Quality Production Specialist (Quality Production Specialist-General)
Boeing · New Orleans, LA
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $89k–$121k
- Travel
- 50%
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist quality role at Boeing (aerospace & defense) in New Orleans, LA. Reviews proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
- They ask for
- 5+ years
- Tools it names
- Root cause
- Base pay
- $89k–$121k
- Day to day
- about 50% travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Louisiana: typical posted base $86k–$121k. This one lists $89k–$121k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 5 quality engineer openings in Louisiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 1239 other live quality postings in the US.
- Base pay
- About 8% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $95k–$132k, from 473 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 68%
- FMEA 40%
- Supplier quality 39%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
- Six Sigma 35%
- Lean 34%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Responsibilities
- ◆Reviews proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer
requirements
ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
- ✓Prepares and maintains Quality directives, policies, processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed.
- ✓Analyzes process data, metrics, models and flows to identify root cause of problems.
- ✓Participates with stakeholders to develop potential preventive or corrective actions and implementation.
- ✓Conducts research, compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics, to continuously improve process capability.
- ✓Conducts quality source selection and process reviews of suppliers' ability to meet program quality
requirements
and support business decisions, and develops a coordinated response for management review and approval.
- ✓Conducts hardware, software and system level audits to determine compliance with quality management system standards, configuration assurance, related business, regulatory and customer
requirements
and reports results to management.
- ✓Analyzes data to provide material review dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts and equipment.
- ✓Works under general direction.
(required skills/experience)
- ✓5+ years of Experience Aircraft maintenance or modification experience
- ✓5+ years of Experience with Quality Systems
- ✓Ability to work variable shifts
- ✓Ability to travel up to 50% of time
(desired skills/experience)
- ✓Minimum 3 years FA-18EF experience with U.S. Navy maintenance programs
- ✓Organizational level maintenance experience
Requirements
Not Applicable
Education
Not Applicable
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Quality Production Specialist (Quality Production Specialist-General)
Company
Boeing Aerospace Operations
Boeing Global Services ( BGS ) is seeking an experienced Quality Systems Specialist to support our business in JRB-New Orleans, LA.
Drug Free Workplace
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Export Control Requirement
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Safety Sensitive
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift
Shift 4 (United States of America)
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