Site Quality Manager - Aerospace
Danaher · New Port Richey, FL
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Danaher (pharma & life sciences) in New Port Richey, FL.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, FMEA, APQP, Minitab
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Florida: typical posted base $65k–$105k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 36 quality engineer openings in Florida, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 35 other live quality postings in Florida.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 81%
- ✓ AS9100 58%
- ✓ Lean 56%
- ✓ Six Sigma 56%
- New product launch 47%
- SPC 44%
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Stands out: this posting asks for CNC, Machining, SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Danaher in New Port Richey
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- Quality Director - Aerospace · Quality · Director+
- Senior Engineering Technician · Manufacturing · Senior
Full description from DanaherAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
In this role, you will have the opportunity to
- ◆Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice quality vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance. Process Control through Procedures, Work Instructions, & Specifications.
- ◆Implement all relevant procedures described in the Quality Management System (QMS) and ensure compliance
- ◆Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems, identify business improvement opportunities within the organization
- ◆Internal audit; External/Customer audit(s); Supplier Quality management; Product identification & traceability
- ◆Set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports including ensuring KPIs are met by working to the plan, including management of, and reporting
The essential
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in
- ✓ERP knowledge with SAP preferred
- ✓Familiarity with AS9100, NADCAP, and Safety Management Systems for Aerospace
- ✓ASME or Machining background (CNC)
- ✓Working with the FAA, CAA, or other Aerospace regulatory body
- ✓Lean manufacturing experience is a plus
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Site Quality Manager is responsible for providing clear leadership for the development of an environment focused on Quality in the site to achieve quality targets for customers and meet our business goals, developing quality-process links with customers in line with the Quality Management system including ISO 90001, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Controls Plans, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) processes, and oversee continued compliance and embedding across the business.
This position reports to the Global Quality Director and is part of the quality team located in New Port Richey, FL.
of the job include
- •Bachelor’s degree in engineering/manufacturing
- •Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive quality assurance experience within a manufacturing and aerospace environment
- •Minimum of three (3) years of leadership experience, including experience managing people leaders, with demonstrated excellence in leadership, team management, and interpersonal effectiveness.
- •Strong in problem-solving, team building, planning, and decision making
- •Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing experience
- •Experience dealing with customers and suppliers
- •Proficient in Microsoft / Minitab and able to analyze and interpret data.