Quality/Performance Director

About the role

Amentum's Telecommunications Group, which designs, builds and maintains datacenter facilities and telecom infrastructure, is looking for a Quality/Performance Director for its Amentum Digital Infrastructure group within Amentum Engineering & Technology. The role develops, implements, maintains and continuously improves a business management system aligned with TL 9000.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development of the business management system (BMS) in line with Amentum Global CMS requirements and guide stakeholders toward TL 9000 compliance.
• Monitor and evaluate BMS progress, set metrics and performance indicators, and report regularly to management and stakeholders.
• Engage employees at all levels and conduct internal audits to assess processes and drive compliance.
• Establish a systematic corrective action approach, addressing issues and non-conformities with root cause analysis and preventive measures.
• Train cross-functional teams and implement performance management with targets, monitoring, feedback and coaching.
• Lead enterprise and regional processes including internal audit, corrective action, document control, business continuity, risk management, tool management and performance management.
• Direct the quality function in each region/client and support continual improvement activities such as Kaizen and Value Stream Mapping.
• Take part in Amentum quality and performance conferences and travel as needed for regional activities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred; an industrial technical degree is a plus.
• At least 10 years of experience in quality management.
• Understanding of commercial construction, including engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Ability to pass a background check and to work for any US employer without visa sponsorship.

Required skills

• ISO 9001 expertise (TL 9000 preferred).
• Management system auditing experience; Lead Auditor and ASQ Certified Quality Auditor credentials are a plus.
• Improvement tools such as 5S, Value Stream/Process Mapping and Kaizen.

What we offer

• Salary of $150,000 - $180,000.
• Health, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and holidays.
• Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching, parental leave and educational reimbursement.
• Employee stock purchase plan, disability and life insurance, pet insurance and tax-saving options.