**Description**

Reporting to the SVP, Aerospace & Defense, you are an essential member of the In-Lab regional operations leadership team and responsible for the technical group’s overall performance as a value-adding internal consulting function, ensuring operational, quality and technical expertise and excellence. The Technical Director is a leadership and operational role focused on driving scalability, consistency, quality and high-performance across multiple sites in the U.S. and Canada.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

+ Lead and develop a distributed team of ~7–9 technical experts including Level 3 NDT specialists (RT, UT, PT, ET), chemical engineers, project leaders, and engineering support.
+ Manage performance, alignment, and communication across a remote, geographically dispersed team.
+ Act as the primary liaison between laboratory operations and quality teams, supporting audits, nonconformance investigations, and root cause a...