Quality Engineer

Overview

The Quality Engineer will lead the efforts for process quality and customer quality improvement in the molding area. Monitors adherence to plant quality system and will be a driving force in reducing defects and customer returns. Additionally, the successful candidate will need to have extensive molding experience and be a strategic thinker able to quickly identify improvement opportunities and work cross-functionally to implement them

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Lead continuous process improvement teams chartered to achieve and exceed plant quality objectives.
• Implement Statistical Process Control in the molding area and drive required corrective action when required.
• Provide quality engineering expertise to assure compliance to specifications.
• Analyze quality assurance data and initiate root cause and corrective action efforts to eliminate assignable causes that affect product quality.
• Work closely with product engineering and operations personnel to reduce manufacturing process variation and reduce plant’s cost of quality.
• Manage the incoming inspection lab and utilize data to drive continuous improvement.
• Drive conformance of processes and procedures through the internal audit process and the corrective action process.
• Maintain process control documentation like control plans and PFMEA
• Lead inspection reduction efforts including automation on parts measurement.
• Participate in corporate standardization efforts and audits.
• Train supervisors, leads, technicians, and operators in adherence to the plant quality system.  
• Certify and validate manufacturing processes using statistical tools.
• This position supervises a group of quality technicians and inspectors.
• Manages and expands capabilities at the plant test lab and completes test requests supporting quality projects and QMT.

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Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS degree in industrial, mechanical or electrical engineering
• Minimum of 5+year experience in a quality role in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of quality tools: SPC charts, Pareto analysis, Gage R&R, FMEA, Six Sigma, Process Validation, DOE, etc.
• Knowledge of Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and team building skills.
• Track record of recognizing opportunities for improvement and implementing changes.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced technical degree or MBA
• ASQ CQE and/or CQA
• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Proficiency with SPC software, preferably Proficient from Infinity QS
• Proficiency using Minitab