Plant Quality Engineer

Job Description

About the Team
This role involves monitoring manufacturing processes, ensuring product quality, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives through quality standards, root cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration, while providing training and support for problem-solving methodologies.

What you can look forward to as Quality Engineer

• Monitor manufacturing processes and assess product quality to determine adequacy, capability, and ability to comply with customer specifications and company’s specifications. 
• Develop and maintain documents and procedures related to quality standards, risk analysis, lessons learned from product recalls, product audits, field returns and repairs, complaints, scrap, and rework, and retain documented information as evidence.
• Interpret prints and measurement tools (GD&T).
• Utilize basic quality tools along with problem solving and lean manufacturing techniques in the support of continuous improvement, root cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions promoting lessons learned process.
• Have an auditor perspective including being part of the solution.
• Support and creation of Training for basic and advanced Problem-Solving methodologies/, develop and motivate employees, creation and maintaining training material for PS methodologies. Guidance to manufacturing personnel in the proper application of problem-solving methodology.
• Creation and development of methodologies and templates for problem solving based on each specific customer request and requirement.
• Support and works independently to Create, implement, document, and maintain permanent corrective actions for internal and external 8Ds.
• Project oriented root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions. 
• Support projects for avoiding and preventing failure occurrence in the early stage of projects.
• Support Customer and Supplier Quality Engineers in direct discussion with supplier or customer.
• Active work and creation of MSA analysis, and monitoring of improvements as defined by Management.
• Initiate, monitor, and review corrective actions involving defective material from customer concerns.
• Works actively on development and management of test and inspection systems as required for each individual problem-solving project as well as creation and analysis of data. 

Your profile as Quality Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering 
• 3-4 years of experience (internship/co-op included)
• Proven ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using judgment that is in consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures 
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Proven creativity and analytical methods with a high-level of attention to detail
• Ability to interface with cross-functional teams and all levels of personnel and management
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Advanced knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within Engineering.
• Working knowledge of product line(s) and engineering design principles.
• Experience with engineering change systems.
• Advanced understanding of engineering techniques and principles.
• Experience in a customer facing role (preferred)

What We Offer:

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays 
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities