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We’re more than aviation experts, we’re pioneers. We challenge what’s possible. From breaking the sound barrier to advanced tiltrotor systems. Today, Bell is shaping the future of aviation through specialized engineering. And we want you.
Bell Textron Canada is seeking a Senior Quality Manager with a strategic profile and solid experience to lead and advance the Quality organization at our Mirabel facility. In this key leadership role, you will have the opportunity to shape a culture where quality is not simply an operational requirement, but a shared commitment, a cornerstone of operational excellence, and a critical driver of customer confidence.
Responsibilities Of This Role
- Set the direction for quality at Bell Textron Mirabel and reinforce a clear, engaging vision of quality excellence across the organization.
- Develop and maintain compliance with all Bell standards and requirements; Quality Management System (QMS), AS9100, AS9102 and Bell Process Specifications (BPS).
- Serve as a resource and point of contact for Transport Canada for manufacturing activities. Oversee and update all documents, logs and certifications regarding Bell products and services.
- Lead a high-performing quality function that partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and internal customers.
- Instill and maintain a sound, efficient and engaging culture of excellence aimed at galvanizing and reinforcing the Quality vision across the organization.
- Influence outcomes across departments through collaboration, coaching, data, and accountability.
- Analyze, administer and maintain Quality data and performance indicators in partnership with BTCL’s management team.
- Develop a performing quality control system by reinforcing actual structure and implement actions as required. Act as a leader at the Bell Textron Mirabel site to foster empowerment and quality improvement.
- Partner with Engineering and Maintenance Organization to ensure a comprehensive aircraft Safety Management System is executed and maintained.
- Coordinate processes for analyzing root causes of production defects and determining inherent corrective measures with follow-up through resolution.
- Manage processes for first article inspections (FAIs) and last article inspections (LAIs).
- Oversee impact of Supplier Letters of Disclosure impacting Mirabel production. Ensure Quality support of the Material Review Board (MRB).
- Address Quality issues noted in new ship delivery reports (NSDRs), implement action plans for corrective measures and follow-up through resolution.
- Actively participate in the launch and development of new products and/or programs to ensure the utmost quality assurance standards are considered and implemented.
- Address internal and external escapes and ensure proper containment activities are executed.
- Support processes for suppliers’ frozen planning.
- Manage Quality resources for all departments.
- Implement advanced quality initiatives that lead to reductions in production costs.
- Ensure the availability of data necessary to carry out audits of internal and external programs and guide continuous improvement projects.
- Employ and ensure a robust FOD awareness program is maintained at the Mirabel facility.
- Work closely with other Quality managers across the organization, including sites in Ft Worth, Amarillo, Piney Flats and Chihuahua, Mexico.
Skills You Bring To This Role
- Strong knowledge of industry quality standards (e.g., AS9100) and systems, First Article Inspection processes (AS9102), and aerospace quality requirements as well as regulatory requirements (TCCA, FAA, EASA, and other foreign authorities).
- Strategic thinking skills; Recognize quality as a business driver and develop and execute a strategy for continuous improvement.
- Effectively influence and drive accountability across departments outside of Quality, leveraging collaboration and leadership skills without direct authority.
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, communication, collaboration, and analytical abilities.
- Familiarity with quality management systems and tools such as ERP or PLM software (e.g., SAP, PEO, Enovia, 3DX) is a plus, with knowledge of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
- Certification in quality management (e.g., CQE, CQA) is desirable but not required.
- Resilience: Sustain focus and morale through complex challenges and change management.
- Knowledge and expertise in maintaining and improving Quality Culture.
What You Need To Be Successful
- Bachelor’s degree in Operations and Logistics Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in quality assurance in aerospace manufacturing. Will consider equivalent experience in manufacturing or engineering.
- Proven track record of leading quality in aerospace manufacturing to include maintaining compliance to regulatory requirements, adherence to and implementation of a quality management system, audit, inspection oversight, and root cause corrective action.
- Coaching and development skills; Proven success building high-performing, empowered quality teams.
- Change leadership skills; Demonstrated success leading large-scale quality or culture transformations.
- Functional knowledge and fluency in French is required.
- Functional knowledge and fluency in English is required for this position, as it involves communication in English with Bell teams outside of Quebec and/or its suppliers, partners, and clients outside of Quebec.
Benefits Of Working At Bell Textron
- Group benefits plan and Healthcare online service
- Retirement savings plan
- Average of 13 holidays/floating days
- Flexible schedule policy
- Educational assistance program
- Reimbursement program for fitness fees
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
Don’t miss the chance to join a diverse, inclusive environment where you feel a sense of belonging. As a member of our global workforce, you will collaborate with dedicated, enthusiastic teams where unique experiences, backgrounds and ideas combined with a strong passion for our products take us above and beyond flight.
Bell Textron Canada Ltee adheres to the principles of Employment Equity. We welcome applications from women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and people with disabilities.
People with disabilities may receive assistance with the screening and selection process, if they wish.
Recruiting Company
Bell Textron Inc.
Primary Location
CA-Quebec-Mirabel
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level
Director
Job Type
Standard
Shift
First Shift
Job Posting
10/26/2026, 8:06:15 AM
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Nous sommes plus que des experts en aviation, nous sommes des pionniers. Nous repoussons les limites de ce qui est possible. De franchir le mur du son jusqu’aux systèmes de rotor basculant avancés. Aujourd'hui, Bell façonne l'avenir de l'aviation grâce à une ingénierie spécialisée. Venez rejoindre notre équipe.
Bell Textron Canada est à la recherche d’un Directeur principal de la qualité, possédant un profil stratégique et une solide expérience, pour diriger et faire progresser l’organisation Qualité de notre installation de Mirabel. Dans ce rôle clé, vous aurez l'occasion de façonner une culture où la qualité n'est pas simplement une exigence opérationnelle, mais un engagement partagé, une pierre angulaire de l'excellence opérationnelle et un moteur essentiel de la confiance des clients.
Responsabilités du poste
- Définir l’orientation de la qualité chez Bell Textron Mirabel et promouvoir une vision claire et mobilisatrice de l’excellence en matière de qualité à l’échelle de l’organisation.
- Développer et maintenir la conformité à toutes les normes et exigences Bell; Système de gestion de la qualité (QMS), AS9100, AS9102 et Bell Process Specifications (BPS).
- Agir comme ressource et point de contact pour Transports Canada pour les activités de fabrication. Superviser et mettre à jour tous les documents, registres et certifications concernant les produits et services Bell.
- Diriger une fonction qualité performante collaborant étroitement avec les opérations, l’ingénierie, la chaîne d'approvisionnement et les clients internes.
- Instaurer et maintenir une culture d'excellence saine, efficace et mobilisatrice afin de renforcer la vision Qualité dans toute l’organisation.
- Influencer les résultats à travers les départements grâce à la collaboration, au coaching, aux données et à la responsabilisation.
- Analyser, gérer et maintenir les données Qualité et les indicateurs de performance en partenariat avec l'équipe de direction du BTCL.
- Développer un système de contrôle qualité performant en renforçant la structure actuelle et en mettant en œuvre les actions nécessaires. Agir comme leader sur le site de Mirabel afin de favoriser l’autonomisation et l'amélioration continue.
- Collaborer avec l’ingénierie et l’organisation de maintenance pour assurer l’exécution et le maintien d’un système de gestion de la sécurité aéronautique complet.
- Coordonner les processus d’analyse des causes fondamentales des défauts de production et déterminer les mesures correctives appropriées, avec suivi jusqu'à résolution.
- Gérer les processus d’inspection du premier article (FAI) et du dernier article (LAI).
- Superviser l’impact des lettres de divulgation des fournisseurs concernant la production de Mirabel. Assurer le soutien Qualité du Material Review Board (MRB).
- Traiter les enjeux qualité identifiés dans les rapports de livraison de nouveaux appareils (NSDR), mettre en œuvre les plans d’actions correctives et assurer un suivi jusqu'à résolution.
- Participer activement au lancement et au développement de nouveaux produits et/ou programmes afin d’assurer la mise en place des plus hauts standards d’assurance qualité.
- Gérer les écarts internes et externes et assurer la mise en place de mesures de confinement appropriées.
- Soutenir les processus de planification figée pour les fournisseurs.
- Gérer les ressources Qualité pour tous les départements.
- Mettre en œuvre des initiatives qualité avancées permettant la réduction des coûts de production.
- Assurer la disponibilité des données nécessaires pour la réalisation d’audits internes et externes, et guider les projets d’amélioration continue.
- Mettre en œuvre des processus d’amélioration continue basés sur les indicateurs de performance des départements. Faciliter les Corrective Action Boards (CABs) aux niveaux applicables.
- Assurer et maintenir un programme robuste de sensibilisation au FOD sur le site de Mirabel.
- Collaborer étroitement avec les autres gestionnaires Qualité à travers l’organisation, incluant les sites de Fort Worth, Amarillo, Piney Flats et Chihuahua, Mexique.
Compétences requises
- Solide connaissance des normes de qualité de l’industrie (ex.: AS9100) et des systèmes, des processus d’inspection du premier article (AS9102), des exigences qualité pour l’aérospatiale ainsi que des exigences réglementaires (TCCA, FAA, EASA et autres autorités étrangères).
- Compétences en réflexion stratégique; reconnaître la qualité comme un moteur commercial et développer et exécuter une stratégie d'amélioration continue.
- Capacité à influencer efficacement et à assurer la responsabilisation à travers les départements, en favorisant la collaboration et le leadership sans autorité directe.
- Excellente attention aux détails, compétences organisationnelles, communication, collaboration et capacités analytiques.
- Familiarité avec les systèmes de gestion de la qualité et outils tels que les logiciels ERP ou PLM (SAP, PEO, Enovia, 3DX); connaissance du GD&T (tolérancement géométrique).
- Certification en gestion de la qualité (CQE, CQA) un atout, mais non obligatoire.
- Résilience : maintenir le focus et le moral dans les défis complexes et la gestion du changement.
- Connaissance et expertise dans le maintien et l’amélioration de la culture Qualité.
Profil recherché
- Baccalauréat gestion des opérations et de la logistique, ingénierie ou domaine connexe.
- Minimum de 10 ans d’expérience en assurance qualité dans la fabrication aérospatiale. Expérience équivalente en fabrication ou ingénierie considérée.
- Expérience démontrée en leadership qualité dans l’industrie aérospatiale incluant conformité réglementaire, gestion de système qualité, audits, supervision d’inspection et analyse de causes fondamentales.
- Compétences en coaching et développement; succès avéré dans la construction d’équipes qualité performantes et autonomisées.
- Compétences en gestion du changement; succès démontré dans la conduite de transformations qualité ou culturelles à grande échelle.
- Maîtrise fonctionnelle du français requise.
- Maîtrise fonctionnelle de l’anglais, ce poste nécessite des communications en anglais avec les équipes de Bell hors Québec et/ou ses fournisseurs, partenaires et clients hors Québec
Avantages de travailler chez Bell Textron Canada
- Programme d’assurances collectives et soins de santé virtuel
- Régime d’épargne retraite
- Moyenne de 13 jours fériés/mobiles
- Politique d’horaire flexible
- Programme d’aide à l’éducation
- Programme de remboursement pour les frais de conditionnement physique
- Programme d’aide aux employés et à la famille
Ne ratez pas votre chance de vous joindre à un milieu diversifié et inclusif qui favorise un sentiment d’appartenance. En tant que membre de notre effectif mondial, vous collaborerez avec des équipes dévouées et enthousiastes, dont les différences d’expériences, d’antécédents et d’idées et une solide passion pour nos produits nous permettent d’aller au-delà du vol.
Bell Textron Canada Ltée adhère aux principes d’équité en matière d’emploi. Nous invitons les femmes, les Autochtones, les minorités visibles et les personnes handicapées à soumettre leurs candidatures.
Les personnes handicapées peuvent recevoir de l'assistance pour le processus de présélection et de sélection, si elles le désirent.
We’re more than aviation experts, we’re pioneers. We challenge what’s possible. From breaking the sound barrier to advanced tiltrotor systems. Today, Bell is shaping the future of aviation through specialized engineering. And we want you.
Bell Textron Canada is seeking a Senior Quality Manager with a strategic profile and solid experience to lead and advance the Quality organization at our Mirabel facility. In this key leadership role, you will have the opportunity to shape a culture where quality is not simply an operational requirement, but a shared commitment, a cornerstone of operational excellence, and a critical driver of customer confidence.
Responsibilities Of This Role
- Set the direction for quality at Bell Textron Mirabel and reinforce a clear, engaging vision of quality excellence across the organization.
- Develop and maintain compliance with all Bell standards and requirements; Quality Management System (QMS), AS9100, AS9102 and Bell Process Specifications (BPS).
- Serve as a resource and point of contact for Transport Canada for manufacturing activities. Oversee and update all documents, logs and certifications regarding Bell products and services.
- Lead a high-performing quality function that partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and internal customers.
- Instill and maintain a sound, efficient and engaging culture of excellence aimed at galvanizing and reinforcing the Quality vision across the organization.
- Influence outcomes across departments through collaboration, coaching, data, and accountability.
- Analyze, administer and maintain Quality data and performance indicators in partnership with BTCL’s management team.
- Develop a performing quality control system by reinforcing actual structure and implement actions as required. Act as a leader at the Bell Textron Mirabel site to foster empowerment and quality improvement.
- Partner with Engineering and Maintenance Organization to ensure a comprehensive aircraft Safety Management System is executed and maintained.
- Coordinate processes for analyzing root causes of production defects and determining inherent corrective measures with follow-up through resolution.
- Manage processes for first article inspections (FAIs) and last article inspections (LAIs).
- Oversee impact of Supplier Letters of Disclosure impacting Mirabel production. Ensure Quality support of the Material Review Board (MRB).
- Address Quality issues noted in new ship delivery reports (NSDRs), implement action plans for corrective measures and follow-up through resolution.
- Actively participate in the launch and development of new products and/or programs to ensure the utmost quality assurance standards are considered and implemented.
- Address internal and external escapes and ensure proper containment activities are executed.
- Support processes for suppliers’ frozen planning.
- Manage Quality resources for all departments.
- Implement advanced quality initiatives that lead to reductions in production costs.
- Ensure the availability of data necessary to carry out audits of internal and external programs and guide continuous improvement projects.
- Implement continuous improvement processes based on departmental performance indicators. Facilitate Corrective Action Boards (CABs) at applicable levels.
- Employ and ensure a robust FOD awareness program is maintained at the Mirabel facility.
- Work closely with other Quality managers across the organization, including sites in Ft Worth, Amarillo, Piney Flats and Chihuahua, Mexico.
Skills You Bring To This Role
- Strong knowledge of industry quality standards (e.g., AS9100) and systems, First Article Inspection processes (AS9102), and aerospace quality requirements as well as regulatory requirements (TCCA, FAA, EASA, and other foreign authorities).
- Strategic thinking skills; Recognize quality as a business driver and develop and execute a strategy for continuous improvement.
- Effectively influence and drive accountability across departments outside of Quality, leveraging collaboration and leadership skills without direct authority.
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, communication, collaboration, and analytical abilities.
- Familiarity with quality management systems and tools such as ERP or PLM software (e.g., SAP, PEO, Enovia, 3DX) is a plus, with knowledge of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
- Certification in quality management (e.g., CQE, CQA) is desirable but not required.
- Resilience: Sustain focus and morale through complex challenges and change management.
- Knowledge and expertise in maintaining and improving Quality Culture.
What You Need To Be Successful
- Bachelor’s degree in Operations and Logistics Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in quality assurance in aerospace manufacturing. Will consider equivalent experience in manufacturing or engineering.
- Proven track record of leading quality in aerospace manufacturing to include maintaining compliance to regulatory requirements, adherence to and implementation of a quality management system, audit, inspection oversight, and root cause corrective action.
- Coaching and development skills; Proven success building high-performing, empowered quality teams.
- Change leadership skills; Demonstrated success leading large-scale quality or culture transformations.
- Functional knowledge and fluency in French is required.
- Functional knowledge and fluency in English is required for this position, as it involves communication in English with Bell teams outside of Quebec and/or its suppliers, partners, and clients outside of Quebec.
Benefits Of Working At Bell Textron
- Group benefits plan and Healthcare online service
- Retirement savings plan
- Average of 13 holidays/floating days
- Flexible schedule policy
- Educational assistance program
- Reimbursement program for fitness fees
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
Don’t miss the chance to join a diverse, inclusive environment where you feel a sense of belonging. As a member of our global workforce, you will collaborate with dedicated, enthusiastic teams where unique experiences, backgrounds and ideas combined with a strong passion for our products take us above and beyond flight.
Bell Textron Canada Ltee adheres to the principles of Employment Equity. We welcome applications from women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and people with disabilities.
People with disabilities may receive assistance with the screening and selection process, if they wish.
Recruiting Company
Bell Textron Inc.
Primary Location
CA-Quebec-Mirabel
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level
Director
Job Type
Standard
Shift
First Shift
Job Posting
10/26/2026, 8:06:15 AM
