Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Description

Primary Purpose of Position:

This position will lead quality projects engaging plant operations, and suppliers leveraging problem-solving techniques to improve and sustain plant quality performance metrics. As a key driver of quality improvements within the site, this role has a direct impact on the business and customers with a top loss focus for improvement.

Organizational Relationship

This position reports directly to the Senior Quality Assurance Manager.

Supervision Responsibilities

This role will have direct supervision of approximately 10 quality technicians.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Lead quality improvement projects around scrap, customer complaints, plant and supplier nonconforming material.
• Manage corrective/preventive action items.
• Support the development and implementation of a quality management system.
• Manage supplier SCAR process and drive improvement in current program.
• Support reviews on quality performance metrics identifying and driving improvements with the use of data analytics and problem-solving tools
• Participate in quality performance and project status reviews of quality projects
• Assist in validation of the implementation of corrective actions across our value stream when needed, to assess the effectiveness of improvements
• Support deployment of risk mitigation activities to identify proactively and address potential quality risks
• Monitor operational metrics, and customer/supplier performance promptly to address potential issues.
• Develops Process Monitoring Systems by identifying critical process steps applying methods to reduce process variation that reduce or eliminate the cause of defects.
• Advocate for change as we formalize a quality management system impacting plant departments such as Maintenance, Process Engineering, Tooling & Production.
  
  

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Root cause analysis, FMEA, MSA, SPC
• Data based decision making
• Proficient use of MS Office, emphasis on excel
• Advocate for change
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Customer-facing interaction related to quality
• Quality management system elements & implementation
  
  

Education and Experience

• BS in Engineering or other closely related technical field
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a Quality Engineer role in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 &/or IATF 1694
• Injection molding experience preferred
• Six-sigma certification or ASQ certification a plus
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand, sit
• Ability to lift 25 lbs.
  
  

Working Conditions

• Climate controlled environment
• Position is M-F less than 5% overnight travel