Job Description

Quality Engineer

Company: Norris Cylinder Company

Primary Location: 521 Green Cove Road SE, Huntsville, AL 35803 USA

Workplace Type: On-site

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function: Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Job Summary: Quality Engineer works directly with customers and engineering to determine product requirements, communicate those requirements to production, and monitor quality system results. Investigates quality concerns and develops/implements preventive actions and process improvements. Addresses daily quality problems and escalates them as necessary.
• Job Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
• Support Engineering during new product introductions and launches
• Perform Validation activities, including First Articles and Capability analysis
• Perform Product and Process Risk Assessments
• Audit, qualify and optimize quality plans and manufacturing processes
• Investigate customer issues and problems as assigned by Quality Manager
• Issue and manage deviations from established processes
• Administer nonconforming material control process
• Address day to day quality problems and troubleshoot manufacturing problems
• Maintain quality plans for new products, and revise quality plans for existing products
• Drive cGMP (Current good manufacturing practices) and GDP throughout the company
• Implement process improvements to prevent defects and improve efficiency
• Assure statistical controls and sampling methods for inspection and testing are created and complied with
• Maintain records to demonstrate quality system effectiveness (including scrap over standard and material certificates)
• Monitor OEE quality by shift
• Perform internal ISO auditing
• Report quality system results to management (including complaints analysis)
• Maintains up to date calibrated equipment in use for inspection by the QA Lab
• Administer quality system documentation (including procedures, forms, and quality plans)
• Perform housekeeping and safety audits
• Provide training and testing for departmental personnel as it relates to their involvement in the quality process
• Perform duties in accordance with Norris QMS, ISO, and safety regulations

Qualifications

Education and Work Experience:

Required:

3+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment

Understanding of ISO9001:2015 or other regulated industry quality management system standards

Project management experience

Preferred:

ERP software

ISO Internal Auditor Certification

Environmental Monitoring

Minitab experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong communication and presentation skills

Motivated and Self-Directed

Training in advanced problem solving preferred (Green/Black Belt, CAPA)

Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and taking initiative

Process and Results driven

Must speak and read English fluently

Must be dependable, punctual and have good attendance

Must be flexible and adaptable to change

Able to positively motivate others and create a team environment

Always Demonstrate professional conduct and be quality driven with an attention to detail

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to organize work to an extreme level of detail and accuracy

Innovative, inspiring, and able to work in a consultative relationship throughout the organization

Physical Requirements: This position requires the mental ability to read and comprehend policies, procedures, instructions, etc., to write reports in English, to use logic and data to solve problems, to assess needs, to communicate effectively, and varying degrees of independence, judgment, and discretion. This position requires the physical ability to be mobile in an office and industrial environment, to finger and grasp materials, to be mobile on and around equipment for field measurements and installation supervision, to lift light tools, to speak effectively, and to listen with intent.

Benefits

Benefit offerings include Medical Insurance and Prescription Drugs, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability Insurance (for eligible employees), Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), Paid Time Off (may include vacation and sick time), Retirement Program, and Other Voluntary Benefits.