makingby analyzing trends, metrics, and root cause data.

  • Conduct training sessionson QMS principles, procedures, and tools to ensure company-wide understanding and compliance.

  • Conduct monthly internal audits to ensure all areas controlled by the QMS are in compliance with the applicable standard.

  • Promote a quality-focused culturethrough internal communications, workshops, and employee engagement.

  • Assign and oversee quality roles and responsibilitiesacross departments to ensure accountability and alignment.

Position Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related technical field. Equivalent education and experience will be considered.

  • 5-7 years of experience in quality management within the aerospace and/or defense industry.

  • In-depth knowledge ofISO 9001, AS9100& NADCAP standards and certification processes.

  • Proven experience withquality improvement toolssuch as Six Sigma, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, and SPC.

  • Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.

  • Experience with internal and external audits, including customer and regulatory audits.

  • Proficiency in quality software systems and data analysis tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification.

  • Experience with NADCAP, ITAR, or other aerospace/defense compliance programs.

  • Familiarity with ERP and QMS software platforms

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Equal Pay Act Statement

We aim to pay our 'ITT'ers' fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on 'what' they accomplish, but also on 'how' they reflect ITT's values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations.

Equal Pay Act Range

Annual Salary Range is $122,900 to $183,300, plus benefits & incentive plan.

How this job compares

Set against the 627 open Quality Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$123–183K/yr
  • California median$149–218K/yr42 salary ranges
  • US median$110–180K/yr360 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $153K, is 17% below the California median midpoint ($185K) — in the lowest quarter of Quality Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 52 open Quality Management jobs in California and 627 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Quality Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (525 postings).
Education
242 of the 627 open Quality Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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